Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)

ITEP State Rundown

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State Rundown 4/12: Tax Day 2023 – A Good Reminder of the Impact of Our Collective Investments

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 4/6: More SALT, Please

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 3/30: A Win for Tax Equity in The Evergreen State

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 3/23: A Spring Awakening of Tax Proposals

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 3/15: Tax Madness

• By ITEP Staff

It’s March and state lawmakers are showing why the Madness isn’t only reserved for the basketball court...

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State Rundown 3/9: The Whirlwind 2023 Legislative Session Continues

• By ITEP Staff

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 signed into law. Michigan residents will soon see an increase to their state Earned Income Tax Credit (from 6 percent to 30 percent) after the […]

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State Rundown 3/1: The Long March to the Finish Line

• By ITEP Staff

This week, several big tax proposals took strides on the march toward becoming law...

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State Rundown 2/23: Tax Dominos Take Shape, Begin to Fall as Session Heats Up

• By ITEP Staff

The 2023 legislative session is in full swing, and dominos continue to be set up as others fall...

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State Rundown 2/15: Love You, Love You Not – Tax Edition

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 2/9: We <3 Taxes

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 2/1: February Brings New (and Some Old) Tax Policy Conversations

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 1/26: Tax Season Brings With it Reminder of EITC’s Impact

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 1/19: ITEP Provides a Roadmap for Equitable Tax Goals in 2023

• By ITEP Staff

State legislatures are buzzing as leaders and lawmakers jockey to advance their 2023 goals...

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State Rundown 1/11: Governors Ready to Talk Tax in 2023 State Addresses

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 1/5: State Taxes Coming in Hot in New Year

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 12/15: State Priorities for 2023 Begin to Take Shape

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 11/30: ‘Lame Duck’ December Could Have Major Tax Implications

• By ITEP Staff

As federal lawmakers begin their lame duck deliberations, the revival of the expanded child tax credit remains a strong possibility...

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State Rundown 11/10: Midterm Madness

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 11/2: Midterms on the Mind

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 10/5: Forecasting Ain’t Easy

• By ITEP Staff

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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State Rundown 9/21: Earth, Wind, Fire & Taxes Edition

• By ITEP Staff

Do you remember/the big tax news innn September? Well, if not, we at ITEP got you covered...

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State Rundown 9/7: Labor Day Week Provides Sobering Reminder of Steps Forward, Back

• By ITEP Staff

Though Labor Day has passed, advocates on the ground in states across the country are continuing to uphold the spirit of the labor movement...

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State Rundown 8/10: States Still Talking Taxes as IRA Dominates Headlines

• By ITEP Staff

While federal tax policy has dominated the headlines with the Senate’s recent approval of the Inflation Reduction Act, lawmakers in statehouses across the country...

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State Rundown 7/27: It’s (Sales Tax) Holiday Season, But Who’s Really Celebrating?

• By ITEP Staff

It’s the holiday season – well, the sales tax holiday season, that is. But after taking a closer look, you may notice that there is little to celebrate...

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State Rundown 7/13: Let’s Make a Deal

• By ITEP Staff

From the Bay State to the Golden State, lawmakers across the nation are making deals and negotiating budgets with major tax implications...