Oregon
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Immigration Reform Would Boost Oregon State and Local Budgets
June 15, 2015
How much do undocumented Oregonians contribute in state and local taxes? A recent report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) estimated that 124,000 undocumented Oregonians paid more than $83 million in state and local taxes in 2012. Read the full report here.
Issues with Taxing Marijuana at the State Level
May 6, 2015 • By Carl Davis, Richard Phillips
Read as a PDF. Table of Contents Introduction Why Tax Marijuana? Designing a State Tax on Marijuana How Much Revenue Would Marijuana Legalization Generate for States Factors that Could Negatively Impact Marijuana Revenue Factors that Could Positively Impact Marijuana Revenue Conclusion Endnotes Charts and Text Boxes Current Approaches to Taxing Retail Marijuana Sales How Should […]
Undocumented Immigrants’ State & Local Tax Contributions (2015)
April 15, 2015 • By Matthew Gardner, Meg Wiehe
This report was updated February 2016 Read as a PDF. (Includes Full Appendix of State-by-State Data) Report Landing Page In the public debates over federal immigration reform, sufficient and accurate information about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants is often lacking. The reality is the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions […]
The Oregonian: Oregon Lags on Transportation Investment
April 13, 2015
Explaining to The Atlantic last week why Republican state legislatures were so much readier to raise the gas tax than Republican congressmen, Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy pointed out that they didn’t have much choice: Legislatures had to balance state budgets, and they “can raise the gas tax, they can […]
The Seattle Times: Washington Suffers Most Regressive Tax System in the U.S.
March 4, 2015
In the latest Who Pays? report by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Washington state has “by far” the most regressive tax system in the nation. Poor residents here pay 16.8 percent of family income in state and local taxes while the wealthiest 1 percent pay only 2.4 percent. By comparison, the percentage […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Oregon Tax System Does Better Job Than Most in Not Worsening Income Inequality
January 21, 2015
Every state tax system in the country makes income inequality worse, but Oregon’s tax system does so less than most, according to a report released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Read the full report
Chinook Observer: Tax Tale of Two States
January 21, 2015
New study re-emphasizes a longstanding reality: Oregonians have it much better than they imagine when it comes to taxes, while Washington residents ought to be rebelling Although you’d never guess based on the complaining, Oregon lawmakers and voters have done quite a good job of designing a tax system that meets fundamental measures of […]
The Oregonian: Oregon’s tax system one of fairest in nation for lower income
January 16, 2015
“A new study by a liberal think tank says Oregon’s tax system is one of the least regressive in the country as the result of the lack of a sales tax and its refundable income tax credit for lower-income citizens. The Washington, D.C. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that only two states — […]
The Oregonian: Novick’s new street tax may be as good as it gets
January 15, 2015
“State taxes are another matter. Anyone who has attended a Revenue Committee meeting in Salem knows how carefully lawmakers examine the “distributional effects” of statewide taxes. Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a good example of what can come from such scrutiny; it not only rewards work but helps to remediate the property taxes […]
The Daily Astorian: Tax tale of two states: Oregon mostly gets it right
January 15, 2015
“New study re-emphasizes a longstanding reality: Oregonians have it much better than they imagine when it comes to taxes, while Washington residents ought to be rebelling Oregon mostly gets it right Although you’d never guess based on the complaining, Oregon lawmakers and voters have done quite a good job of designing a tax system that […]
Minnesota Post: In study on tax fairness, Minnesota looks … fair
January 15, 2015
“In The Washington Post, Niraj Shoshi reports, “State taxes favor those with the highest incomes. That’s according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report, which finds that on average the bottom fifth of earners pay proportionally twice as much of their incomes in state and local taxes as the […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Move Across State Lines for $40 a Month?
October 7, 2014
Say that you’re the sole breadwinner for your family and you earn $100,000 a year in Oregon. Would you pack your belongings and move your family north to Washington for a $40 monthly raise? It’s hard to imagine. That is why any Oregon business worried that it might lose employees to firms in Washington […]
Read the Report in PDF Form The Census Bureau released data in September showing that the share of Americans living in poverty remains high. In 2013, the national poverty rate was 14.5 percent, a slight drop from last years’ rate of 15 percent and the first decline since 2006.1 However, the poverty rate remains 2.0 […]
The Oregonian: Finance Website Study Says Oregon Has Second-Fairest Tax System in U.S.
