Carl Davis
Carl Davis is the research director at ITEP, where he has worked since 2008. Carl works on a wide range of issues related to both state and federal tax policy. He has advised policymakers, researchers, and advocates on tax policy issues in nearly every state. Much of his work relates to the link between taxes and economic growth, and the shortcomings of dynamic scoring and supply-side economic theories.
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media mention May 17, 2017 New York Times: In Some States, Donating to Private Schools Can Earn You a Profit
AASA and the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examined programs in 17 states that send more than $1 billion a year to private schools via tuition tax credits,… -
media mention May 7, 2017 Governing: Raising the Gas Tax Is No Longer Taboo in Many States
Already this year, governors in California, Indiana and Tennessee signed laws to raise fuel taxes, meaning a total of 22 states have passed laws imposing higher gas taxes in the… -
media mention May 1, 2017 Bloomberg: Trump Study of Gas Tax Could Run Afoul of GOP, Rural Voters
Voters in rural areas overwhelmingly chose Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, and a higher gas tax also may indeed affect those areas disproportionately, said Carl… -
media mention April 11, 2017 The Fiscal Times: Tax-Free Shopping on Amazon Is Over
As recently as 2011, Amazon was collecting sales tax in just five states, home to 11 percent of the country’s population, according to Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 31, 2017 Christian Science Monitor: After years of fighting states, Amazon makes sales tax standard
Regardless of the motivation for the move, tax experts applaud the decision to make state sales tax collection standard. “This expansion in Amazon’s tax collection practices represents a step forward… -
media mention March 22, 2017 Gas 2.0: Fuel Taxes Likely to Increase in 2017 in States without Elections
According to information supplied by Carl Davis, research director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Washington, D.C., states were more active in changing their rates in the odd-numbered… -
media mention March 22, 2017 CSP Magazine: Why 2017 Looks Bullish for State Gas-Tax Increases
“If you go back to 2013, we’ve seen a significant group of states—19—enact gas-tax increases or reforms of some type. In many cases, these are states that have gone years… -
media mention March 3, 2017 American Prospect: How States Turn K-12 Scholarships Into Money-Laundering Schemes
This article was originally published in The American Prospect. By Carl Davis Politicians have long had a knack for framing policy proposals, however controversial, in terms that make them more… -
media mention February 22, 2017 Reuters: U.S. States See Favorable Conditions for Gas Tax Hikes
Low gas prices, a desperate need for revenue to fix crumbling roads, and a post-election period that gives politicians the space to tackle controversial issues have breathed life into efforts… -
media mention February 8, 2017 The Denver Post: 19 states have raised gas taxes since 2013. In Colorado, Republicans want to cut them
“This is highly unusual, what’s being talked about in Colorado right now,” said Carl Davis, research director with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. And it can largely be… -
media mention January 30, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: States Plan Uneasily for Spending, Taxing in Trump’s Shadow
“Too many states are leaning heavily on regressive sales and excise taxes to balance their budgets, or to fund cuts in progressive income taxes and estate taxes,” Carl Davis, Institute… -
media mention January 12, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Oil States View Taxes Warily in Battling Crude Market Dips
“That means, however unpopular, “residents are going to have to pay more” to maintain local governments and their services, Carl Davis, an analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention January 12, 2017 NPR: Gas Taxes May Go Up Around The Country As States Seek To Plug Budget Holes
“Raising fuel taxes helped the state in the 1980s, and lawmakers might try it again. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says Oklahoma lawmakers… -
media mention November 28, 2016 Bloomberg BNA: Some Private School “Donors” Use Tax Code to Turn Profit
“Carl Davis is the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. ITEP is a non-profit and non-partisan research group that works on federal, state, and local tax…