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Big Island Now: Hawai’i Tax System Ranks as One of the Worst

October 5, 2015

“WalletHub found the opposite trend in the average real state and local tax burden. The numbers, which are estimated by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, show that as income goes up, state and local tax burden goes down.” Read more

The Voice Kaleo: Hawai’i ranked 3rd for worst fair tax systems

October 5, 2015

“However, pointing to a study done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy, the report said the actual correlation between household income and tax burden was the opposite of what respondents thought was fair. In reality, the higher the income, the lesser the percent of taxes taken from a household.” Read more

Journal Star: Editorial, 10/4: Focus on balancing tax system

October 5, 2015

“According to a ranking by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Nebraska has the 28th most unfair tax system in the country. Restoring balance to Nebraska’s tax structure would improve the fairness of the system. That would benefit taxpayers no matter where they live.” Read more

The Union-Bulletin: Editorial – No room for xenophobia in America

October 5, 2015

“They are also, according to a broad array of economists, a net positive for the economy today, as they have been for decades, contributing to its vibrancy and growth, and to the ability of employers to fill lower-wage jobs that most native-born Americans don’t want. They comprise more than 5 percent of the U.S. workforce […]

Cowen Daily: Education Tax Hike Would Cost Average Family $262

October 5, 2015

“The investigation was readied as of late by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., research association. It was asked for by the Oklahoma Policy Institute, a Tulsa-based gathering that backings larger amounts of financing for instruction and other center state administrations.” Read more

KGOU: Study: Education Sales Tax Would Cost Average Family $262

October 5, 2015

“A proposed penny sales tax increase would cost medium-income Oklahomans about $262 a year and raise $608 million annually to finance public schools and higher education, a new data analysis shows. The bottom 20 percent of Oklahoman households would chip in $90 a year, and the top 1 percent would pay $1,691, the study says.As […]

The Norman Transcript: Study: Education tax increase would cost average family $262

October 5, 2015

“A proposed penny sales tax increase would cost medium-income Oklahomans about $262 a year and raise $608 million annually to finance public schools and higher education, a new data analysis shows.The bottom 20 percent of Oklahoman households would chip in $90 a year, the top 1 percent would pay $1,691, the study says. As a […]

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Tax hike would hit poor hardest

October 5, 2015

“As a percentage of income, though, the tax would fall hardest on the poor. That’s because they spend a bigger portion of their income on retail purchases.The analysis was prepared in recent days by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., research organization. It was requested by the Oklahoma Policy Institute, a […]

Albuquerque Business First: Ranking the state on taxes: New Mexico’s low by some measures, high by others

October 5, 2015

“According to WalletHub’s 2015 Most & Least Fair Tax Systems report, New Mexico has the 12th “least fair” tax system in the U.S. — a conclusion gleaned from both consumer surveys, as well as data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the U.S. Census Bureau. Data showed that while New Mexico […]

Albuquerque Business FirstRanking the state on taxes: New Mexico’s low by some measures, high by others

October 5, 2015

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Accounting Today: Tax Breaks Make an Impact on Fighting Poverty

October 5, 2015

“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has updated its report on State Tax Codes as Poverty Fighting Tools, which examines how refundable Earned Income Tax Credits, property tax breaks, targeted low-income tax credits and child-related tax credits are working in different states. While a number of states such as California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey […]

The Spokesman Review: Idaho tax balance too much for GOP?

October 5, 2015

“At this point, you’ve got to wonder why anyone would still harp about cutting taxes in Idaho. For one thing, the state is hardly overtaxed. Whenever the State Tax Commission looks at tax burdens, it finds Idaho’s near the bottom. By one recent measure, the state is ranked 49th out of the 50 states and […]

Camel City Dispatch: 3rd Shift… Suffer the Little Children… Busting the Budget in this Age of Swine

October 5, 2015

““Middle- and low-income wage earners won’t see a meaningful boost from the tax cuts. But they will feel the bite of an expanded sales tax that applies to the cost of auto and household repairs. And they’ll see a state in decline, its public schools strapped, its public employees stiffed for yet another year and […]

Alternet: Corporations Are Cheating Us Out of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars How does your state stack up?

