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U.S. News and World Report: Kansas Gov. Brownback Says Sales and Cigarette Tax Rises Are Not Tax Increases
June 18, 2015
But a new analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan but left-leaning policy group based in Washington, said the cumulative effects of the changes in tax policy since 2012 have benefited the state’s wealthiest residents the most, while increasing taxes for its poorest residents. The analysis posted online said the poorest […]
Wichita Eagle: Brownback Signs Budget and Tax Bills, Defends Tax Policies
June 17, 2015
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback says a plan increasing sales and other taxes does not count as a tax increase because it comes on the heels of income tax cuts passed three years ago. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning think tank that has criticized Brownback’s policies, released an analysis hours later […]
Kansas City Star: TheChat: Kansas Evaluates Impact of the Raucous 2015 Session
June 17, 2015
The fallout from the 2015 session continues. ▪ “It’s clearly a cautionary tale for other states to have in mind.” — Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, on how Kansas’ experience with tax cuts, and their resulting budget problems, is discouraging other states from following suit. For example, […]
KCTV Kansas City: Kansas Governor Says Deficit Plan Is Not a Tax Increase
June 17, 2015
Brownback, his top aides and their legislative allies have argued repeatedly that cuts in income tax rates benefited all classes of taxpayers. The governor noted that one provision of this year’s tax legislation will exempt 388,000 low-income Kansans, starting in 2016. But a new analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan […]
KSHB Kansas City: Social Service Agencies Worry About Potential Effects of Kansas Budget
June 17, 2015
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 40 percent of Kansans will pay an average of $131 more in taxes because of the new budget. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 40 percent of Kansans will pay an average of $131 more in taxes because of […]
New York Times: Kansas Tax Cutting Model Tarnished by Sales Tax Increase
June 15, 2015
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning, Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said Kansas’ experience makes it more difficult for other states to pursue aggressive income tax cuts. In South Carolina, Republican Gov. Nikki Haley couldn’t pass income tax cuts even after declaring, “We are not doing what Kansas did.” “It’s clearly a […]
Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Top Earners Benefit More From Senate’s Tax Plan Than House’s, Analysis Says
June 15, 2015
The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on behalf of liberal research group Policy Matters Ohio estimates that the lowest 40 percent of Ohio income earners would see an average tax increase of about $20, although that number would fluctuate depending on whether someone smokes. Read more
Star Tribune: Kansas Lawmakers Pass Plan to Boost Sales, Cigarette Taxes After Brownback’s Budget Warnings
June 15, 2015
“TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas narrowly approved tax increases Friday, responding to pleas from their leaders and a warning from GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s aides about draconian spending cuts that could result if they didn’t erase a budget deficit. “Clearly, a move away from income taxes toward consumption makes an already unfair tax […]
Daily Record: Letter: State’s Tax Structure Hits the Poor the Hardest
June 15, 2015
Why did the recession have such a damaging effect on the state budget? Because, almost uniquely in the country, most of our state’s revenue comes from various kinds of sales tax. This causes real problems. The non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says Washington’s tax system is the most unfair in the entire country. […]
The Washington Post: How Kansas Keeps Making Life Harder for the Poor
June 15, 2015
Poor families in Kansas would pay even more in taxes under a bill the state House passed Friday. Matt Gardner, the executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the new legislation would “double down” on those changes. “A tax hike of this size is going to have a worrisome impact […]
Presna Latina: Substantial Contribution of Immigrants to US Economy
June 12, 2015
The text states that the contributions of this sector would increase by $ 845 million if the migrant relief proposed by US President Barack Obama is finally approved, and in 2.2 billion with a broader immigration reform, according to a recent study by the Intitute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
Salon: Sam Brownback Guts Kansas Even More: This Is Life Under America’s Worst Republican Governor
June 12, 2015
Brownback’s well-paid tax consultant, the legendary economist Laffer, promised Kansans that the cuts would pay for themselves in supercharged economic growth. At the time, a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy showed that Laffer had things backward: over the previous decade, economic output per person had grown significantly faster in the nine […]
