Massachusetts
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media mention August 30, 2016 Governing: Back-to-School Tax Holidays Losing Popularity Among Lawmakers
“[Tax holidays] don’t help lower-income people much either, according to the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).” Read more -
media mention May 18, 2016 Boston Globe: Mass. prepares for fight over proposed millionaires’ tax
“An analysis from the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that while poor and middle-income families pay about 10 percent of their income in state and local taxes,… -
media mention February 26, 2016 Boston Globe: Study finds immigration reform would bring Massachusetts over $60 million in new taxes
“In January, Gov. Charlie Baker cut $49 million from Massachusetts’ state budget. But a study Wednesday found state and local governments could recoup well more than that amount, in the… -
media mention January 19, 2016 MassLive: ‘Millionaires’ tax’ raises questions of fairness, business practices, transit needs at Statehouse hearing
“According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the top 1 percent of Massachusetts earners (those making more than $860,000) pay 4.9 percent of their income in state and… -
ITEP Work in Action December 23, 2015 Massachusets Budget and Policy Center: Funding Improvements for Schools, Roads, and Public Transit with Tax Reforms that Improve Fairness
Our economic growth is not translating into significant economic progress for most of our people and this directly harms working families. The lack of more broadly shared economic progress also has harmed our state’s ability to make important investments that can make life better for working people.
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ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Examining Tax Fairness
Taxes are the primary way we pay for the things that we do together through government. These include things like police and fire protection; public education; roads, bridges and public… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Licenses for Immigrant Drivers in Massachusetts
Immigrants make important contributions to the Massachusetts economy. They spend income as consumers and contribute to state and local taxes.Yet, they often face barriers to full inclusion and economic stability.… -
ITEP Work in Action September 14, 2015 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Funding Improvements for Schools, Roads, and Public Transit with Tax Reforms that Improve Fairness
We can expand opportunity for our people and strengthen our economy by making smart investments to improve our schools; make our colleges and universities affordable; and build a transportation system… -
media mention August 17, 2015 TV Newsroom: Tax-Free Weekend Offers Great Savings
“The bottom line is that whatever policy goal you want to achieve through a sales tax holiday, there are probably better ways to achieve those goals”, said Matthew Gardner, executive… -
media mention July 29, 2015 The Herald News: Sen. Michael Rodrigues: Why I Oppose the Massachusetts Sales Tax Holiday
It is that time of year again on Beacon Hill, when the Legislature debates and ultimately passes a sales tax holiday for a weekend in August. Let’s be clear, the… -
media mention July 28, 2015 NBC: Sales Tax Holidays Complex, Controversial, But Popular With Shoppers
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting the… -
media mention July 24, 2015 CNBC: Tax-Free Shopping Ahead for These States
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, however, contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting… -
media mention July 6, 2015 Huffington Post: How Some States Are Trying To Fix Their Crumbling Infrastructure
Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said efforts to raise state taxes to pay for roads and bridges exploded this year. In 2013 and… -
media mention June 19, 2015 Littleton Independent: Momentum Grows for Earned Income Credit
More than one in seven Massachusetts families benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the impact is even greater in many urban communities. The current state Earned Income Tax… -
ITEP Work in Action December 4, 2014 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Automatic Income Tax Rate Cuts – Frequently Asked Questions
A thriving state economy – one that delivers broadly shared prosperity to workers, families and businesses – depends on key public investments in schools and colleges, subways and highways, public… -
media mention November 6, 2014 Governing: Massachusetts Rolls Back Automatic Gas Tax Hike
And Massachusetts has plenty of company. The federal gas tax of 18.4 cents has been in place since 1993. Twenty-four states haven’t touched their gas tax rates in more than… -
media mention November 6, 2014 Bloomberg BNA: Will Massachusetts’ Rejection of Inflation-Adjusted Gas Tax Have Federal Implications?
States have varying gas tax rate structures, which can be boiled down to one of two general forms: a fixed-rate tax or a variable-rate tax. Flat-rate gas taxes, like those… -
media mention October 10, 2014 Governing: Will Mass. Repeal Gas Tax Hike?
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, notes that many states in recent years have gone down the same road as Massachusetts by linking… -
media mention June 2, 2014 Boston Globe: Tax the Roads, Not Fuel
By Jeff Jacoby, June 2, 2014 For decades, gasoline taxes have been the largest source of funds for building and fixing America’s highways. What happens if those funds dry up?… -
media mention May 30, 2014 Bloomberg BNA: Extras on Excise, Running out of Gas
By Rebecca Helmes, May 28, 2014 New Hampshire drivers will soon pay more per gallon in gas tax, and in return their Interstate 93 widening project will be funded, along… -
media mention April 23, 2014 Boston Globe: Who Pays More in Taxes?
When it comes to state and local taxes, you find precisely the opposite: higher-income families pay a smaller share of their income in taxes while lower-income families pay more. It is called a regressive tax system, and you’ll find it in virtually every state, including Massachusetts.
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media mention April 7, 2014 MetroWest Daily News: Ballot question could halt tax
(Original Post) By Brian Benson Daily News Staff Posted Apr. 5, 2014 @ 11:46 pm A measure lawmakers approved last year to index the gas tax to inflation is prompting… -
ITEP Work in Action March 7, 2014 Massachusetts Tax Fairness Commission: Report
The Tax Fairness Commission was established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2013 as part of the Act Relative to Transportation Finance. The Commission was charged with analyzing a broad array… -
media mention January 9, 2014 Go Local Worcester: MA Residents Face Among Highest Transportation Costs in US
(Original Post) Thursday, January 09, 2014 Zeke Wright, GoLocalWorcester Contibutor While Massachusetts contributes a high percentage of transportation-related revenue toward roads, a new report show that road-related taxes and fees… -
ITEP Work in Action September 24, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: After the Tech Tax Repeal- Remembering the Big Picture
The FY 2014 budget included new investments in our transportation system, in education, and in other areas. Part of the funding for these came from a “tech tax,” which is…