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KPBS: Report: California Received $3.2 Billion In Taxes From Those In The Country Illegally
April 19, 2016
“A recent report says that in 2012, California received more than $3.2 billion in taxes from people who were in the U.S. illegally. The report comes from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “The idea that undocumented individuals are paying nothing into the system at all is ludicrous on its face,” said […]
ValueWalk: On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants
April 19, 2016
“According to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes each year, adding significant amounts of money to the coffers of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.” Read more
KTOO Public Media: Report: Walker’s budget proposals hit poorest Alaskans hardest
April 19, 2016
“If every element of Gov. Bill Walker’s fiscal plan is adopted, the 20 percent of Alaskans with the lowest incomes would lose nearly 10 percent of their income. The middle fifth of residents would lose about 4 percent. The top 1 percent of state residents would only see a 1.3 percent pay cut. That’s according […]
Tallahassee Democrat: I am undocumented and I pay my taxes
April 19, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently estimated that state and local tax revenues would increase by an additional $805 million each year if President Obama’s immigration actions are implemented. The same report found that the 11 million undocumented immigrants who reside in the country contribute $11.64 billion in state and local taxes per […]
The Courier-Journal: Undocumented immigrants turn hopes to court
April 19, 2016
“Diaz, despite having a college degree from Mexico, cleans homes. Some jobs offer low wages if the employer knows she’s not legally in the U.S., she said. She said she reports all her cash income on her taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that undocumented immigrants in Kentucky pay $37 million a […]
Media Matters: A Guide To The Myths & Facts On Obama’s Executive Actions On Immigration
April 19, 2016
“ITEP: Tax Contributions By Undocumented Workers “Would Increase By More Than $800 Million” If Executive Action Is Upheld. A February 2016 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reported that “undocumented immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion” at the state and local level, and on average, pay 8 percent of their income […]
YubaNet: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Immigration Executive Action, Has Opportunity to Affirm America’s Immigrant Identity
April 19, 2016
“The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program and expansion of the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would strengthen our communities by providing temporary relief from fear of deportation for individuals with strong family ties to the United States and, as a result, grow America’s economy by tens of billions of […]
The Commercial Appeal: Mississippi tax cut deal: $415 million in cuts over 12 years
April 19, 2016
“Like most other proposed income tax cuts, benefits would flow most to high-earning households. Projections from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show the lowest-earning 20 percent of taxpayers, making $16,000 or less, would save an average of $14 a year. Those earning in the top 95 percent to 99 percent of households, […]
Inside Sources: On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants
April 15, 2016
“According to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $11.64 billion in state and local taxes each year, adding significant amounts of money to the coffers of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.” Read more
Think Progress: One Simple Way To Keep U.S. Corporations From Hiding Cash
April 15, 2016
“That’s a pretty clear indicator that these companies are essentially making things up,” tax expert Matt Gardner of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said in an interview. “They’re creating accounting fictions.” Read more
Governing: Panama Papers Unlikely to Lead to Reforms in Corporation-Friendly States
April 15, 2016
“The Panama Papers have raised concerns among many here who say it’s hypocritical of the U.S. to complain about its citizens hiding assets from taxation in offshore accounts when some states provide the same service for foreigners. The secrecy these states offer to account holders also brings up questions about whether money is intended for […]
Sun Sentinel: Prosperous but Undocumented
April 15, 2016
“Of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, about 1 million are professionals, according to a report from Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. In Florida, about 79,000 professional people are undocumented immigrants.” Read more
Alaska Public Radio: Poorest Alaskans hit hardest by new proposed budget solutions
April 15, 2016
“If every element of Governor Bill Walker’s current fiscal plan is adopted, low income Alaskans would lose nearly 10 percent of their income, middle-income residents would lose about 4 percent. But the top 1 percent of state residents would only see a 1.3 percent cut. That’s according to a report by the nonpartisan Institute on […]
Salt Lake Tribune: Worried about filing taxes? You have three extra days
April 15, 2016
“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy earlier this year issued a state-by-state report looking at what percentage of the income of various groups goes to state and local taxes.” Read more
Politico: Boy, that (de)escalated quickly
April 15, 2016
“ALASKAN FOUNDATION EDUCATES ON THE GREAT NORTHERN OILY BUDGET CRISIS: Leaders of the Rasmuson Foundation, one of the nation’s largest charities, are in Washington this week filling in federal policymakers about its Plan4Alaska campaign, which attempts to get state legislators on board for a solution to the $3.5 billion budget shortfall that the state is […]
Alaska Dispatch News: Governor’s budget plan would hurt low- and middle-income Alaskans, says new report
April 15, 2016
“The Rasmuson report, from a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the balance of budget fixes should be different. The report recommends scaling back the dividend cut and introducing a steeper personal income tax.” Read more
Live Mint: Panama Papers: What next?
April 12, 2016
“While it is relatively easy to force a Switzerland or a Panama to fall in line, it may be next to impossible to bring the US under the OECD framework. It has many firms that play the same role as Mossack Fonseca, said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” […]
The Gilmer Miller: This Tax Day, A Reminder that Implementing Immigration Executive Action Policies Would Be Good for Texas
April 11, 2016
“If the Supreme Court unfreezes DACA+ and DAPA, state and local tax coffers will grow by $805 million nationwide, including by $59 million in Texas. A recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that if the Supreme Court unfreezes the immigration executive action policies, state and local tax coffers would […]
Democracy Now: Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca Set Up 1,000+ Companies Inside U.S.
April 11, 2016
“The massive data leak known as the Panama Papers has revealed the law firm Mossack Fonseca set up more than 1,000 shell companies inside the United States, once again raising questions about the United States’ role as an offshore tax haven. The papers show more than 600 shell companies were set up in Nevada alone. […]
Info-Europa: Social Media Takes On the Panama Papers Leak Through Cartoons
April 11, 2016
“Often, the person establishes a so-called shell company, which lacks any real operations and exists mainly on paper. “In Wyoming, Nevada and DE, it’s possible to create these shell corporations with virtually no questions asked”, said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research organization in Washington. More […]
Opposing Views: Massive Data Leak Reveals Tax Havens, Shell Companies
April 8, 2016
“By using shell companies, Mossack Fornesca’s clients are able to avoid the government and the public learning “even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,” Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told USA Today.” Read more
Morning News USA: Panama Papers Prove American Billionaires Are Sneakiest In The World
April 8, 2016
Speaking with the NBC News, Matt Gardner of the The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said it’s also possible that American billionaires who were not implicated in the scandal simply work with other offshore companies that offer the same services Mossack Fonseca offers. After all, the United States is considered one of the […]
The News Tribune: Have an offshore? Maybe you’re feeling indigestion
April 8, 2016
“The leak may change the long-term behavior of wealthy Americans, said Matt Gardner, executive director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington-based public policy group. “This certainly puts in neon lights that you can no longer rely on the absolute secrecy that people were used to in the past,” he said.” Read […]
WNYC The Brian Lehrer: Panama Papers Highlight Secretive Banking on US Soil
April 8, 2016
“Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, an arm of Citizens for Tax Justice (a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on tax policies and their impact), discusses his op-ed for CNN, which points out that despite the public and media attention the Panama Papers have garnered, the actions […]
The Herald: State relies on an unfair, insufficient tax system
April 8, 2016
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan and nonprofit research group, said Washington state had the nation’s most unfair state and local tax system, leading its list of the “Terrible Ten Most Regressive.” The state’s poorest 20 percent pay 16.8 percent of their income as taxes, while the middle 60 percent […]
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