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report   March 11, 2010

ITEP’s Testimony Before the MD Senate Budget and Tax Committee on Preserving Maryland’s “Millionaires’ Tax”

My testimony today focuses on Senate Bill 913, which would temporarily extend, through 2014, the “millionaires’ tax” that is currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2010. This testimony…
report   March 2, 2010

Leadership Tax Plan Hits Poor Hardest

Media outlets are reporting that leaders in the New Mexico legislature reached a tentative agreement in the days leading up to this week’s special legislative session that would impose over…
report   February 26, 2010

Evaluating Special Session Revenue-Raising Options

In a special legislative session starting March 1, the New Mexico Legislature will consider a variety of revenue-raising options to close the state’s budget deficit. Some of the options under…
report   February 9, 2010

Determining the Statewide Sales Tax Rate Under SJR 29 and HJR 56

Senate Joint Resolution 29 and House Joint Resolution 56 are currently being debated in the Missouri Legislature. The proposals would place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to dramatically change…
report   January 28, 2010

Testimony on SJR 29: Income Tax Repeal

In evaluating SJR 29, policymakers should have a clear understanding of how broad the tax base could actually be under such a plan, what the tax rate would actually have…
report   January 8, 2010

Five Reasons to Preserve Maryland’s “Millionaires’ Tax”

In 2008, to compensate for the anticipated loss of revenue due to the repeal of a law subjecting the provision of computer services to the state’s sales tax, Maryland enacted…
report   November 18, 2009

Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States 3rd Edition

Who Pays? is a comprehensive analysis of state and local tax systems in all fifty states. The study, released on November 18, 2009, shows that on average, state and local…
report   October 19, 2009

A Progressive Strategy for Meeting Illinois’ Current and Future Revenue Needs

Over the course of the past year, Illinois’ personal income tax has received a great deal of attention. In March, Governor Pat Quinn put forward a plan to raise the…
report   September 29, 2009

Where Have All of Maryland’s Millionaires Gone?

A more thorough examination of preliminary tax return data for 2007 and 2008 suggests that, while Maryland millionaires may have moved, their most likely destination was a different income group.…
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