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State Rundown 9/18: Lawmakers Confront Revenue Loss from Federal Policy Changes
September 18, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
Some states are trying to avoid revenue loss while others are welcoming it and doubling down.
Child Poverty Remains Unacceptably High, New Federal Changes Unlikely to Move Needle
September 16, 2025 • By Neva Butkus
By not extending the 2021 temporary Child Tax Credit expansion, federal lawmakers have allowed the number of children and families in poverty to increase and remain unnecessarily high.
IRS Enforcement Boost Was Supposed to Last 10 Years. Congress Killed It in Under Three.
September 16, 2025 • By Sarah C. G. Christopherson
The IRS was set to overhaul how it audits the ultra-rich. Now most of that funding is gone.
What currently stands in the way of better corporate tax transparency.
State Earned Income Tax Credits Support Families and Workers in 2025
September 11, 2025 • By Neva Butkus
Nearly two-thirds of states now have an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Momentum continues to build on these credits that boost low-paid workers’ incomes and offset some of the taxes they pay, helping lower-income families achieve greater economic security.
State Child Tax Credits Boosted Financial Security for Families and Children in 2025
September 11, 2025 • By Neva Butkus
Child Tax Credits (CTCs) are effective tools to bolster the economic security of low- and middle-income families and position the next generation for success.
President Trump is Still Lying About Ending Taxes on Social Security
September 11, 2025 • By Matthew Gardner
Why is Trump saying that he has eliminated taxes on Social Security?
Making the Wealthy Pay their Fair Share is the Way to Preserve Vacation Towns
September 10, 2025 • By Rita Jefferson
Rhode Island lawmakers created a new surcharge on second homes worth more than $1 million as part of the budget enacted this spring.
Who Can Make a Billion Dollar Mistake and Not Lose Their Jobs? Congress
September 5, 2025 • By Matthew Gardner
A drafting error in the 2017 tax law will cost U.S. taxpayers over $1 billion in unintended tax cuts for big multinationals.
State Rundown 9/4: Colorado Tackles Offshore Corporate Tax Avoidance, Paves Way for State Conformity Best Practices
September 4, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
Despite an increasingly bleak state revenue outlook, state lawmakers across the country continue to prioritize regressive tax cuts.
Colorado Lawmakers Help Fill Trump-Induced Shortfall by Tackling Offshore Corporate Tax Avoidance
August 26, 2025 • By Matthew Gardner, Marco Guzman
As the Trump megabill blows holes in state budgets, Colorado is leading with reforms to curb offshore tax avoidance and roll back wasteful corporate subsidies.
As federal data systems erode, the U.S. risks losing the impartial information needed for sound policymaking and public trust.
The Trump Megabill Hands the Rich a Gift — and Sends the Bill to Young Americans
August 21, 2025 • By Angie Sumo
Trump's megabill directs most benefits to the wealthy, while leaving younger generations with higher taxes, more debt, and fewer opportunities. For Millennials and Gen Z, it means reduced public investment and an economy less likely to work in their favor.
SALT in the Wound: New Tax Law’s Limit on State Tax Deductions Exempts Some of the Very Wealthiest
August 21, 2025 • By Matthew Gardner
The new tax law enacted last month found a temporary compromise on the level of the cap, boosting it to $40,000 through 2029, but failed to fix a loophole that allows some rich taxpayers with good accountants to completely avoid the cap
State Rundown 8/20: States to Face Serious Conformity, Revenue Issues as Summer Ends
August 20, 2025 • By ITEP Staff
While tax news has slowed as summer comes to an end, there are rumblings beneath the surface that could be an inauspicious sign of the times ahead for states and state budgets.
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