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2013

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Proposal to Eliminate Income Taxes Amounts to a Tax Increase on Bottom 80 Percent of Louisianans - 01/2013

2012

MULTIPLE STATES: Five Steps Toward a Better Tax Expenditure Debate - 10/2012
MULTIPLE STATES: State Tax Codes As Poverty Fighting Tools - 09/2012
INDIANA: Most of Indiana Tax Rate Cut Would Flow to Upper-Income Taxpayers - 08/2012
MULTIPLE STATES: Four Tax Ideas for Jobs-Focused Governors - 07/2012
KANSAS: Tax Bill Signed by Governor Brownback Makes Kansas an Outlier - 05/2012
KANSAS: Latest Kansas Tax Bill Carries $680 Million Price Tag and Raises Taxes on Those Least Able to Pay - 05/2012
KANSAS: Three Strategies for Making Enacted Kansas Tax Plan Less Unfair and Less Costly - 05/2012
KANSAS: Kansas Tax Bill Would Cost $600 Million a Year While Hiking Taxes on Low-Income Families - 05/2012
MULTIPLE STATES: How Federal Tax Reform Can Help or Hurt State and Local Governments - 04/2012
RHODE ISLAND: Regarding Proposals to Increase Taxes on Upper-Income Rhode Islanders - 04/2012
TENNESSEE: Repealing Estate Tax Will Not Create An Economic Boom - 04/2012
KANSAS: Tax Plans Put Kansas on Road Away from Fair & Adequate Tax Reform - 03/2012
IDAHO: Idaho House Tax Plan Stacked in Favor of the Wealthy - 03/2012
ALASKA: ITEP Testimony on Alaska Senate State Affairs Committee Regarding SB 29, The Alaska Tax Break Transparency Act - 03/2012
MARYLAND: ITEP's Testimony on Reinstating Maryland's "Millionaires' Tax" - 02/2012
MULTIPLE STATES:Arthur Laffer Regression Analysis is Fundamentally Flawed, Offers No Support for Economic Growth Claims - 02/2012
MULTIPLE STATES:"High Rate" Income Tax States Are Outperforming No-Tax States - 02/2012
KANSAS: Kansas Governor Tax Proposal: Wealthy Kansans Pay Less, Poor and Middle-Income Kansans Pay More - 01/2012

2011

MULTIPLE STATES: Building a Better Gas Tax - 12/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Corporate Tax Dodging In the Fifty States, 2008-2010 - 12/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Corporate Taxpayers & Corporate Tax Dodgers - 11/2011
KANSAS: Costs of Personal Income Tax Repeal in Kansas - 10/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: State Tax Codes As Poverty Fighting Tools Report - 09/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: State Tax Codes As Poverty Fighting Tools Report: Press Release - 09/2011
ARIZONA: Census Data Reveal Arizona's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Arizona is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 08/2011
FLORIDA: Census Data Reveal Florida's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Florida is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 08/2011
TENNESSEE: Census Data Reveal Tennessee's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Tennessee is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 08/2011
TEXAS: Census Data Reveal Texas' Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Texas is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 08/2011
WASHINGTON: Census Data Reveal Washington's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Washington is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 08/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Sales Tax Holidays: A Boondoggle: Press Release - 07/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Sales Tax Holidays: A Boondoggle - 07/2011
NORTH CAROLINA: Expert to North Carolina: Don't Cap the Gas Tax: Statement from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) - 06/2011
ILLINOIS: Illinois Must Ignore CME's Tax Tantrum: Statement from Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy - 06/2011
RHODE ISLAND: ITEP's Testimony on Tax Expenditure Procedural Reform - 05/2011
RHODE ISLAND: ITEP's Testimony on Combined Reporting Legislation - 05/2011
CONNECTICUT: Connecticut Takes a Stand for Progressive Tax Policy and a Balanced Budget Approach - 05/2011
RHODE ISLAND: ITEP's Testimony on Sales Tax Modernization Proposal - 04/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: States Should Not Allow Amazon.com to Bully Them into Forgoing Sales Tax Reform - 04/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Don't Give Up on Pease: States Can Decouple from Recent Federal Tax Cuts for Wealthy Itemizers - 04/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: In It for the Long Haul: Why Concerns over Personal Income Tax "Volatility" Are Overblown - 03/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: Topsy-Turvy: State Income Tax Deductions for Federal Income Taxes Turn Tax Fairness on its Head - 03/2011
ILLINOIS: Should Illinois Tax Retirement Income? - 03/2011
MISSOURI: ITEP's Testimony on EITC Legislation - 03/2011
MARYLAND: Five Reasons to Reinstate Maryland's "Millionaires' Tax" - 03/2011
ALL STATES: The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes - 03/2011
MULTIPLE STATES: A Capital Idea: Repealing State Tax Breaks for Capital Gains Would Ease Budget Woes and Improve Tax Fairness [Updated] - 01/2011