The Washington Post: The Facts About Rick Perry And The ‘Texas Miracle’
June 9, 2015
On average, the poorest one in five Texas residents pays 12.5 percent of their annual income in taxes to the state and to local governments, among the highest rates in the country, according to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Since the poor spend more of their income making basic purchases, sales taxes […]
Columbus Dispatch: Kasich Flirts With Steve Forbes’ Flat Tax
June 9, 2015
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning nonprofit organization in Washington. “I think that’s largely an illusion. “Any move to a flat tax […]
The News-Herald: Amazon’s Ohio Sales Tax Collection Seen As Way To ‘Level Playing Field,’ Close Tax Loophole
June 9, 2015
Some states, however, have decided not to wait for the federal government to make the change. So far, 10 states have taken their own limited steps to expand the number of retailers that must collect sales taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. New York was first, enacting legislation in 2008 requiring […]
Dayton Daily News: Kasich Flirts With Flat Tax
June 9, 2015
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning non-profit organization in Washington. “I think that’s largely an illusion.” “Any move to a flat tax […]
Chicagoist: Addressing Property Taxes And Gentrification Along The 606
June 5, 2015
Most gentrification narratives go vaguely like this: hipsters come to a neighborhood and open up fancy businesses and build fancy stuff and the original residents get pushed out. But often there is little focus on how exactly the original residents get pushed out. Some policy institutes like The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy consider most property […]
Hutchinson News: Brownback’s Latest Tax Plan Appears To Be More Of Same
June 3, 2015
Brownback proposed the state eliminate income taxes for 388,000 poor residents and raise taxes for business owners. Sounds good. But the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy found that the plan actually would raise taxes on the poorest 40 percent of Kansans. That’s because Brownback also proposes raising the sales tax to 6.65, from […]
WNPR: Hold On: Why Don’t Corporations in Connecticut Pay (More) Tax?
June 3, 2015
Matt Gardner is director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and he explained it this way: “If you think it’s wrong for companies to be able to shift their profits freely from state to state, on paper, without actually moving employees, without actually moving production, then this reform is a no-brainer,” he told […]
Kansas City Star: Early analysis shows that Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan would raise taxes for 40 percent of low- and middle-income Kansans
June 2, 2015
The non-partisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy found that the plan leaves behind the poorest 40 percent of Kansans. “The data does not support Governor Brownback’s claims,” said Annie McKay, executive director of the Kansas Center for Economic Growth. “In fact, data indicates the governor’s proposal not only fails to fix inequalities of his […]
Providence Journal: Proposed Tax Breaks Focus on Keeping Retirees in RI
June 2, 2015
Kate Brewster, executive director of Economic Progress Institute, also had a warning for the committee. She cautioned that while many have stories of seniors who move out of state because of taxes, a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., estimates that less than 1 percent of those in 65 […]
In These Times: 30,000 Teachers Walk Out
June 2, 2015
Indeed, Washington has the nation’s most regressive tax structure, according to a study published in January by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The study found that the state’s top 1% contributes 2.4 percent of family income in state and local taxes while the poorest 20 percent contribute 16.8 percent, making Washington the “highest-tax […]
Ashville Citizen Times: Long-Term Tax Shifts May Hit Rich and Poor Differently
June 2, 2015
North Carolina’s sales tax is unfair because it “requires the least from those with the most,” said Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the national Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which leans to the left. And because it exempts services and falls less heavily on the rich, the sales tax by itself will […]
Asheville Citizen-Times: Long-term tax shifts may hit rich and poor differently
May 29, 2015
North Carolina’s sales tax law has loopholes large enough to drive a truck through — or sail a boat, pilot an airplane or guide a train. Or pull a wood chipper through, provided it is intended for use out of state. Each of those items gets preferential treatment under the law, underlining difficulties with a […]
US News & World Report: The Party of Red Ink
May 29, 2015
Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says Kansas’ tax cuts are “definitely the number-one reason the state faces a big budget gap.” And in Wisconsin, she adds, it is that, as the national recession ended and state revenues ticked up, Walker “enacted some permanent tax cuts” […]
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