Matthew Gardner
Matt Gardner is a senior fellow at ITEP where he has worked since 1998. He previously served as ITEP’s executive director from 2006 to 2016. Matt’s work focuses on federal, state and local tax systems, with a particular emphasis on the impact of tax policies on low- and moderate-income taxpayers. He uses ITEP’s microsimulation model to produce economic projections and analyses on the effects of current and proposed federal and state tax and budget policies.
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media mention September 1, 2017 Fact Check.org: Trump’s Tax Speech
U.S. companies with business overseas do keep some profits in offshore accounts, where it isn’t subject to U.S. corporate taxes until it is repatriated to this country. The profits are declared indefinitely,… -
media mention September 1, 2017 The Columbian: Republicans should stick to facts, not rhetoric, on topic of corporate taxes
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s visit to the Boeing plant in Everett last week contained plenty of ideology, politicking, and lobbying for Republican efforts to reconfigure the U.S. tax code. But… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Politico: Trump Wants to Slash America’s Corporate Tax Rate, But That Rate Is a Myth
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy examined 258 Fortune 500 companies that were profitable from 2008 to 2015 and found 100 companies paid zero — or less — in… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Slate: Our Corporate Tax System Is a Mess. Republicans Might Just Make It Worse
Earlier this year, the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released a report in which it analyzed the tax rates paid by members of the Fortune 500 between 2008… -
media mention August 31, 2017 Irish Times: Dublin Watches Nervously as Trump Pushes U.S. Tax Reform Agenda
A proposal to encourage companies to repatriate the trillions of dollars that are resting offshore is also up for discussion between the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill, perhaps… -
media mention August 31, 2017 HuffPost: Here Are 4 Populist Tax Reforms Trump Could Adopt If He Really Cared About Working People
In fact, the evidence suggests that Trump’s tax cuts would line corporate CEOs’ pockets, while depleting the Treasury and doing little, if anything, to boost working class Americans’ bottom line.“Trump’s… -
media mention August 30, 2017 The New York Times: Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
But skeptics worry that making the system airtight is impossible. “It’s an endless cat-and-mouse game,” said Matthew Gardner, senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research… -
media mention August 30, 2017 The Columbian: A Taxing Debate
The awe actually should be over Ryan’s selective use of facts. As Danny Westneat of The Seattle Times reported: “Not only is Boeing gushing cash, but its own financial documents… -
media mention August 25, 2017 Politico: Here We Go Again
House tax writers have been doing their part to drum up support over the recess, with Ryan stopping by Boeing on Thursday. Critics were quick to note that Boeing is… -
media mention August 25, 2017 The Seattle Times: Paul Ryan Picked the Most Awkward Spot in America to Argue for Corporate Tax Cuts
“The question with Boeing isn’t whether high taxes are hurting them, because that’s ludicrous on the face of it,” says Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation… -
media mention August 25, 2017 The Fiscal Times: Why Boeing Isn’t the Best Poster Child for Corporate Tax Reform
Critics have been lighting up the internet pointing out that Boeing isn’t the ideal poster child for corporate tax reform since it and many other major corporations don’t pay anything… -
media mention August 18, 2017 Journal Transcript: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc. Buoyed By Trump Proposed 10% Tax Rate
The fact that the 5.25% one-time rate in 2004 failed to have the desired impact on American job growth is another headwind that could hinder the proposed 10% rate from… -
media mention August 17, 2017 The Atlantic: The Tax Break Dividing the Republican Party
“You can never really know if they’re changing people’s behavior,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Gardner pointed me to a… -
media mention August 14, 2017 USA Today Network: Gov. Rick Scott Wants Super Majority Vote for Tax Hikes
But one tax policy expert said future lawmakers will eventually find ways around the super majority requirement. Matt Gardner, senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention August 3, 2017 Between the Lines: Trump Tax Plan Would Benefit the Wealthiest Americans
Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Matthew Gardner, senior fellow with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, who discusses his group’s analysis of the Trump administration’s tax reform… -
media mention July 31, 2017 Utah Public News Service: Trump’s Economic Policies to Increase Economic Inequality
The Trump administration’s tax proposals would not benefit all taxpayers or states equally, according to new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Matt Gardner, a senior fellow with… -
media mention July 29, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle: Should We Fear Big Tech?
Many tech companies have avoided taxes by placing intangibles such as patents and copyrights in subsidiaries in low- or no-tax countries, then attributing income likely generated elsewhere to those subsidiaries.… -
media mention May 17, 2017 International Business Times: How Much Do Companies Really Pay When Settling With The Government? Warren Pushes Bill That Makes It Public
While is doesn’t strive for a reform in the tax system that allows those firms to write off huge chunks of their fines, the senators’ measure, which applies to settlement… -
media mention May 3, 2017 Between the Lines: Trump Tax Plan Revives Economic Voodoo
On April 26, just a few days short of President Trump’s 100th day in office, a so-called “tax reform” plan was released by the White House that consisted of bullet… -
media mention April 29, 2017 PBS News Hour: Corporations Go Overseas to Avoid U.S. Taxes
PATRICIA SABGA: From the White House to Capitol Hill, Republicans are determined to lower the 35 percent corporate tax rate — the highest of any developed economy. Matt Gardner is… -
media mention April 28, 2017 CBS News: Trump’s Tax Cut Promise to Pay for Themselves. So Will They?
The most durable effect of the 1981 cuts was to lay the groundwork for a tax reform in 1986, which was intended not to raise revenue but to clean up… -
media mention April 27, 2017 Fast Company: At Last, Silicon Valley May Have Found a Trump Proposal to Like–Hist Tax Plan
Apple, for one, would likely be happy about a one-time repatriation of earnings, depending on the details of the plan. In 2016, the European Union, after a lengthy investigation, ruled… -
media mention March 31, 2017 The San Diego Union Tribune: Sempra has paid no corporate taxes in recent years … and it’s all legal
According to figures compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a left-of-center group based in Washington D.C., between 2008 and 2015 Sempra earned $7 billion in profit… -
media mention March 31, 2017 The Seattle Times: Boeing Paid Federal Taxes
Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which lobbies for tax fairness, said Boeing “continues finding new bases for postponing taxes.” “Boeing’s prodigious… -
media mention March 31, 2017 International Business Times: Republican Health Care Plan: Trumpcare Gives Wealthiest 1% A $31B Taxcut
The wealthiest Americans will see the biggest benefit from the Republican plan to repeal the tax on investments and additional Medicare tax in the Republican American Health Care Act, a…