2010

OREGON: Dear Wall Street Journal: No Need to File a Missing Persons Report, Oregon's High-Income Taxpayers Have Not "Vanished" - 12/2010
MULTIPLE STATES: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 2010 State Tax Policy Changes - 12/2010
MULTIPLE STATES: How the Bush Tax Cuts Affect State Revenues - 12/2010
MARYLAND: Testimony before the Maryland Business Tax Commission: Combined Reporting - 11/2010
MULTIPLE STATES: Credit Where Credit is (Over) Due: Four State Tax Policies Could Lessen the Effect that State Tax Systems Have in Exacerbating Poverty - 09/2010
ARIZONA: Census Data Reveal Arizona's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Arizona is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
ARKANSAS: Census Data Reveal Arkansas Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Arkansas is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
FLORIDA: Census Data Reveal Florida's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Florida is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
TENNESSEE: Census Data Reveal Tennessee's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Tennessee is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
TEXAS: Census Data Reveal Texas' Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Texas is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
WASHINGTON: Census Data Reveal Washington's Fundamental Tax Mismatch: Washington is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty - 09/2010
MULTIPLE STATES: "Writing Off" Tax Giveaways: How States Can Help Balance Their Budgets by Reforming or Repealing Itemized Deductions - 08/2010
SOUTH CAROLINA: ITEP's Testimony on TRAC Sales and Use Tax Proposal - 08/2010
MAINE: ITEP Podcast on Maine Voters' Rejection of Tax Reform - download audio (.mp3) - 06/2010
GEORGIA: Pending Georgia Tax Changes Would Redistribute Income From the Poorest Families to the Rich - 04/2010
WEST VIRGINIA: Massey Pays One-Sixth of 35% Federal Tax Rate, Little in State Income Tax - 04/2010
MULTIPLE STATES: Leaving Money on the Table: "Federal Offset" Provides Incentive for States to Rely on Progressive Income Taxes - 04/2010
ALABAMA: Does Alabama's Tax System "Redistribute Wealth"? - 04/2010
GEORGIA: Proposed Repeal of Refundable Low Income Credit Would Hurt the Poorest Georgians - 03/2010
MARYLAND: Maryland's Millionaire Migration Debate: Understanding the Relevance of the New Jersey Migration Studies - 03/2010
MISSOURI: ITEP's Testimony on HB 2034 Income Tax Reforms - 03/2010
MARYLAND: ITEP's Testimony Before the MD Senate Budget and Tax Committee on Preserving Maryland's "Millionaires' Tax" - 03/2010
MARYLAND: ITEP's Testimony Before the MD House Ways & Means Committee on Preserving Maryland's "Millionaires' Tax" - 03/2010
NEW MEXICO: Leadership Tax Plan Hits Poor Hardest - 03/2010
NEW MEXICO: Evaluating Special Session Revenue-Raising Options - 02/2010
MISSOURI: Determining the Statewide Sales Tax Rate Under SJR 29 and HJR 56 - 02/2010
MISSOURI: Testimony on SJR 29: Income Tax Repeal - 01/2010
MARYLAND: Five Reasons to Preserve Maryland's "Millionaires' Tax" - 01/2010

2009

ALL STATES: Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States - 11/2009
ILLINOIS: A Progressive Strategy for Meeting Illinois' Current and Future Revenue Needs - 10/2009
ARIZONA: Perspective on Arizona's Tax Structure - Past, Present, and Future (PowerPoint) - 08/2009
MARYLAND Testimony before the Maryland Business Tax Commission - 07/2009
KENTUCKY: Serious Problems, Stark Choices - 06/2009
MARYLAND: Where Have All of Maryland's Millionaires Gone? - 05/2009
KENTUCKY: Kentucky Forward Press Conference - ITEP Statement on Progressive Tax Reform - 05/2009
NEW YORK: ITEP Testimony on Corporate Tax Reform before the New York State Senate Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform - 05/2009
MULTIPLE STATES: Recent Assertions about State Tax Increases Don't Hold Much Water [Revised Aug 7, 2009] - 05/2009
ILLINOIS: Ready, Set, Reform - How the Income Tax Can Help Make the Illinois Tax System Fairer and More Sustainable - 05/2009
MISSOURI: Analysis of HJR 36 "Fair" Tax Plan - 5/2009
MISSOURI: Press Release for Analysis of HJR 36 "Fair" Tax Plan - 5/2009
MISSOURI: ITEP Testimony on HJR 36 "Fair" Tax Plan - 04/2009
MISSOURI: Fact Sheet on HJR 36 "Fair" Tax Plan - 04/2009
MISSOURI: Fact Sheet on SB71 Proposed Income Tax Rate Cut - 04/2009
MISSOURI: Fact Sheet on HB64 Income Tax Proposal - 04/2009
GEORGIA: Budget Hikes Taxes on Low-Income Families to Pay for High-End Capital Gains Cuts - 04/2009
CONNECTICUT: [Connecticut Voices for Children]: "Who Pays?" - The Unfairness of Connecticut's State & Local Tax System - 04/2009
RHODE ISLAND: Putting the Pieces Together - Understanding Governor Carcieri's Tax Proposals & Developing Alternatives to Them - 03/2009
MULTIPLE STATES: A Capital Idea: Repealing State Tax Breaks for Capital Gains Would Ease Budget Woes and Improve Tax Fairness - 03/2009
NEW HAMPSHIRE: ITEP Testimony on HB 642 Tax Reform Proposal before the New Hampshire General Court House Committee on Ways & Means - 03/2009
MISSOURI: ITEP Testimony on HB 567 Income Tax Reform - 02/2009

