State Rundown 6/7: Kansas Success Story and Other State News
This week, we celebrate a victory in Kansas where lawmakers rolled back Brownback’s tax cuts for the richest taxpayers. Governors in West Virginia and Alaska promote compromise tax plans. Texas heads...
View ArticleState Rundown 7/19: Handful of States Still Have Their Hands Full with Tax...
Tax and budget debates drag on in several states this week, as lawmakers continue to work in Alaska, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. And a showdown is brewing in Kentucky...
View ArticleState Rundown 8/9: And Then There Were Three
This week, Rhode Island lawmakers agreed on a budget, leaving only three states – Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – without complete budgets. Texas, however, remains in special session and...
View ArticleState Rundown 8/23: Few Lingering Budget Debates Cannot Linger Much Longer
This week, Oklahoma lawmakers learned they’ll need to enter a special session to balance their budget and that they’ll likely face a lawsuit over their low funding of public education. Pennsylvania‘s...
View ArticleDallas Fed: Texas Taxes: Who Bears the Burden?
…Overall, the state’s tax system is less equal across income quintiles than the national average. A key reason is the state’s reliance on the sales tax, which as a share of income is 8.6 percent for...
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House Tax Plan Offers an Exceptionally Bad Deal for California, New York, New...
An ITEP analysis reveals that four states would see their residents pay more in aggregate federal personal income taxes under the House’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While some individual taxpayers in every...
View ArticleCenter for Public Policy Priorities: The National Dream Act: What’s at stake...
Researchers estimate that approximately 177,000 young Texas immigrants are potentially eligible for DACA, and they currently contribute a total of $241 million to local and state taxes annually through...
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Low-Tax States Are Often High-Tax for the Poor
ITEP’s newest edition of Who Pays? helps to reveal that many states traditionally considered to be “low-tax states” are actually high-tax for their poorest residents. The “low tax” label is typically...
View ArticleCPPP: The Staggering Unfairness of Our State Tax System
A new national study of state and local tax systems says Texas has the second most unfair system in the country. Here’s one way to think about it: Families at the top of the income ladder receive 20...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: Think tank: Texas Isn’t a Low-tax State if You’re Poor
Carl Davis for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: [ M]any states traditionally considered to be “low-tax states” are actually high-tax for their poorest residents. The “low tax” label is...
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