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April 5, 2021Louisiana Budget Project: Who Pays? Racial Injustice in Louisiana’s Tax System
Historic and current injustices – both in public policy and in society more broadly – have resulted in vast disparities in income across race and ethnicity in Louisiana. Unfortunately, our…
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November 15, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Tax Code Is Holding Louisiana Back
Years of efforts to reform Louisiana’s regressive and overly complicated tax code have run aground in the state Legislature. The result: Louisianans pay the second-highest sales taxes in the nation,…
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November 9, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Race Equity and Taxes in Louisiana
Louisiana’s upside-down tax structure means the highest income-earners pay less than the poorest families, when measured as a percentage of income. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s “Who Pays” report lays…
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November 5, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Louisiana’s Regressive Tax Structure
Poor and middle-income families in Louisiana pay state and local taxes at a higher rate than the wealthiest families. That’s the key takeaway from the latest state-by-state breakdown of tax… -
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November 3, 2018The New Orleans Advocate: James Gill: Louisiana’s Tax System Isn’t the Most Unfair in the Nation, But It’s not for Lack of Trying
According to a study just released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, Washington State sets the regressive standard, while we rank 14th. If your income is… -
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October 17, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Louisiana’s Tax Code is Still Regressive
The wealthiest households in Louisiana continue to pay state and local taxes at a lower rate than those in the middle class and below, according to a new analysis that…
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October 17, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Who Pays Taxes in Louisiana?
When it comes to paying for government services, Louisiana asks a lot more of those with the fewest resources than it does of its wealthiest citizens, according to new analysis… -
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October 17, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Analysis: Louisiana’s Regressive Tax Structure Disproportionately Affects Low-income Residents
A new study released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Louisiana Budget Project finds that Louisiana has the 14th most unfair state and local tax… -
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October 12, 2018Louisiana Budget Project: Federal Tax Cut Worsening Racial Wealth Divide
While President Trump and Republicans in Congress heralded the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 as a major tax cut for the middle class, the numbers don’t bear that…
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