Ohio
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media mention October 28, 2014 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Repeal of the State Income Tax Would Harm Ohio on Several Levels
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit Washington, D.C., research group with a model of the tax system, reviewed the effects of income tax repeal. It found that… -
media mention October 3, 2014 Slate: The Kansas Miracle
In reality, however, Kansas’ job growth stagnated in 2012 and income growth fell. Far from a stimulus plan, Brownback’s tax cuts were a massive program of redistribution for the rich.… -
media mention October 3, 2014 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Axing Ohio’s Income Tax
In 2011, the state of Florida spent $8,887 per-pupil, ranking it 38th among the states, according to a report by Governing magazine based on Census data. Ohio ranked 18th that… -
media mention September 22, 2014 The Columbus Dispatch: John Kasich, Ed FItzgerald Disagree on Tax Policy
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Policy Matters Ohio, a labor-backed research group, found that when accounting for nearly all tax changes approved in the… -
media mention September 22, 2014 The Toledo Blade: Unequal and Unbalanced
“In Ohio, a separate recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported that the state’s tax changes since 2005 are giving the richest 1 percent of taxpayers… -
ITEP Work in Action August 26, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Out-of-Step
Changes to the Ohio EITC this summer doubled the credit, but poor design choices mean that most low-income working families won’t get the benefit. Read the full report -
media mention August 25, 2014 Akron Beacon Journal: After a decade of tax cuts in Ohio
“Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio has assessed the broad impact of the changes, with the help of the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, a research group in Washington.… -
media mention August 20, 2014 The Toledo Blade: Tax Shift and Shaft
By the Editorial Board: Nearly a decade ago, Ohio placed a fateful bet: that big tax cuts, especially for the state’s richest people and corporations, would generate strong job creation,… -
ITEP Work in Action August 18, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: The Great Ohio Tax Shift
Tax overhauls in the past nine years have slashed average tax bills for the top 1 percent by more than $20,000, while the bottom three-fifths pay more as a group.… -
media mention July 21, 2014 Toledo Blade: Comfort the comfortable
“According to an analysis done for the progressive advocacy group Policy Matters Ohio by the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, fully half of this year’s $400 million tax… -
media mention July 10, 2014 Public News Service: Ohio’s Affluent Benefit Most From New Tax Cuts
“Cutting the income tax does little for the poorest Ohioans because they don’t have much income-tax liability to begin with, Schiller said. As they review current tax breaks, Schiller said,… -
ITEP Work in Action July 7, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Cuts and Breaks
Most of the $400 million-plus in tax cuts for Fiscal Year 2015 will go the affluent. The Mid-Biennium Review also continues with an unfortunate Ohio tradition of permitting or enlarging… -
media mention July 7, 2014 The Plain Dealer: Ohio’s tax cuts favor the affluent, do not create jobs
Like other income-tax cuts, the latest batch favors the wealthiest Ohioans. An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group with a model of the… -
media mention June 3, 2014 Toledo Blade: Bad budget business
The progressive advocacy group Policy Matters Ohio worked with the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan organization in Washington, to analyze the Senate bill. They conclude that most… -
media mention May 30, 2014 Ohio Watchdog: Is Sales Tax Holiday Good or Bad for Ohio
By Maggie Thurber, May 30, 2014 Ohio is once again considering an August sales tax holiday for schools supplies and equipment, but two tax groups think it’s a bad deal… -
ITEP Work in Action April 28, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Income-Tax Repeal – A Bad Deal for Ohio
Repealing the Ohio income tax would blow an enormous hole in the state budget. It would have to be paid for with gigantic budget cuts or major increases in other… -
media mention April 11, 2014 Springfield News-Sun: Benefits of tax proposal plan debated
Information from the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy showed the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers would receive about $2,847 in tax cuts, but Schiller said residents making between $34,000 and $54,000 a year would only see a tax break of about $13.
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ITEP Work in Action March 18, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich Tax Plan- Advantage, Top 1 Percent
Gov. John Kasich’s new tax proposal would deliver annual tax cuts averaging more than $2,800 to the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers while those in the bottom two-fifths would… -
ITEP Work in Action February 26, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: The Sorry State of Corporate Taxes
Two Ohio companies — American Electric Power and FirstEnergy — were among the 26 major companies that in the aggregate paid no federal income tax over the five-year period between… -
media mention February 26, 2014 Toledo Blade: Gov. Kasich says it’s his duty ‘to serve everyone,’ so why is he proposing another unneeded, unequal tax cut?
(Original Post) GOV. John Kasich launched this year’s re-election campaign with his State of the State address Monday night. The speech was designed to — and did — appeal to… -
media mention February 26, 2014 The Columbus Dispatch: Income tax cut, sales tax expansion debated
(Original Post) By Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday February 12, 2013 2:22 PM Ohio Tax Commissioner Joe Testa told lawmakers today that the expansive tax overhaul package proposed by… -
media mention February 20, 2014 Toledo Blade: Whose tax cut?
(Original Post) The latest scheme to cut state income tax rates would favor the rich, increase inequality, and harm basic services Gov. John Kasich and many members of the Republican-controlled… -
ITEP Work in Action February 14, 2014 Policy Matters Ohio: Income-tax cut would favor well-to-do
An across-the-board cut in rates favored by Gov. Kasich may allow low-income Ohioans to buy a slice of pizza a year, on average. Those in the middle could purchase a… -
ITEP Work in Action January 3, 2014 Policy Matter Ohio: Homestead Exemption Still Out of Whack
The state budget approved in June limits eligibility for Ohio’s homestead exemption, but doesn’t do enough to focus the property-tax break on seniors who need it most. Read the Full… -
media mention November 13, 2013 Toledo Blade: Another tax spin
(Original Post) Ohio Sen. Chris Widener (R., Springfield) deserves credit for his key vote to expand Medicaid in Ohio. But his second act — turning the expansion’s estimated savings into…