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report
April 25, 2017
State & Local Tax Contributions of Young Undocumented Immigrants (2017)
This report specifically examines the state and local tax contributions of undocumented immigrants who are currently enrolled or immediately eligible for DACA and the fiscal implications of various policy changes. The report includes information on the national impact (Table 1) and provides a state-by-state breakdown (Appendix 1).
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blog
April 25, 2017
Young Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes Too
A few weeks ago, a young undocumented immigrant posted a photo on Facebook after filing her taxes that went viral. The young woman, Belen Sisa,… -
blog
April 25, 2017
Income Tax Offers Best Bang for the Buck in Alaska
Earlier this month the Alaska House of Representatives voted 22-17 in favor of implementing a personal income tax for the first time in over 35… -
blog
April 25, 2017
Does a 15 Percent Corporate Tax Rate Sound Low? For Dozens of Major Corporations, Maybe Not
President Donald Trump has promised to release new details Wednesday on what he says could be “the biggest tax cut we’ve ever had.” While much… -
report
April 24, 2017
Comparing the Distributional Impact of Revenue Options in Alaska
Alaska is facing a significant budget gap because of a sharp decline in the oil tax and royalty revenue that has traditionally been relied upon to fund government. This report examines five approaches for replacing some of the oil revenue that is no longer available: enacting a broad personal income tax, state sales tax, payroll tax, investment income tax, or cutting the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). Any of the options examined in this report could make a meaningful contribution toward closing Alaska’s budget gap. To allow for comparisons across options, this report examines policy changes designed to generate $500 million annually. This amount would be insufficient to close Alaska’s $3 billion budget gap, but any of these options could be modified to raise additional revenue, or could be incorporated into a larger package of changes designed to close the gap.
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report
April 24, 2017
State and Local Tax Contributions of Undocumented Californians: County-by- County Data
Public debates in California over immigrants, specifically around undocumented immigrants, often suffer from insufficient and inaccurate information about the contributions of undocumented immigrants, particularly their tax contributions at the local and state level. The fact of the matter is undocumented immigrants living in the California pay millions of dollars each year in local taxes to the counties where they live (estimated to be more than $1.5 billion) and collectively an estimated $3 billion combined in state and local taxes. A little more than half of the total state and local taxes undocumented immigrants in California pay flow to local governments.
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blog
April 21, 2017
No Room to Swing a CAT in Louisiana Legislature
The Louisiana Legislature has been in session for two weeks now. The stage has been set for fiscal reform and the stakes are high. The… -
blog
April 21, 2017
The Trump Administration Should Not Reopen Offshore Loopholes Closed by Recent Regulations
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday asks that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin review significant tax regulations issued in 2016. The… -
blog
April 19, 2017
State Rundown 4/19: Alaska's Long Income Tax Freeze May Be Thawing
This week Alaska‘s House advanced a historic bill to reinstate an income tax in the state, Oklahoma‘s House voted to cancel a misguided tax cut… -
blog
April 14, 2017
Tax Justice Digest: Resources for Tax Day 2017
In the Tax Justice Digest we recap the latest reports, blog posts, and analyses from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and…