February 8, 2016
“Most of those businesses “would have been happy to locate in your state anyway,” economists Alan Peters and Peter Fisher concluded in a broad 2004 study of state tax incentives to business. Instead of buying significantly improved job prospects for their taxpayers, these expenditures “simply produce an unending merry-go-round of tax cuts and subsidies whose […]
February 8, 2016
“A study by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found undocumented immigrants paid $11.84 billion in state and federal taxes in 2012. Researchers suggested tax contributions would increase with President Obama’s executive orders on immigrations, specifically program aimed at protecting students and their parents from deportation. They concluded by saying state and local […]
February 8, 2016
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, did a study that wrapped up in 2013 when it was presented to the National Council of State Legislatures. The short version: — Incentives are rarely the deciding factor — The money from the incentives won’t all stay in the state — Incentives […]
February 8, 2016
“Experts say that the implementation of these programs could be an economic boon to the country. According to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Nevada could see a $3 million increase in tax revenue if Obama’s executive action gets out of the courts, and a $9 million increase if all undocumented […]
February 3, 2016
“The biggest benefits of Governor Brownback’s 2012 tax program went to the top 1 percent, while actually increasing taxes for the bottom 20 percent. Kansas now has the ninth most unfair tax system of any state in the country, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The poorest 20 percent of Kansans pay […]
January 29, 2016
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Analysis of SEC Filings, ExxonMobil paid a low tax rate over the past five years, and received a tax rebate from New Jersey in 2014 in the amount of $507,000. This resulted in a -5.6 percent tax rate that year.” Read more
January 29, 2016
“An Idaho tax policy group says a proposed cut in the state’s top income tax rates and bump-up in the food tax credit to help lower-income earners overwhelmingly benefits Idaho’s wealthiest residents. The top fifth of earners in Idaho, with incomes above $99,000, would receive nearly three-fifths of the overall monetary benefit. Idaho’s richest one […]
January 26, 2016
“There were 44,687 immigrants in Maine in 2013, comprising 3.4% of the state’s population, according to the 2013 American Community Survey. Some 3.2% of business owners in Maine are foreign-born and generate total net business income of $120 million. Undocumented immigrants paid $3.7 million in Maine state and local taxes in 2010, according to the […]
January 26, 2016
“Lawmakers could seize the opportunity to elevate the discussion and tweak Washington’s tax system, which has been ranked by some as the most regressive in the nation. Because the state has no income tax and is heavily reliant upon sales tax, an inordinate percentage of the tax burden lands upon poor people, and the Institute […]
January 26, 2016
“Matt Gardner, executive director of the US research group the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said: “GE has been remarkably successful over a long period of time in zeroing out tax liabilities in the US and abroad.” Attempts to unravel where GE Healthcare pays tax, and how much, are obstructed by the complicated company […]
January 19, 2016
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy the bottom 20% of Indiana taxpayers pay an average effective overall tax rate of around 12%. The top 1% of Indiana taxpayers pays an effective overall tax rate of around 5.2%. The taxes included in these percentages include income tax, excise tax, sales tax on individuals […]
January 19, 2016
“Yet plenty of other material in its pages serves to covey the unserious nature of the effort. For example, in its discussion of tax reform, it exhorts any changes to make the system even more regressive than already – even though, according to a metric created by the leftist Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, […]
January 19, 2016
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the top 1 percent of Massachusetts earners (those making more than $860,000) pay 4.9 percent of their income in state and local taxes, while the middle 20 percent (those earning $44,000 to $70,000) pay 9.3 percent of their income in state and local taxes. This reflects […]
January 19, 2016
“Arguably, it isn’t as bad here as it is in some other states. Last year, an outfit called the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which worries about financial inequality, ran some numbers and determined that, out of 50 states, Utah’s tax policy was the 34th most regressive. That is, 33 states were worse than […]
January 14, 2016
“The conglomerate is also known for its skill in finding tax advantages: Critics say it often pays minimal corporate taxes in the states where it does business. “It’s hard to see how taxes could be part of this calculus, since GE has been successful in reducing its state taxes to zero nationwide,” said Matthew Gardner, […]
January 14, 2016
“Nunez said that it was long overdue for undocumented children to receive benefits, especially when their parents contribute billions of dollars to the economy through taxes. In fact, according to the Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contribution, overseen by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the 3.1 million undocumented residents living in California […]
January 12, 2016
“For nine states, the new year means changes to the gas tax. They’re all laid out in this handy chart, put together by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Who’s seeing the biggest jump in their gas tax? Utah, with a 4.9 cent increase as a result of new state legislation. West Virginians are […]
January 12, 2016
“Nunez pointed out that a recent study done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) undocumented Californians contribute around $3.2-billion in local and state taxes.“They are not taking anything from anyone,” she said. “All we are asking is that what they contribute, they receive. We should continue the fight to expand MediCal for […]
January 12, 2016
“In the public debates over federal immigration reform, sufficient and accurate information about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants is often lacking, said an April 2 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C. “The reality is the 11.4million undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions of dollars in […]
January 12, 2016
“Relying on a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan research organization that works on tax policy issues, the website WalletHub shows the effective state and local tax rates in each state, based on three income levels. Those income levels are low ($25,000), middle ($50,000) and high ($150,000). According to that […]
January 12, 2016
“Four states increased gasoline taxes at the start of 2016, while five actually lowered them. That’s according to an analysis by The Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonpartisan, Washington-based research organization that focuses on local tax-policy issues. The four states that increased their gasoline tax on Jan. 1 are Florida, Maryland, Nebraska […]
January 12, 2016
“How about we make a deal? Wouldn’t it be nice if Apple paid the typical corporate tax? The statutory tax rate for corporations in the US is 35%, but the average effective rate paid by corporations after deductions and credits is 27.1%, according to Americans for Tax Fairness. Further, a February 2014 report from Citizens […]
January 12, 2016
“Taking into account sales, excise, property and income taxes, the top 1 percent — followed by the top 4 percent — paid the smallest share of their incomes in taxes in 2015. Households taking in between $38,000 and $58,000 payed the greatest share.”
January 12, 2016
“Opposition to allowing DACA students in-state tuition tends to come in the form of a few arguments: doing so is a burden on taxpayers, illegal and the undocumented will have problems finding jobs if their status hasn’t changed by graduation are a few. However, according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP), Georgia’s […]
January 12, 2016
“Income tax cuts approved by governors and legislators of both parties over the past decade reduced this year’s state revenue collections by more than $1 billion, according to an independent data analysis. The calculation by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington suggests that past income tax cuts contributed significantly to the state’s […]
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