Ohio
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ITEP Work in Action January 25, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Tax Cuts Help Create Ohio’s Revenue Crunch
In 2015, the General Assembly approved a two-year budget lasting through this June that cuts taxes by nearly $1.9 billion. When legislators approved those cuts, Policy Matters Ohio asked a… -
ITEP Work in Action January 25, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Tax Cuts Help Create Ohio’s Revenue Crunch
In 2015, the General Assembly approved a two-year budget lasting through this June that cuts taxes by nearly $1.9 billion. When legislators approved those cuts, Policy Matters Ohio asked a… -
ITEP Work in Action January 19, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Flat tax would mean more taxes for most
Nearly three-quarters of Ohioans would pay more in state income taxes under flat-rate tax plans for which a joint legislative commission is developing an implementation plan. At the same… -
media mention January 14, 2017 Register Herald: Flat tax would make most Ohioans pay more
“Using a sophisticated model of Ohio’s tax system, the national research group, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), found that with a 3.5 percent flat tax, 72 percent of… -
media mention January 9, 2017 Cincinnati Enquirer: Immigration coalition braces for policy changes
“Grayson, the Interfaith Workers Center director, said the coalition needs to try to work to educate the public that attempts at widespread deportations would be costly and harm families and… -
ITEP Work in Action January 5, 2017 Policy Matters Ohio: Flat Tax Would Make Most Ohioans Pay More
Using a sophisticated model of Ohio’s tax system, the national research group, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), found that with a 3.5 percent flat tax, 72 percent of… -
media mention October 28, 2016 Times Reporter: Al Landis is best candidate for Statehouse
“In fact, a study of state tax systems from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported the bottom 20 percent put 11.7 percent of their income toward taxes while… -
media mention October 18, 2016 Times Reporter: Challenger Jeremiah Johnson seeks 98th District House seat
“The study, ‘Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States,’ produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and released in Ohio by… -
media mention September 27, 2016 Bloomberg: Ohio Income Tax Cuts
“The shifting composition of Ohio’s taxes has meant a shift, too, in who pays for state and local government. According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
ITEP Work in Action September 26, 2016 Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony: Tax Cuts, Flat Tax Aren’t the Answer
Overall, the top 1 percent, who made more than $360,000 a year in 2014, received an average annual tax cut of $20,000 from the major tax changes between 2005 and 2014 (that doesn’t include last year’s cuts). On average, Ohioans in the bottom 60 percent of the income spectrum (making $54,000 or less) are paying slightly more.
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media mention July 18, 2016 The Hill: Airbnb collecting taxes on convention rentals
Airbnb is collecting taxes on rentals during the political party conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia, according to a tax analyst. Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and… -
ITEP Work in Action April 12, 2016 Policy Matters Ohio: Wealthy not paying fair share of state and local taxes
“State and local taxes support schools, fix potholes, keep the snow plowed, the justice system running and the water clean. Economic prosperity depends on these public services. The wealthiest families… -
media mention March 16, 2016 NewsNet5: PolitiFact: Was Kasich’s tax cut the largest in the nation?
“Ohio is among the states that come up in discussions about big tax cuts. But was Kasich’s truly the largest in the nation? “There are at least half a dozen… -
media mention March 15, 2016 The Enquirer: Hundreds march to protect immigrants
“Illegal immigration is a major issue in the 2016 presidential race. Trump has called Mexicans, especially, rapists and drug dealers. A report released Feb. 24 by the Institute on Taxation… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2015 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich-era tax changes reward the wealthy
The top 1 percent of Ohioans on average will see a $17,618 annual reduction in state taxes as a result of major tax changes made during the Kasich administration, while… -
media mention August 28, 2015 Report: Tax Policy Benefits Flow Heavily to Wealthiest Ohioans
The windfall for the wealthy results from cuts in state income taxes, the major tax that is based on the ability to pay, while increases in other taxes such as… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Ohio Watchdog: Is Sales Tax Holiday Good or Bad for Ohio?
Bill sponsor Rep. John Patterson Jr., D-Jefferson, thinks passage of the measure would generate activity in retail stores and help create excitement that could rival the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales.… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Toledo Blade: Ohio Readies for First Break on Sales Tax
Carl Davis, a senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit nonpartisan Washington think tank, said that while tax holidays help retailers, they don’t accomplish much… -
media mention August 11, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Sales-Tax Holiday Gets Mixed Reviews
Ohio’s first sales-tax holiday is in the books, and whether there will be one next year remains a matter of speculation. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy conducted a… -
media mention August 5, 2015 Canton Repository: Tax-Free Days Give Shoppers a Break
A 2013 analysis on the impact of a tax holiday in Ohio by the Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati found that while retail sales would increase close to… -
media mention August 4, 2015 Morrow County Sentinel: Sales Tax Holiday: What Does it Mean for Ohio?
Research from the University of Cincinnati Economics Center estimates an almost five percent boost in sales during a sales tax holiday, with average families saving about $38. But according to… -
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 20, 2015 The Beacon Journal: Anxieties of the middle class
“The Kasich tax cuts produce the opposite effects. An analysis of the recently passed two-year state budget by the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, of Washington, D.C., for Policy… -
media mention July 15, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Budget Doesn’t Do Right by Poor Ohioans
One immoral aspect of Ohio’s budget is the ongoing tax shift that blesses the rich and slaps the poor. According to a recent Dispatch article, the Institute on Taxation and…