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KUOW: Washington State Ranks As Having Most Regressive Tax System

January 16, 2015

Ross Reynolds talks with Meg Wiehie, state policy director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy, about their yearly ranking of regressive tax systems. Reynolds also speaks with Paul Guppy, vice president of research for the Washington Policy Center, who gives another take on the ranking. Read more

WESA: PA’s Taxes Among the Most Regressive

January 16, 2015

“A new report finds Pennsylvania remains on a list of the “Terrible 10” — states with the most regressive tax policies. The non-partisan Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy finds that the poorest residents pay nearly three times what the wealthy pay in taxes as a share of income. Middle-income earners pay twice as much […]

The Citizens Voice: Tax burden unfair

January 16, 2015

As legislative leaders in Harrisburg refuse to implement a tax on Marcellus Shale gas extraction and to close tax loopholes for wealthy interests, a new study reveals the consequences of such policy. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, has conducted an analysis of all 50 states and found that Pennsylvania’s […]

Santa Fe New Mexican: Tax system puts big burden on low-paid

January 16, 2015

According to a new report, New Mexico tax policy is moving in the wrong direction, as a reduction in corporate taxes coupled with increases in gross receipts taxes is putting a greater share of the burden of financing public services on working families. The report, “Who Pays,” released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and […]

Tulsa World: Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local sales tax system

January 16, 2015

Oklahoma has the 16th most unfair state and local tax system in the country, says a report released Wednesday. In Oklahoma, the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers are paying between 8.6 percent and 10.5 percent of their incomes in state and local taxes, according to the “2015 Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax […]

News Works: Pennsylvania’s taxes among the most regressive

January 16, 2015

“A new report finds Pennsylvania remains on a list of the “Terrible 10” states with the most regressive tax policies. The nonpartisan Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy finds that the poorest residents pay nearly three times what the wealthy pay in taxes as a share of income. Middle-income earners pay twice as much as […]

Ashbury Park Press: NJ’s tax system fairer than most, though still unequal

January 16, 2015

“New Jersey’s state and local tax system is fairer than most states, though low- and middle-income residents still devote a larger share of their income to taxes than the wealthy. A study released Wednesday by New Jersey Policy Perspective and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says that despite New Jersey’s progressive income tax […]

State of Politics: Here and Now

January 16, 2015

“Taxes in New York may be the highest in the country, but at least they are reasonably equitable, according to the latest Who Pays study from the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.” Read more

Sunshine State News: Florida taxes second-most regressive in US

January 16, 2015

“Florida’s tax system poses a larger burden on poorer residents than almost any other state, according to a report released Wednesday by policy researchers at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In its “Who Pays?” report, ITEP found Florida’s to be the second-most regressive tax system, after the state of Washington.”

Peach Pundit: Georgia’s Working and Middle Class Face Nearly Double the Tax Rate of Top 1%

January 16, 2015

“A new study from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) analyzes the tax structures of all 50 states and finds that Georgia’s richest contribute a much smaller share of their income to state and local budgets than the rest of the state. While the richest 1% of Georgians (those making over $432,000 annually) […]

RTT News: Think Tank Says Poor Americans Pay More Taxes

January 16, 2015

A report by a non-partisan think tanks says that America’s poor are disproportionately burdened when it comes to paying taxes. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, virtually every state tax system is unfair, grabbing a greater share of income from low- and middle-income families than from wealthy ones. Read more

Accounting Today: States Tax Poor More Heavily than Ultra-rich

January 16, 2015

A new report finds that every state tax system, with the exception of the District of Columbia, taxes its poorest residents at significantly higher tax rates than the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers. The report, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, is the fifth edition of the nonprofit research organization’s “Who Pays?” report […]

Providence Business News: Study finds R.I.’s poorest residents pay more taxes than wealthiest

January 16, 2015

“A new study says that taxpayers in the lowest-income bracket in Rhode Island can expect to pay nearly twice as much of their income toward state and local taxes as the wealthiest 1 percent. The study, “Who Pays?”, was released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Economic Progress Institute.” Read […]

