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While States Debate New Trump Tax Changes, Equity Must Be at the Core

States continue to debate whether and how to link their state tax codes to the 2025 federal tax law. This is not just a technical debate.

State Rundown 4/16: Tax Day, a New Millionaires’ Tax and Late Blooming State Tax Action

Yesterday was Tax Day, and with many state legislative sessions wrapping, some tax changes are gearing up or crossing over the finish line.

Tax Break for Ultra-wealthy Investors Takes a Hit in Maine and Oregon

Policymakers in Maine and Oregon wisely said “no” last week to an income tax break for deep-pocketed tech investors and venture capitalists that was expanded in last year’s federal tax bill.

State Tax Watch 2026

April 8, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

State Tax Watch 2026

ITEP tracks tax discussions in legislatures across the country and uses our unique data capacity to analyze the revenue, distributional, and racial and ethnic impacts of many of these proposals. State Tax Watch offers the latest news and movement from each state.

State Rundown 3/18: New Mexico Enacts Most Significant Corporate Tax Reform of the Year

As states lawmakers continue to weigh their linkages to the federal tax code in light of the recent federal tax law, New Mexico provides a blueprint for limiting multinational corporate tax avoidance.

State Rundown 3/12: Washington Lawmakers Pass Millionaires’ Tax, Expand Working Families Tax Credit

Washington is on its way to making history after the legislature approved the “millionaires’ tax,” a 9.9 percent tax on income over $1 million. The bill, which is expected to raise more than $3 billion a year, making significant investments in public education and childcare, will also expand the Working Families Tax Credit – the […]

ITEP analyzed the combined impact of the Trump administration’s three biggest changes in tax policy so far. The net effect of these policies is tax cuts for the rich and higher taxes for everyone else. Read more.

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State Rundown 2/25: Sausage-Making Season Is Upon Us

February 25, 2026 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 2/25: Sausage-Making Season Is Upon Us

National Sausage Month isn’t until October, but now is the time of year when state lawmakers are really diving into their sausage-making processes, as separate legislative houses and oftentimes political parties send competing bills, budgets, and visions back and forth to grind out their differences.

State Rundown 2/19: Necktie (NCTI) Offers a Way Out of a Knotty Situation

State lawmakers are grappling with a range of challenges as their fiscal outlooks deteriorate, federal tax enforcement wanes (after the Trump administration cut the IRS workforce by 25 percent), and a rewritten federal tax code sends states scrambling to decide what changes they might want to make in their own codes.

State Rundown 2/11: This Valentine’s Day, Conscious Decoupling Is Our Love Language

While some may be excited for a romantic Valentine’s Day this weekend, many state lawmakers are breaking up and decoupling from recent federal tax changes that are poised to leave states with revenue shortfalls – much like a bad date who forgets their wallet and asks you to pick up the tab.

State Rundown 2/5: Icy Roads Do Not Slow Tax Policy Debates

Despite wintry conditions across much of the country, that hasn’t stopped state lawmakers from debating major tax policy changes.

State Rundown 1/28: State Tax Cutting Plans Face Scrutiny

As state legislative sessions ramp up across the country, property taxes are one of many issues dominating tax policy conversations in statehouses.

State Rundown 1/14: New Year Brings New Resolutions for Funding Key Priorities

State governors are beginning to lay out their top priorities as legislatures reconvene in statehouses around the country.

State Rundown 1/7: New Year, New Opportunities for Progressive Revenue

As we kick off a new year, several states are facing revenue shortfalls. Some lawmakers are approaching the challenge with sustainable and equitable solutions.

State Rundown 12/17: Tax Policy ‘Naughty or Nice’ List Has Late Entrants

With a little over a week left, some states are solidifying their spots on the tax policy “naughty or nice” list.

Linking to Tipped and Overtime Income Deductions Would Worsen State Shortfalls, Do Little to Help Workers

State deductions for tips and overtime are not only ineffective at supporting working-class people, it will come at a substantial cost to state budgets.

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State Rundown 12/3: Property Tax Cuts and Deficits

December 3, 2025 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 12/3: Property Tax Cuts and Deficits

States are increasingly facing difficult choices as revenues stagnate and deficits come clearer into focus.

State Rundown 11/24: States Say ‘No Thank You’ to Federal Tax Cuts Reducing State Revenue

Lawmakers in two more states have wisely said “no thank you” to federal tax cuts that would have flowed through to their state tax codes and undermined funding for their priorities

Re-Examining 529 Plans: Stopping State Subsidies to Private Schools After New Trump Tax Law

The 2025 federal tax law risks making 529 plans more costly for states by increasing tax avoidance and allowing wealthy families to use these funds for private and religious K-12 schools.

State Rundown 11/13: States Tackle Impending Deficits, Pennsylvania Secures an EITC

Revenue forecasts look increasingly grim as states anticipate shortfalls due to the slowing economy and impacts of the new federal tax law.

State Rundown 11/5: Voters Say “Yes!” to Public Investments

Despite being an off-year election, voters made a call for shared public investments at the polls.

Audio: ITEP’s Spandan Marasini on Corporate Tax Avoidance and What To Do About It

October 16, 2025

ITEP Data Analyst Spandan Marasini appeared on the Oregon Center for Public Policy’s “Policy for the People” podcast, discussing how corporations hide their profits and insights on what can be done to stop it. Listen here.

Webinar: The Trump Tax Law’s Effect on State Tax Codes

This webinar focused on the ways the new tax law could impact state revenues by changing policies that state lawmakers will soon consider mirroring in their own income tax codes.

State Rundown 10/1: State and Local Governments Doing the Opposite of Shutting Down

State and local officials are staying very busy by considering a dizzying amount of reversals.

Leaving Billions on the Table: Trump-Induced Brain Drain Leaves the IRS Struggling to Prevent Corporate Tax Avoidance

The IRS's capacity to prevent big multinational corporations from avoiding income taxes is facing a generational crisis.