2008

MINNESOTA: ITEP's Public Comments to the Governor's 21st Century Tax Reform Commission - 09/2008
OKLAHOMA: [Oklahoma Policy Institute]: Oklahoma's Tax Cuts - Who Benefits? - 09/2008
OREGON: [Oregon Center for Public Policy]: No Gain, Just Pain - Most Oregonians Would Not Benefit from Measure 59 - 08/2008
MULTIPLE STATES: Latest IRS Data Reveal Fundamental Mismatches in the States: Most Unequal States Either Don't Have a Personal Income Tax or Have One in Need of Improvement - 08/2008
LOUISIANA: Fair and Sustainable Tax Reform: Options for Louisiana - 06/2008
LOUISIANA: Building a Better Tax Cut: An Alternative to SB 87 - 05/2008
CONNECTICUT: [Connecticut Voices for Children]: "Who Pays?" - How Our State & Local Tax System Burden's Connecticut's Poor and Middle Class - 04/2008
CALIFORNIA: [California Budget Project]: Who Pays Taxes in California? - 04/2008
MASSACHUSETTS: ITEP Testimony on Combined Reporting, Before the Massachusetts General Court Joint Committee on Revenue - 03/2008

2007

MARYLAND: Assembly's Tax Plan: More Revenue, Less Fairness - 11/2007
MARYLAND: Senate Plan Falls Hardest on Low-Income Marylanders - 11/2007
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on Governor's Plan: Improving the Income Tax - 11/2007
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on Governor's Plan: Expanding the Sales Tax - 11/2007
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on Governor's Plan: Corporate Tax Reform - 10/2007
MISSOURI: Assessing the Income Tax Treatment of Social Security Benefits - 05/2007
MULTIPLE STATES: Combined Reporting - How Does Your State Stack Up? - 04/2007
CALIFORNIA: [California Budget Project]: Who Pays Taxes in California? - 04/2007
ILLINOIS: ITEP Testimony on Tax Reform Bill HB750 in Illinois - 03/2007
NEBRASKA: ITEP Testimony on Nebraska EITC Expansion - 03/2007
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on Combined Corporate Income Tax Reporing in Maryland - 02/2007
MISSOURI: ITEP Testimony on HB 444 Proposal to Exclude Social Security Benefits from Tax - 01/2007
NEBRASKA: Dollars and Cents - Bringing Nebraska's Tax System Into the 21st Century (Powerpoint) - 01/2007

2006

LOUISIANA: How Will the 2006 Special Session Affect Louisiana Tax Fairness? - 12/2006
MULTIPLE STATES: Why Large Corporations Can Do Business in Your State Tax-Free - The "Substantial Nexus" Test - 12/2006
FLORIDA: Restore the Intangibles Tax - 10/2006
OHIO: Analysis of Proposed Capital Gains Tax Cut - 07/2006
MISSOURI: ITEP Testimony on HB 1960 Proposed Income Tax Reform - 04/2006

2005

NEW YORK: Achieving Adequacy: Tax Options for New York in the Wake of the CFE Case - 04/2005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: ITEP Testimony Bill 16-35 Proposed Income Tax Changes - 03/2005
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on SB 403 and SB 748 - Combined Reporting & Corporate Minimum Tax - 03/2005
MULTIPLE STATES: The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes [2005 Edition] - 02/2005
MULTIPLE STATES: State Corporate Income Taxes 2001-2003 - 02/2005

