One of the most important functions of government is to maintain a high-quality public education system. In many states, however, this objective is being undermined by tax policies that redirect public dollars for K-12 education toward private schools.
Indiana
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report May 17, 2017 Public Loss Private Gain: How School Voucher Tax Shelters Undermine Public Education
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ITEP Work in Action January 9, 2017 Indiana Institute for Working Families: Tax Rate Cuts to Offset Gas and Cigarette Tax Increases? There are Better Ways
Ensuring Indiana has funding needed to adequately repair its roads and bridges over the next several years is a top priority among lawmakers this legislative session. Among the proposed… -
media mention November 30, 2016 The Atlantic: Why It’s So Hard to Know What to Make of the Carrier Deal
“Additionally, some economists say that it’s bad policy for states to offer up tax breaks for companies who agree to locate plants or other operations in certain communities, a practice… -
media mention May 27, 2016 Indianapolis Business Journal: Senate report: Illegal immigration costs state $131M
“Indiana Immigrants who are here illegally paid $108.9 million in state and local taxes in 2010, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. But were they to have… -
media mention April 5, 2016 CNBC: Pothole season brings little new funding to fix them
Other states, including Indiana, South Carolina and West Virginia, have considered similar moves. But so far, those measures haven’t gotten very far, according to the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention January 19, 2016 Indianapolis Star: Raise taxes on Indiana’s wealthy
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy the bottom 20% of Indiana taxpayers pay an average effective overall tax rate of around 12%. The top 1% of Indiana… -
media mention July 22, 2015 CNBC: Is Your State a Gas Tax Winner–Or Loser?
As states from Connecticut to California scramble to find money to fix crumbling highways, Congress once again is expected this week to put a short-term patch on the nearly insolvent… -
media mention July 13, 2015 Cheat Sheet: 10 Worst States in America for Fair Tax Systems
Americans generally believe that higher income households should pay a greater percentage of their incomes in taxes than lower income households. Yet the exact opposite occurs. The Institute on Taxation… -
media mention May 1, 2015 Daily Journal: Indexes unveil winners, losers under tax policy
We’re less familiar with a different ranking of state taxes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. It ranks state tax systems based on their effects on the distribution… -
ITEP Work in Action January 20, 2015 Indiana Institute for Working Families: The Status of Working Families in Indiana – 2015
The Status of Working Families is a biennial report that analyzes the general state of Indiana’s economy as it relates to working families by examining data on poverty, labor force… -
media mention October 28, 2014 WBAA: Think Tank Questions Effort to Eliminate Business Personal Property Tax
Matt Gardner with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says property taxes nationwide are increasingly limited to real property. But he says for equipment that has significant value to… -
media mention October 10, 2014 New York Times: The State-by-State Revival of the Right
In an analysis of how the Indiana cuts are distributed by income groups, the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the bottom 20 percent are getting an… -
ITEP Work in Action March 18, 2014 Indiana Institute for Working Families: What Corporate Tax Burden
On the immediate heels of significantly cutting taxes for corporations and high income individuals, lawmakers are close to making a deal to deliver additional tax breaks to some businesses including… -
media mention January 6, 2014 The Times of Northwest Indiana: Study options before tinkering with taxes
(Original Post) January 02, 2014 12:00 am • By Doug Ross Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants to eliminate the personal property tax for businesses, perhaps paying for it by increasing… -
media mention July 12, 2013 Business First: Immigration reform would add $56M to Kentucky, Indiana coffers
(Original Post) Staff Business First A newly released study shows that national and state tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if immigration reform… -
report April 26, 2013 5% Cut in Indiana’s Income Tax is Stacked in Favor of the Wealthy
Indiana Governor Mike Pence and the state’s legislative leaders recently announced a budget agreement that, among other things, phases the state’s flat personal income tax rate down from 3.4 percent to 3.23 percent by 2017.
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media mention April 22, 2013 Indianapolis Star: Indiana suffers from bad tax system, bad tax cuts
Written by Dan Carpenter Do Hoosiers even want Gov. Mike Pence’s income tax cut? And should they, considering that Indiana has one of the most regressive, elitist, tax systems in… -
report April 8, 2013 Indiana Senate’s Income Tax Cut: Just as Lopsided as the Governor’s
The Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a budget cutting the state’s personal income tax rate from 3.4 percent to 3.3 percent beginning in 2015. Although this proposal costs less than one-third the amount of Governor Pence’s preferred cut (which would take the rate down to 3.06 percent), it would still reduce state revenues by roughly $150 million each year.
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media mention February 11, 2013 Goshen News: Sen. Carlin Yoder discusses immigration bill
(Original Post) Tax cut proposal Among many other issues discussed at Saturday’s Third House was Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed 10 percent cut in the state income tax. Jeremy Bernstein, an… -
media mention February 4, 2013 Indiana Public Media: Indiana Taxes Disadvantage Low-Income Groups
(Original Post) By Brandon Smith, IPBSPosted February 4, 2013 A new study from a national research group suggests Indiana’s overall tax structure is disadvantageous to middle- and low-income Hoosiers. The… -
media mention January 30, 2013 South Bend Tribune: Better to pass on this tax cut
(Original Post) January 16, 2013 Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is pressing on with his campaign pledge to lower the state’s flat income tax rate from 3.4 percent to 3.06 percent.… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Times of Northwest Indiana: Put tax cut promise on back burner
(Original Post) December 20, 2012 12:00 am • By Doug Ross From all indications, Gov.-elect Mike Pence’s 10 percent tax cut plan is dead in the water in the General… -
media mention January 23, 2013 The Journal Gazette: Pence leads charge with education, tax-cut call
(Original Post) Last updated: January 23, 2013 10:38 a.m.State of state Niki Kelly | The Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence preached optimism in his first-ever State of the… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Indiana Association for Community Economic Development: Indiana Property Taxes: Is Property Tax Relief or Tax Restructuring the Solution?
Many Indiana communities are once again experiencing what is perceived to be a property tax “crisis.” However, by its most common definition, a crisis implies a situation that is characterized… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Northwest Indiana Times: NiSource among companies getting large tax breaks
(Original Post) By Bowdeya Tweh [email protected], (219) 933-3316 | Posted: Friday, November 4, 2011 12:00 am NiSource Inc. was one of 30 companies that benefited from a negative income tax…