This week, in states across the country the momentum to center improvements to family economic security remains strong…
ITEP State Rundown
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blog May 10, 2023 State Rundown 5/10: Momentum on State Tax Credits Continues to Build
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blog May 3, 2023 State Rundown 5/3: Policy Debates Unfold from Capitol to Capital
While the conversations on the debt ceiling heat up in the nation’s capital, debates on state tax policy also continue to unfold in capitol buildings across the nation…
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blog April 27, 2023 State Rundown 4/27: Health, Wealth, and State Tax Policy
This week the importance of state tax policy is center stage once again…
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blog April 19, 2023 State Rundown 4/19: Revenue Discussions Heat Up Like the Temperature
Tax season has ended for most filers, but the topic remains a hot one in states around the country…
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blog April 12, 2023 State Rundown 4/12: Tax Day 2023 – A Good Reminder of the Impact of Our Collective Investments
With Tax Day quickly approaching it’s worth taking some time to reflect not just on tax forms (though those are important!), but also on the current state of state tax policy…
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blog April 6, 2023 State Rundown 4/6: More SALT, Please
This week, a bill out of Arkansas that would cut the top personal income tax rate and the corporate income tax rate found its way to the governor’s desk…
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blog March 30, 2023 State Rundown 3/30: A Win for Tax Equity in The Evergreen State
Over the past week Washington state saw a major victory for tax fairness after the state Supreme Court held the state’s capital gains tax—passed in 2021—constitutional…
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blog March 23, 2023 State Rundown 3/23: A Spring Awakening of Tax Proposals
As nature bursts into life and color with the arrival of spring, state tax proposals are doing the same as the legislative seeds planted by lawmakers earlier this year start to grow, blossom, and in some cases rot. However, some governors are not entirely happy with what state lawmakers have produced.
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blog March 15, 2023 State Rundown 3/15: Tax Madness
It’s March and state lawmakers are showing why the Madness isn’t only reserved for the basketball court…
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blog March 9, 2023 State Rundown 3/9: The Whirlwind 2023 Legislative Session Continues
State 2023 legislative sessions are proving to be eventful ones. With many states eager to make use of their budget surpluses, major tax changes are still being proposed and others… -
blog March 1, 2023 State Rundown 3/1: The Long March to the Finish Line
This week, several big tax proposals took strides on the march toward becoming law…
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blog February 23, 2023 State Rundown 2/23: Tax Dominos Take Shape, Begin to Fall as Session Heats Up
The 2023 legislative session is in full swing, and dominos continue to be set up as others fall…
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blog February 15, 2023 State Rundown 2/15: Love You, Love You Not – Tax Edition
This week, a fresh bouquet of tax proposals was delivered by state lawmakers, but not all of them have left us with that warm, fuzzy feeling in our stomachs…
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blog February 9, 2023 State Rundown 2/9: We <3 Taxes
The great women’s philosopher, Pat Benatar, once said “love is a battlefield,” and there’s no greater test of our love for state tax policy than following the ups and downs of state legislative sessions…
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blog February 1, 2023 State Rundown 2/1: February Brings New (and Some Old) Tax Policy Conversations
Tax bills across the U.S. are winding their way through state legislatures and governors continue to set the tone for this year’s legislative sessions…
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blog January 26, 2023 State Rundown 1/26: Tax Season Brings With it Reminder of EITC’s Impact
Tax season has officially kicked off and with Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day right around the corner, it serves as another reminder for how important the EITC is…
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blog January 19, 2023 State Rundown 1/19: ITEP Provides a Roadmap for Equitable Tax Goals in 2023
State legislatures are buzzing as leaders and lawmakers jockey to advance their 2023 goals…
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blog January 11, 2023 State Rundown 1/11: Governors Ready to Talk Tax in 2023 State Addresses
Governors have begun their annual trek to the podium in statehouses across the U.S. to lay out their visions for 2023, and so far, taxes look like they will play a major role in debates throughout state legislative sessions…
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blog January 5, 2023 State Rundown 1/5: State Taxes Coming in Hot in New Year
The new year often brings with it new goals and a desire to take on complex problems with a fresh perspective. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always apply to state lawmakers when considering tax policy…
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blog December 15, 2022 State Rundown 12/15: State Priorities for 2023 Begin to Take Shape
State leaders have begun to release budget projections for 2023 and a familiar theme has emerged once again: big revenue surpluses, which have many state lawmakers pushing for another round of tax cuts despite the monumental challenges that we as a country face that call for sustainable revenues…
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blog November 30, 2022 State Rundown 11/30: ‘Lame Duck’ December Could Have Major Tax Implications
As federal lawmakers begin their lame duck deliberations, the revival of the expanded child tax credit remains a strong possibility…
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blog November 10, 2022 State Rundown 11/10: Midterm Madness
As states continue to tally the remaining votes and the news stories roll out at a breakneck pace, the unofficial results of the 2022 midterm elections have brought with it significant changes across the state tax policy landscape…
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blog November 2, 2022 State Rundown 11/2: Midterms on the Mind
Next Tuesday, voters will head to the polls to not only elect local and national leaders, but also let their voices be heard on a range of tax policy issues that could improve or worsen their state tax codes…
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blog October 5, 2022 State Rundown 10/5: Forecasting Ain’t Easy
Although the weather is beginning to cool down in parts of the country, the same cannot be said for many state economies, which are still running hot. That, however, doesn’t mean that the good times are guaranteed to last…
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blog September 21, 2022 State Rundown 9/21: Earth, Wind, Fire & Taxes Edition
Do you remember/the big tax news innn September? Well, if not, we at ITEP got you covered…