2004

TENNESSEE: The Impact of the Tennessee Tax Structure Study Commission's Tax Reform Recommendations on Tax Fairness - 12/2004
FEDERAL: The Effects of Replacing Most Federal Taxes with a National Sales Tax - 09/2004
FEDERAL: Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years - 09/2004
FEDERAL: Federal Taxation of Earnings Versus Investment Income in 2004 - 05/2004
WASHINGTON: The Impact of the Ron Sims Tax Plan on Washington Tax Fairness - 08/2004
OKLAHOMA: Does Personal Income Tax Progressivity Inhibit Economic Growth? - 04/2004
MISSOURI: The Distributional Impact of SB 1374's Personal Income Tax Changes - 03/2004
MARYLAND: ITEP Testimony on Maryland Tax Reform Options - 03/2004

2003

ARKANSAS: Tax Options for Arkansas: Funding Education After the Lake View Case [Joint Analysis with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families] - 07/2003
IOWA: Options for Income Tax Simplification in Iowa - 03/2003
MISSOURI: The Impact of Imposing a "Flat Tax" on Missouri Personal Income - 01/2003
MULTIPLE STATES: Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems of All 50 States [2003 Edition] - 01/2003

2002

ALASKA: Distributional Impact of Alaska Tax Options (PowerPoint) - 10/2002
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Impact of Options for Reforming New Hampshire's Tax System (PowerPoint) - 08/2002
ILLINOIS: Balancing Act: Tax Reform Options for Illinois - 02/2002

2001

ALABAMA: Analysis of the Distributional Impact of HB 577 and HB 578 - 04/2001
OREGON: [Oregon Center for Public Policy] Empty Promises and False Hopes: The Reality of Capital Gains Tax Cuts in Oregon - 04/2001

2000

NEW HAMPSHIRE: "Further Evidence" on the Linkage Between Income Taxes and Economic Growth? - 10/2000
OREGON: How Would Expanding Oregon's Deduction for Federal Income Taxes Paid Affect Elderly Oregonians? - 10/2000
VIRGINIA: ITEP Testimony Before Virginia Tax Reform Commission - 07/2000
LOUISIANA: Revenue-Raising Plans for Louisiana: Who Pays? - 04/2000
VIRGINIA: Analysis of Virginia Tuition Tax Credit Proposal - 02/2000
ALABAMA: A Plan for Progressive Tax Reform in Alabama - 01/2000

Pre-2000

TENNESSEE: Analysis of Tennessee Tax Reform Proposals - 11/1999
TENNESSEE: High Income Tax States Have Strong Economies - 12/1999
TENNESSEE: An Analysis of the Cato Institute's "The Case Against a Tennessee Income Tax" - 11/1999
TENNESSEE: Behind the Numbers: ITEP Analysis of NTU Tax Study - 10/1999
RHODE ISLAND: ITEP Testimony on Proposed Rhode Island Tax Changes Before the Rhode Island Senate Select Committee - 10/1999
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Behind the Numbers - ITEP Analysis of NTU Tax Study - 10/1999
KENTUCKY: ITEP Testimony on Kentucky's Tax System - 09/1999
IOWA: Iowa's Troublesome Bias toward Regressive Taxes - 06/1999
MINNESOTA: Major Improvements In Minnesota's Job Subsidy Accountability Law - 06/1999
OREGON: An Analysis of SB 535's Proposed Corporate and Personal Capital Gains Tax Cut - 06/1999
OREGON: The Consequences of Increasing Oregon's Deduction for Federal Income Taxes Paid - 05/1999
NEW YORK: Analysis of New York Tax Proposals [Joint Analysis with the Fiscal Policy Institute of New York] - 02/1999
NEW HAMPSHIRE: ITEP Testimony on New Hampshire Income Tax Proposal HB 109 - 01/1999
MINNESOTA: Economic Development in Minnesota - High Subsidies, Low Wages, Absent Standards - 02/1999
MARYLAND: Analysis of Proposed Increase in Retirement Income Exemption - 10/1998
IOWA: Choices for Iowa: Building a Better Tax System - 09/1998
MASSACHUSETTS: Pennies From Heaven? The Distributional Impact of Massachusetts Tax Cuts in the 1990s - 09/1998
MINNESOTA: ITEP Testimony on Minnesota Tax Expenditures Before the Minnesota Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission - 05/1998
NEW HAMPSHIRE: ITEP Testimony on New Hampshire Income Tax Proposal HB 1668 - 03/1998
MINNESOTA: Tax Strategies for a Strong Minnesota - 01/1998
ARKANSAS: Building A Better Arkansas Tax System: Evaluating the Options - 1997
MULTIPLE STATES: Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems of All 50 States [1996 Edition] - 06/1996
FEDERAL: The Hidden Entitlements [Joint Analysis with Citizens for Tax Justice] - 05/1996