Miles Trinidad
State Analyst
Miles provides research and monitors state tax policy to support state researchers and advocates.
Before joining ITEP in 2022, Miles worked in the office of Rep. Peter DeFazio for more than three years. As a legislative assistant, his work included drafting a windfall profits tax on oil companies to prevent corporate profiteering from global crises and returning the tax revenue to Americans as a rebate, pursuing an equitable tax policy related to financial transaction taxes and tax avoidance from the wealthy and major corporations, and reforming higher education policy to improve affordability and eliminate the burden of student loan debt. Overall, his legislative portfolio included budget, education, financial services, homeland security, housing, labor, LGBTQ issues, taxes, and technology/telecommunications.
Miles is a proud Oregonian and earned his B.S. in Economics, Political Science, and Journalism from the University of Oregon.
miles at itep.orgRecent Publications and Posts view more
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North Carolina Tax Proposal Prioritizes Millionaires Over Everyone Else
North Carolina Senators are proposing to yet again ignore the core needs of the majority of North Carolinians in favor of more income tax cuts for the wealthy few. The Senate's budget would take the personal income tax rate to 1.99 percent as soon as 2031 if certain revenue triggers are met, once again delivering billions of dollars in tax cuts mostly to the rich. And the cost of those tax cuts for North Carolina will be steep cuts to the state’s future, including public education and community colleges.
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Amid Economic Uncertainty, Delaware Lawmakers Should Consider Progressive Revenue Proposals
Delaware leaders cited the ongoing federal tax debate and economic uncertainty amid the Trump administration's tariffs and trade wars as reasons to delay pursuing some of the progressive tax increases that Gov. Matt Meyers proposed in recent months. But just the opposite is needed. Delaware lawmakers should advance tax policies that can simultaneously protect state revenue to fund important priorities and improve tax equity in the state ahead of the approaching fiscal storm.
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Delaware Business Times: Dover Democrat Amends Income Tax Bill to Reflect Meyer's Proposal
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that Delaware has the 40th most regressive state and local tax system in the country. That means those who earn the most will pay the least taxes, between property taxes, income and excise tax and more.
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Video: ITEP's Miles Trinidad Talks Maryland Tax Reform on WUSA9 TV
ITEP State Analyst Miles Trinidad spoke to WUSA9 TV about Gov. Wes Moore's proposed tax reform package. Video is embedded…