The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s tax burden hits 20-year low, rich-poor gap widens

January 16, 2015

“Utah’s tax burden is at its lowest point in 20 years. But poor and middle-class Utahns pay nearly twice as much of their earnings for tax as do the wealthiest 1 percent. That is according to two reports released Wednesday, one by the Utah Foundation and the other by the Institute on Taxation and Economic […]

Arkansas Times: The poor hit harder by local taxes; bottom 40 percent left out in Asa tax cut

January 16, 2015

You can go to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy for Arkansas-specific information. Arkansas does not make the “terrible ten” most regressive states, where the bottom 20 percent pay almost seven times the percentage of their incomes in taxes as the wealthy. But it doesn’t perform very well. See graphic below. Note that the […]

KNWA: Arkansas Receives Negative Mark On Taxing Residents

January 16, 2015

“A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) puts Arkansas among the most unfair tax systems in the country. According to the study, Arkansas’s tax system is unfair, or regressive, because the lower someone’s income, the higher their tax rate. This is in part because Arkansas, like most other […]

The Edmond Sun: Low, middle-income Oklahomans pay highest taxes

January 16, 2015

“Low and middle-income Oklahomans pay more than two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income compared to the state’s wealthiest residents, a new study finds. On Wednesday, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Oklahoma Policy Institute released “Who Pays?” The study analyzed state tax systems and factors in all […]

New Jersey Online: N.J. low- and middle-income families pay larger share of income in state taxes,

January 16, 2015

“New Jersey’s poor and middle-class families pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the rich, but the tax structure is more progressive than three-quarters of the states, according to a study released today. While the state’s progressive income taxes charge the wealthy a higher rate, property, sales and gasoline taxes consume a […]

The Tampa Bay Times: Florida taxes second-most regressive in US

January 16, 2015

  Florida’s tax system poses a larger burden on poorer residents than almost any other state, according to a report released Wednesday by policy researchers at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.  In its “Who Pays?” report, ITEP found Florida’s to be the second-most regressive tax system, after the state of Washington.  “Florida’s tax […]

The Oregonian: Oregon’s tax system one of fairest in nation for lower income

January 16, 2015

“A new study by a liberal think tank says Oregon’s tax system is one of the least regressive in the country as the result of the lack of a sales tax and its refundable income tax credit for lower-income citizens. The Washington, D.C. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that only two states — […]

News & Record: Tax policy makes the poor poorer

January 16, 2015

“The lower your income, the greater share of it you pay in state and local taxes, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports today. This is true all across the country. North Carolina is about average, but ongoing “tax reform” is making our system more regressive.” Read more

Greenwich Time: State ranks 26th for regressive taxes

January 16, 2015

Connecticut ranks 26 in a study that judges the fairness of state tax systems. According to the study, states with regressive tax structures have negative tax inequality indexes, meaning that incomes are less equal in those states after state and local taxes than before. Read more

Arkansas Matters: AR Ranks 11th Nationally for Tax Burden on Poor

January 16, 2015

“Arkansas ranks eleventh in the nation when it comes to taxing the poor. The poorest Arkansans, those making under $9,600 per year, pay two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income than wealthy Arkansans who make over $209,800 per year. A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic […]

Lawrence Journal-World: Kansas has ninth most regressive tax code

January 16, 2015

Lower-income people in Kansas are taxed at more than twice the rate as upper-income people, according to a new report released Wednesday. The fifth edition of the “Who Pays?” study from two think tanks, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the Kansas Center for Economic Growth, says the poorest 20 percent of […]

KSN: Kansas among “Terrible Ten” states for regressive tax systems

January 16, 2015

The 2015 report, entitled Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All Fifty States by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, claims to assess the “fairness” of state and local tax systems “by measuring the state and local taxes that will be paid in 2015 by different income groups […]

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