Wisconsin
Tax Cuts Fail Again in Kansas and Wisconsin; Lawmakers Should Pivot to Proven Investments
• By Neva Butkus
The governors of both Kansas and Wisconsin recently stood up to legislators who tried to push through costly tax cuts that would overwhelmingly benefit the most well-off. Lawmakers in those states and others should shift their focus from expensive, top-heavy tax cuts to tried and true policies that help middle-class and low-income families.
State Rundown 2/22: Some Top-Heavy Tax Cut Proposals are Getting the Chop
• By ITEP Staff
With many state legislatures now in full swing with activity heating up, some tax cut proposals have lost steam...
State Rundown 2/14: Our Love Language is Taxes
• By ITEP Staff
As many of you may know, we love taxes, along with the many great things they provide for our communities...
State Rundown 2/8: Flowers, Chocolates, and Tax Cuts for the Wealthy?
• By ITEP Staff
While we were hoping to get progressive tax policy wins for Valentine’s Day, many state lawmakers have another idea in mind...
State Rundown 2/1: Black History Month Begins as Tax Debates Heat Up Nationwide
• By ITEP Staff
This week the showdown between the Kansas legislature and governor continued as Gov. Kelly vetoed the legislature’s latest attempt to pass a flat personal income tax. Elsewhere, the focus is on doing more for working families through proposals to expand refundable credits in Maryland and adding a millionaire tax bracket in Rhode Island. Meanwhile, there’s […]
Video: ITEP’s Neva Butkus Discusses Wisconsin’s Tax Code on ABC News
January 29, 2024
"What this really comes down to is fairness," Neva Butkus, a state policy analyst for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said. She contributed to "Who Pays?," the seventh edition of a periodic analysis offered by ITEP of tax policies in all 50 states.
State Rundown 1/26: Wealth Taxes Drawing Interest Early in Legislative Sessions
• By ITEP Staff
Bills are moving and state legislative sessions are picking up across the country, giving elected officials the opportunity to consider two distinct paths when it comes to tax policy...
State Tax Watch 2024
• By ITEP Staff
Updated July 15, 2024 In 2024, state lawmakers have a choice: advance tax policy that improves equity and helps communities thrive, or push tax policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy, drain funding for critical public services, and make it harder for low-income and working families to get ahead. Despite worsening state fiscal conditions, we expect […]
State Rundown 1/18: State Tax Priorities Taking Shape in 2024
• By ITEP Staff
Tax policy themes have begun to crop up in states as governors give their yearly addresses and legislators lay out their plans for the 2024 legislative season...
Wisconsin: Who Pays? 7th Edition
• By ITEP Staff
Wisconsin Download PDF All figures and charts show 2024 tax law in Wisconsin, presented at 2023 income levels. Senior taxpayers are excluded for reasons detailed in the methodology. Our analysis includes nearly all (99.4 percent) state and local tax revenue collected in Wisconsin. State and local tax shares of family income Top 20% Income Group […]
State Rundown 1/4: New Year, New Opportunities, Same Tax Cut Proposals
• By ITEP Staff
The year may be new, but state lawmakers seem to have the same old resolution: slashing state income taxes...
State Rundown 11/29: Thankful for Good Tax Policy
• By ITEP Staff
Though Turkey Day has passed, lawmakers in states across the U.S. have yet to get their fill of delicious tax policy goodness...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Race and Tax Policy in 2023 State Legislative Sessions
• By Brakeyshia Samms
Race was front and center in a lot of state policy debates this year, from battles over what’s being taught in schools to disagreements over new voting laws. Less visible, but also extremely important, were the racial implications of tax policy changes. What states accomplished this year – both good and bad – will acutely affect people and families of color.
Abortion-Restricting States Skimp on Funding for Children
• By Amy Hanauer
States differ dramatically in how much they allow families to make choices about whether and when to have children and how much support they provide when families do. But there is a clear pattern: the states that compel childbirth spend less to help children once they are born.
State Rundown 10/26: Off-Year Ballot Measures and State & Local Tax Policy
• By ITEP Staff
November elections are creeping closer and closer and while that typically means a new batch of lawmakers are elected, it also means voters have another chance to help shape state and local tax policy...
State Rundown 9/27: Some States are Looking to Paint the Budgets Red
• By ITEP Staff
When it comes to investments, state lawmakers across the country are positioning their states to be in the red as they pass or debate further tax cuts that will overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy – and some states are now adding an additional coat of red paint...
State Rundown 9/13: The (Policy) Choices We Make
• By ITEP Staff
The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual assessment of poverty in America this week...
State Rundown 8/10: Pump the ‘Breaks’ on Sales Tax Holiday Celebrations
• By ITEP Staff
August is here, school is starting, and with that comes back to school shopping...
Sales Tax Holidays: An Ineffective Alternative to Real Sales Tax Reform
• By Marco Guzman
Nineteen states have sales tax holidays on the books in 2023, and these suspensions will cost nearly $1.6 billion in lost revenue this year. Sales tax holidays are poorly targeted and too temporary to meaningfully change the regressive nature of a state’s tax system. Overall, the benefits of sales tax holidays are minimal while their downsides are significant.
State Rundown 7/26: The Dog Days of Summer Tax News
• By ITEP Staff
The Dog Days of summer are upon us, and with most states out of session and extreme heat waves making their way across the country, it’s a perfect time to sit back and catch up on all your favorite state tax happenings (ideally with a cool drink in hand)...
State Rundown 7/12: The Mid-Year Legislative Session Roundup
• By ITEP Staff
Most state legislatures have adjourned for 2023, and that means it’s a perfect time to look at the tax policy trends that have formed thus far...
The Highs and Lows of 2023 State Legislative Sessions
• By Aidan Davis
Nearly one-third of states took steps to improve their tax systems this year by investing in people through refundable tax credits, and in a few notable cases by raising revenue from those most able to pay. But another third of states lost ground, continuing a trend of permanent tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit high-income households and make tax codes less adequate and equitable.
State Rundown 7/6: Tax Policy Keeping Governors Busy from Coast to Coast
• By ITEP Staff
From coast to coast, state governors have been busy inking their signature on a growing list of consequential budget and tax bills...
State Rundown 6/28: Movement on Refundable Credits Remains Hot Topic in 2023
• By ITEP Staff
The trend of state lawmakers taking big steps on important tax credits like the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit is coming out in full force this week...
State Rundown 6/22: Some Tax Debates Heat Up as Others Cool Off
• By ITEP Staff
Summer is here and many states nearing the end of their legislative sessions. Temperatures are rising in more ways than one in some state legislatures while others seem to be cooling off.
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