Meg Wiehe
Meg Wiehe is ITEP’s deputy executive director. She joined ITEP in 2010 after spending several years working on tax policy in her home state of North Carolina. She coordinates ITEP’s federal and state tax policy research and advocacy agenda. Meg works closely with policymakers, legislative staff and state and national organizations to provide guidance and research on policy solutions that will achieve equitable and sustainable federal, state and local tax systems.
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media mention January 23, 2018 Washington Examiner: New Tax Law Means Tax Hikes in Iowa Unless State Intervenes
he timing is auspicious because, for years, some conservatives in the state have resisted the idea of eliminating the deduction out of a fear that doing so would be a… -
media mention January 12, 2018 CNNMoney: How the Federal Tax Overhaul Could Reshape State Budgets
Meg Wiehe, deputy director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said she’s noticed a trend over the past year toward more aggressive taxation of companies and high-income… -
media mention January 8, 2018 MTPR: Federal Tax Bill Casts Uncertainty on Montana’s Budget
The federal tax bill could result in about another one percent loss, under one of the state’s interpretations of the federal law’s impacts. Meg Wiehe is deputy director the left-leaning… -
media mention December 28, 2017 The Observer: ITEP Responds to MacArthur on GOP Tax Plan
Excerpt from op-ed by Meg Wiehe: Rep. Tom MacArthur’s Dec. 27 op-ed cherry-picked data from analyses by my organization, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), to bolster his… -
media mention December 8, 2017 Politifact: Paul Ryan’s partially accurate claim that House tax bill saves typical Wisconsin household $2,000
The $2,081 savings figure is correct, according to experts at four think tanks we contacted: Amir El-Sibaie, an analyst at the Tax Foundation; Chuck Marr, director of federal tax policy… -
November 16, 2017 Teen Vogue: How Proposed Tax Reform Would Impact Young People
Meg Wiehe, deputy director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), tells Teen Vogue that caring about social policy requires understanding tax policy. “What I want people to… -
media mention November 3, 2017 Roll Call: Tax ID Used by Immigrants Targeted in GOP Tax Bill
Meg Wiehe, deputy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the provision would harm more than 5.1 million children — the majority of whom are U.S. citizens… -
media mention September 12, 2017 Marketplace: The American Dream: How Undocumented Immigrants Buy Homes in the U.S.
Undocumented immigrants pay as much as $3.6 billion in property taxes each year, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy which analyzed MPI’s undocumented home ownership data. The… -
media mention August 31, 2017 HuffPost: Soda Taxes Create Complicated Rules
The arcane rules for taxing beverages point to a broader taxation challenge: Unless state legislatures and city officials target broad categories, all gasoline sales, for example, their efforts to tax… -
media mention August 18, 2017 NPR’s MarketPlace: Doing the Math on Back-to-School Tax Breaks
This week, we’re going to talk a little about saving. Sixteen states offer tax holidays during the year, a tax-free day or two of purchasing certain items, like hunting gear… -
media mention July 16, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Low Tax Revenue Fuels State Deficits, Budget Battles
In more than a dozen other states, legislators fought down to the wire. Maine and New Jersey were forced into brief government shutdowns. Much press was given to New Jersey… -
media mention July 14, 2017 MarketWatch: Why Back to School Sales Could Actually Cost You Money
Currently 16 states have back-to-school sales tax holidays planned for 2017, with most located in the Southeast. Some states also have sales tax holidays for other products, such as guns… -
media mention June 29, 2017 Huffpost: Why States Are Struggling To Tax Services
Another challenge is that taxes on services are regressive, with a disproportionate impact on low-income residents, and are sometimes seen as an unfair way to plug a budget hole or… -
media mention May 14, 2017 West Virginia Metro News: West Virginia Has Miserable Company When It Comes to Budget Troubles
If there’s a bright side to West Virginia’s state budget troubles — in a misery-loves-company kind of way — it’s that plenty of other states have been having trouble too.… -
media mention May 10, 2017 Bloomberg BNA: Q and A with ITEP’s Meg Wiehe
Bloomberg BNA: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)? Wiehe: I am ITEP Deputy Director, my primary responsibility… -
media mention May 4, 2017 San Diego Union Tribune: Report Tallies Taxes from Unauthorized Immigrants
Unauthorized immigrants in San Diego County pay an estimated $218.5 million in state and local taxes annually, according to a report from the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.… -
media mention April 26, 2017 Center for Public Integrity: Big Tax Cuts for the Rich, Less for the Poor
Others see it differently. The Tax Foundation is one of the leading proponents of tax cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy over low-income families, said Meg Wiehe, director of programs… -
media mention April 18, 2017 On the Economy Podcast: Inclusive immigration policies
Episode #7 of the On the Economy podcast, on the fiscal and economic impacts of immigration, is yours for the clicking. Our guests–Erica Williams and Meg Wiehe, take us through… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Univision: La millonaria contribución que hacen los indocumentados a la economía de Nueva York
“De la misma manera que el impacto horrendo de separar a familias bajo una política de deportación mavisa no debe ser ignorado, tampoco se deben pasar por alto las contribuciones… -
media mention March 2, 2017 The San Jose Mercury News: Undocumented Immigrants Contributed Billions in State and Local Taxes
Trump, like many of his supporters, has said undocumented residents hurt the economy by taking jobs from U.S. citizens while using up public services and other resources. Taxpayers, he argues, front… -
media mention February 6, 2017 ABC News: Without Immigrants, the U.S. Economy Would Be a Disaster
According to Meg Wiehe, the director of programs for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “Undocumented immigrants contributed more than $11.6 billion in state and local taxes each year.… -
media mention January 26, 2017 Governing: Despite Budget Shortfalls, Some Governors Call for Tax Cuts
In both Colorado and Kansas, the tax increases would help cover projected budget deficits. That can be a dangerous habit, said Meg Wiehe of the progressive-leaning Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention November 16, 2016 Chicago Herald: New Chicago bag tax will boost revenue, but will it cut waste?
“Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research group based in Washington, D.C., said these one-off taxes on goods exacerbate income inequality.… -
media mention August 5, 2016 New York Times: Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays May Be Skimpier This Year
Many tax policy experts, however, look askance at the sales tax holiday phenomenon. “They’re really mostly just a political gimmick,” said Meg Wiehe, state tax policy director at the Institute… -
media mention June 20, 2016 Washington Post: Kansas cut taxes, California raised them. What happened?
“The poorest 20 percent of households — those making less than $23,000 a year — are paying about $200 more, on average, according to an analysis by the Institute on…