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Extending Temporary Provisions of the 2017 Trump Tax Law: Updated National and State-by-State Estimates

The TCJA Permanency Act would make permanent the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that are set to expire at the end of 2025. The legislation would disproportionately benefit the richest Americans. Below are graphics for each state that show the effects of making TCJA permanent across income groups. See ITEP’s […]

State Rundown 9/5: Property Tax Policy Continues to Make Headlines

Property tax bills are undeniably a concern for many low- and moderate-income households across the nation...

State Rundown 8/8: States Laying the Groundwork for Future Tax Battles

Whether they’re in a special session, gearing up for one, or prepping for 2025, states around the country are focusing on important tax fights...

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Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants

July 30, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both because their wages would rise and because their rates of tax compliance would increase.

State Rundown 7/25: Summertime Hits Different in Different States

State lawmakers will have a lot to discuss when they compare notes on how they spent their summer vacations this year...

Five Tax Takeaways from 2024 State Legislative Sessions 

Major tax cuts were largely rejected this year, but states continue to chip away at income taxes. And while property tax cuts were a hot topic across the country, many states failed to deliver effective solutions to affordability issues.

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Improving Refundable Tax Credits by Making Them Immigrant-Inclusive

July 17, 2024 • By Emma Sifre, Marco Guzman

Improving Refundable Tax Credits by Making Them Immigrant-Inclusive

Undocumented immigrants who work and pay taxes but don't have a valid Social Security number for either themselves or their children are excluded from federal EITC and CTC benefits. Fortunately, several states have stepped in to ensure undocumented immigrants are not left behind by the gaps in the federal EITC and CTC. State lawmakers should continue to ensure that immigrants who are otherwise eligible for these tax credits receive them.

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State Rundown 7/11: Mansion Taxes in the Spotlight

July 11, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 7/11: Mansion Taxes in the Spotlight

While Massachusetts legislators recently dropped a real estate transfer tax from their major housing bill, the District of Columbia council sent a budget to the mayor that includes a mansion tax that would increase the tax rate on properties valued over $2.5 million. Meanwhile, lawmakers in New Jersey and South Carolina continue to, respectively, raise and reduce needed revenues.

State Rundown 6/26: Summer Special Sessions Are In, Anti-tax Ballot Initiatives Out

Many families are heading out on summer vacations, but legislators across the country are heading back to statehouses for special sessions...

States Should Enact, Expand Mansion Taxes to Advance Fairness and Shared Prosperity

The report was produced in partnership with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and co-authored by CBPP’s Deputy Director of State Policy Research Samantha Waxman.[1] Click here to use our State Mansion Tax Estimator A historically large share of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, a reality glaring in […]

State Rundown 6/13: Decisions are falling into place, but some states will come back for more

State budgets are falling into place as lawmakers near the end of their legislative sessions...

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State Rundown 5/30: Sessions Are In for Summer

May 30, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 5/30: Sessions Are In for Summer

Legislative sessions across the country are still very much in for summer, which means more pencils, more budgets, and more tax plans...

State Rundown 5/22: When One Legislative Session Closes, Another Opens

State legislatures are wrapping up, but don’t stray too far from your state capital or you’ll miss out on the action...

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State Rundown 5/9: Special Sessions in the Air

May 9, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 5/9: Special Sessions in the Air

This week, special sessions with major tax implications are in the air...

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State Rundown 4/24: It’s Crunch Time

April 24, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 4/24: It’s Crunch Time

Many state legislative sessions are wrapping up...

OpenSky Policy Institute: Modeling Details How Amended Tax Package Would Impact Nebraskans

April 18, 2024

Most Nebraskans who claim the state income tax credit on property taxes paid to public schools will see little change in what they pay resulting from the tax package to be debated today, the final day of the Legislative session. But for Nebraska’s lowest-income earners – households making less than $30,000 annually – the impact of […]

State Rundown 4/17: Tax Cut Proposals and the Consequences of Bad Tax Cuts

Happy (belated) Tax Day!

State Rundown 4/3: Some States Buck the Trend on Foolish Tax Policy

This week tax cuts were debated across the upper Midwest...

Associated Press: Lawmakers in GOP-Led Nebraska Advance Bill To Raise Sales Tax

April 3, 2024

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — With no votes to spare, Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would raise the state’s sales tax by 1 cent to 6.5% on every taxable dollar spent — which would make it among the highest in the country.

Open Sky Policy Institute: Why Proposed Tax Shift is Wrong for Nebraska

April 1, 2024

The tax package designed to lower property taxes paid to local political subdivisions would increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income working families and make it increasingly difficult for cities, counties and schools to provide the services that Nebraskans expect.

State Rundown 3/28: Tax Cut Madness, But Our Brackets Bet on Tax Fairness

While madness is typically reserved for basketball in March, several high-profile, regressive tax cuts are making their way through state legislatures this week...

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State Rundown 3/20: Investments Over Cuts

March 20, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 3/20: Investments Over Cuts

Over the past week Utah continued its slow march toward a more inequitable tax code...

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State Rundown 3/14: Sessions are Heating Up

March 14, 2024 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 3/14: Sessions are Heating Up

Many state legislative sessions are in the final stretch...

State Rundown 2/28: States Keep Busy While Washington Stalls

State legislative sessions are in full swing with New Jersey and Oklahoma both particularly active this week...

State Rundown 2/22: Some Top-Heavy Tax Cut Proposals are Getting the Chop

With many state legislatures now in full swing with activity heating up, some tax cut proposals have lost steam...