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The Star-Ledger: How Much do N.J.’s Unauthorized Immigrants Pay in Taxes?
April 20, 2015
Immigrants living in New Jersey illegally pay about $613 million a year in state and local taxes and could pay much more under proposed immigration reforms, according to a new report. The study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-partisan research group in Washington, D.C., analyzed the estimated number of unauthorized immigrants […]
NY Daily News: Corporate giants often get huge tax breaks, while poor, undocumented immigrants have paid billions in state taxes
April 20, 2015
Yes, the unauthorized immigrant population, among the poorest and most vulnerable in New York State, does its part when it comes to taxes, according to a report by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy (itepnet.org), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that works on federal, state and local tax policy issues. The report, that covers […]
The Washington Post: Breaking Down the $11.8B Illegal Immigrants Pay in Taxes
April 20, 2015
Here’s a talking point for Democrats: President Obama’s executive actions on immigration will generate an extra $845 million in taxes annually from immigrants living here illegally. But that’s just a drop in the bucket compared with the $11.8 billion they already pay. Those estimates come from a new report by the well-regarded Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a […]
The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Could Get Cash from Obama Immigration Orders
April 20, 2015
Utah could collect an extra $10.9 million a year in state and local tax revenue if President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration proceed. And Utah could receive about twice that amount — an extra $22.6 million annually — if Congress gave all undocumented immigrants in the state a path to citizenship through immigration reform. […]
The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Deportation Deferral Could Boost Georgia Tax Revenue
April 20, 2015
eorgia would see a nearly $40 million increase in local and state tax revenues if President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration are allowed to go forward, according to a new report released Thursday. Nationally, the increase would total nearly $845 million, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report, which is based […]
Law 360: Undocumented Workers Can Add $2.2B in Taxes, Report Says
April 20, 2015
States and localities across the country would reap an estimated $2.2 billion per year in taxes if the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants living in the country were granted lawful permanent residence, according to an Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report Wednesday. Meanwhile, the 5.2 million undocumented immigrants who would qualify for the deferred deportation […]
Pacific Business News: Hawaii’s Undocumented Immigrants Paid More than $31M in Taxes
April 20, 2015
Hawaii’s undocumented immigrants paid $31.17 million in state and local taxes in 2012, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. With immigration reform, those payments would increase by 10 percent, the report predicted. Included in the study were sales, excise, personal and property taxes. Read more
The Fiscal Times: Study Finds Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
April 20, 2015
The 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released on Thursday found that roughly 8.1 million of 11.4 million undocumented immigrants who work paid more than $11.8 billion in state and local taxes in 2012, even while they were living illegally in the country. The group’s analysis estimated that illegal immigrants’ combined […]
International Business Times UK: Legalisation of Undocumented Would Increase Tax Contribution by £1.47b a Year
April 20, 2015
Undocumented immigrants would contribute billions of dollars in tax contributions if they were granted a pathway to legal permanent residence, a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy revealed. “The reality is the 11.4m undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions of dollars in local, state and federal taxes, and their […]
Maui Now: Tax Reform and Executive Action Would Increase Immigrants Contributions
April 20, 2015
In a new study, “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions” by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it was found that undocumented immigrants’ tax contributions would increase significantly under the Obama administration’s executive actions and even more substantially under comprehensive immigration reform. Read more
The Inquisitor: Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
April 20, 2015
Released on Thursday, the study is the work of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research organization that is both non-profit and non-partisan. Their findings reveal that around 8.1 million undocumented, illegal immigrants were responsible for paying $11.8 billion in state and local taxes over the course of 2012. As the Fiscal Times […]
KRGV (Texas): Executive Action Would Increase Tax Contributions
April 20, 2015
“According to the U.S. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. paid $11.84 billion in state and local taxes in 2012. ITEP’s analysis showed another bump of $845 million under the full implementation of executive actions in 2012 and 2014. The migration policy institute said over […]
Hutchinson News: Tax Poor
April 20, 2015
A new report from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that in Kansas families who make less than $20,000 a year pay about 11.1 percent of their pay in state and local taxes. Those on the other end of the income scales? The report found that families with incomes above $439,000 – […]
Latin Post: All U.S. Immigrants Could Contribute $2.2B a Year
April 20, 2015
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization about tax policy issues, found that if all 11.4 million undocumented immigrants received lawful permanent residency in the U.S., then state and local tax contributions would increase by approximately $2.2 billion per year. Based on 2012 data, ITEP stated undocumented immigrants have […]
The Washington Post: Varied and Sometimes Unfair State Taxes
April 15, 2015
States favor their highest earners when it comes to taxation, according to a January report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. As we reported then, the bottom fifth of earners give up nearly twice as large a share of their incomes in state and local taxes as the top 1 percent. And that skewed reliance on the poor […]
The Montgomery Advertiser: Ending Federal Tax Deduction
April 15, 2015
The lowest-earning 20 percent of residents shell out approximately 10.2 percent of their annual income on state and local taxes, for example, while top earners pay only 3.8 percent, according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. One sensible way for the Legislature to address the budget gap without doing further harm to the […]
Keene Sentinel: On Tax Day, a Look at New Hampshire’s Budget Battle
April 15, 2015
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “On average, poor homeowners and renters pay more of their incomes in property taxes than do any other income group — and the wealthiest taxpayers pay the least.” The institute issues a report every few years noting the effects of state and local tax policies on […]
The Atlantic: Americans Love Paying Taxes
April 15, 2015
These taxes are far from negligible, especially for very low-income people. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, people earning less than $19,000 a year pay an average of almost 11 percent of their income in state and local taxes, compared to the 5 percent paid by the top 1 percent of earners. […]
The Atlantic City Lab: Using Legos to Explain Tax Policy
April 15, 2015
According to a 2015 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 20 percent of individuals and families pay an average 10.9 percent in state and local taxes, while the top 1 percent pays 5.4. There are plenty of ways the U.S. could alleviate the income chasm, even before taxes enter the […]
Vermont Public Radio: Business Leaders Mount Campaign Against Plan to Limit Tax Deductions
April 15, 2015
Carl Davis is a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., based research group that analyzes federal, state and local tax policies. Davis, who lives in Vermont, says there’s no reason to think Vermont would suffer any competitive disadvantage if it goes through with the plan. “Massachusetts, Connecticut and […]
The Star News: Taxing Times for Tar Heels
April 15, 2015
Meanwhile, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that in all 50 states, the wealthy tend to pay a lower percentage of their incomes in taxes than low- and middle-income taxpayers. In North Carolina, the institute reported, a family of non-elderly taxpayers in the bottom 20 percent of income – less than $18,000 a […]
The Dallas Morning News: Tax Cuts Are Not the Answer for Texas
April 15, 2015
A recent report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities found that those who are least able to afford it pay a larger share of their incomes in state and local taxes than households that can afford to pay more. For example, Texas households with the lowest income pay almost four times as much in […]
Inland News Today: Who Pays Taxes in California?
April 15, 2015
A new study has found that the lowest-income families in California pay a greater share of their incomes in state and local taxes, on average, than other families, including those at the very top of the income ladder. The California Budget & Policy Center studied data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. It […]
The Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas Tax System Puts Higher Burden on Poor
April 15, 2015
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examined each state’s income, sales, excise and property taxes to determine how much the average person at various income levels would pay. In Kansas, people earning less than $20,000 paid 11.1 percent of their income in taxes on average, while people earning more than $439,000 paid only about […]
Bill Moyers: Progress is Just Another Word for Crony Capitalism
April 15, 2015
Verizon, which is the worst of the bunch, paid no federal income taxes between 2008 and 2012, according to studies from the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
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