September 17, 2014
Oregon’s tax system takes a lot of hits, from business figures who think high income taxes discourage investment to seniors who say it’s a struggle to pay property taxes on a fixed income.… This approach certainly fits with the approach of such groups as Citizens for Tax Justice, which has long argued that most state […]
Greenfield Daily Reporter: NY Tax Receipts Keep Rising Despite Growing Gap Between the Rich and the Rest
September 17, 2014
New York tax collections have continued rising despite a growing income gap between its richest residents and everyone else, even as a national study shows overall growth in state tax receipts slowing as the income gap widens across the U.S. While declining to immediately comment on the S&P analysis, Cuomo administration officials pointed to a […]
USA Today: Shrinking Revenue Spurs Gas Tax Alternative
August 14, 2014
By Elaine S. Povich It was the potholes that convinced real estate broker Lester Friedman that there’s got to be a better way to pay for road construction and repairs. Friedman, who lives in Bend, Oregon, drives about 8,000 miles a year in his 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, ferrying clients throughout central Oregon. He sees roads […]
Bloomberg BNA: Processor Giant Intel Corp. Enters $100 Billion Incentive Agreement to Invest in Oregon
August 14, 2014
By Michael Kerman Processor and semiconductor giant Intel Corp. entered a Strategic Investment Program Agreement Aug. 11 with Washington County, Oregon’s second-largest county, located just outside Portland, the Portland Business Journal reports. The agreement is loaded with property tax incentives to ensure that Intel continues to invest in manufacturing and developing technologies in the state. […]
For much of the last century, estate and inheritance taxes have played an important role in helping states to adequately fund public services in a way that improves the progressivity of state tax systems. While many of the taxes levied by state and local governments fall most heavily on low-income families, only the very wealthy pay estate and inheritance taxes. Recent changes in the federal estate tax, however, culminating in the "fiscal cliff " deal of early 2013, have forced states to reevaluate the structure of their estate and inheritance taxes. Unfortunately, the trend of late has tended toward weakening…
The gasoline tax is the single largest source of funding for transportation infrastructure in the United States, but the tax is on an unsustainable course. Sluggish gas tax revenue growth has put strain on transportation budgets at the federal and state levels, and has led to countless debates around the country about how best to pay for America's infrastructure.
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Tax Facts That Matter – 2014 Edition
April 15, 2014
Tax Facts That Matter – 2014 Edition Read the Full Report
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Tax Facts That Matter
April 14, 2014
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Oregon Center for Public Policy: Profitable Corporations Pay No Oregon Income Taxes
March 20, 2014
Some highly profitable corporations are finding ways to avoid paying any state income taxes, Oregon and national data show. At least 24 corporations that made a profit in Oregon in 2011, including eight with profits of over $5 million, paid no Oregon income taxes for that year, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy’s […]
The Oregonian: 24 Oregon companies turned a profit but paid no income tax in 2011
March 20, 2014
(Original Post) By Christian Gaston | [email protected] on March 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM, updated March 19, 2014 at 7:08 PM At least two dozen profitable corporations paid no Oregon income taxes in 2011, according to a new study by the Oregon Center for Public Policy. The Silverton-based think tank sifted through data from the […]
Stateline: Hunting Lost Revenue in Offshore Tax Havens
March 10, 2014
(Original Post) By Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer Some states are going after multinational corporations which avoid state taxes by stashing some of their earnings in offshore tax havens, an effort aimed at recouping some of the more than $20 billion states lose to such gimmicks each year. Shifting income to subsidiaries in places like […]
Oregon Center for Public Policy: Trucking Along, Avoiding Corporate Income Taxes
February 26, 2014
The same company whose lawsuit made it possible for corporations to side-step Oregon’s corporate minimum tax turns out to be a federal corporate income tax avoider, as well. The trucking company Con-way had a negative effective federal income tax rate over the 2008 to 2012 period, despite making $587 million in profits over those five […]
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