October 5, 2015

“Some states deserve special mention because of the egregious nature of their disrespect for average taxpayers. Illinois leads the way with by far the highest deficit. Just 10 companies underpaid Illinois $1.4 billion in 2014, more than the entire 2016 Chicago school system deficit. Yet Governor Bruce Rauner recently approved $100 million in new corporate […]

Khon: Hawaii considered to have one of ‘least fair’ tax systems in U.S.

October 2, 2015

  “Current state and local tax systems are, on average, “extremely unfair,” according to the report. While most Americans of all political persuasions think a progressive tax system is most fair, virtually every state has regressive state and local tax structures. Besides survey data, other sources used to create the rankings were obtained from the […]

The Chronicle: Editorial: Investment not shown in state budget

October 2, 2015

“Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advocates tax fairness, says North Carolina is virtually alone in the nation in giving away the fruits of recovery. “It’s very counter to what we’ve seen in other states where revenue has come back and states […]

Capitol Weekly: The Pope, immigration and Father Junipero Serra

October 2, 2015

“Undocumented Californians pay 3.2 billion dollars in taxes each year, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Nine out of 10 undocumented Californians have jobs and spend most of what they earn back into the economy.” Read more  

Wichita Eagle: Did Donald Trump get tax tips from Sam Brownback?

October 2, 2015

“Matt Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, sees some similarities between Trump’s tax proposals unveiled this week and the tax changes Brownback ushered into law during his first term in office. Gardner scrutinized Trump’s tax plan in a post on the liberal-leaning think tank’s Tax Justice Blog Wednesday, scrutinizing […]

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Sales tax increase won’t fix education in Oklahoma

October 2, 2015

“The sales tax increase would add approximately $610 million annually to the state’s education budget. It would cost medium income Oklahomans about $260 a year, according to a data analysis used in an Oklahoma Watch story. The bottom 20 percent of Oklahoma households would chip in $90 more annually. The top 1 percent would pay […]

The Oklahoma Watch: Study: Education Sales Tax Would Cost Average Family $262

October 2, 2015

“As a percentage of income, though, the tax would fall hardest on the poor. That’s because they spend a bigger portion of their income on retail purchases. The analysis was prepared in recent days by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C. It was requested by the […]

Citizen-Times: Legislature revs up tax on car repair, other services

September 28, 2015

  “Here are figures from the N.C. Justice Center’s Budget and Tax Center summarizing the way tax changes in the new state budget bill will affect people at different levels of income. They are derived from a database of information on North Carolina taxpayers maintained by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. The figures […]

The Oregonian: Would consumers or big corporations pay huge tax hike headed toward Oregon ballot?

September 28, 2015

“Matthew Gardner, executive director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said his group – which is associated with the left-of-center Center for Tax Justice – also dislikes gross receipts taxes. They tend to be regressive, complex and unfair to certain kinds of businesses, he said. But Gardner said that because Oregon doesn’t have […]

CNBC: Are Immigrants Really Freeloaders? New Study Backs Trump’s Attacks

September 25, 2015

  “The 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that about 8.1 million of the 11.4 million illegal immigrants who were employed paid in excess of $11.8 billion in state and municipal taxes in 2012. The implication of the report by the tax analysis foundation was that — amid growing opposition […]

Washington Post: America’s immigration ‘dumping ground’ contributes to vibrancy and growth

September 25, 2015

“Like Ross, Mr. Trump is right in the sense that immigrants — and here we assume Mr. Trump is referring to the illegal variety, though he doesn’t bother much with fine distinctions — are in rough circumstances compared with native-born Americans. On average they are less educated, less wealthy and less likely to become wealthy. […]

The Highland County Press: Report: Tax policy benefits flow heavily to wealthiest Ohioans

September 25, 2015

  “The top 1 percent of Ohioans on average will see a $17,618 annual reduction in state taxes as a result of major tax changes made during the Kasich administration, while the bottom fifth will pay $17 more, according to a new report by Policy Matters Ohio.  The windfall for the wealthy results from cuts […]

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