ITEP – Informing tax policy debate nationwide
WEBExcessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short ...
Federal Tax Cuts in the Bush, Obama, and Trump Years – ITEP
WEBJul 11, 2018 · Since 2000, tax cuts have reduced federal revenue by trillions of dollars and disproportionately benefited well-off households. From 2001 through 2018, significant federal tax changes have reduced revenue by $5.1 trillion, with nearly two-thirds of that flowing to the richest fifth of Americans.
Minnesota Stands Out for Its Moderately Progressive Tax Code
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Most state tax systems fall short of the public’s perception of fairness by charging the rich lower tax rates than everyone else. Minnesota is among a small group of states that has chosen a different path. In Who Pays?, our comprehensive study of state and local taxes, Minnesota stands apart from the pack with a moderately progressive tax system that asks slightly more of the rich than of ...
Who Pays Taxes in America in 2020? - ITEP
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Having a sound understanding of who pays taxes and how much is a particularly relevant question now as the nation grapples with a health and economic crisis that is devastating lower-income families and requiring all levels of government to invest more in keeping individuals, families and communities afloat. This year, the share of all taxes paid by the richest 1 percent of Americans (24.3 ...
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
WEBOct 13, 2022 · Read as PDF. Estimating Wealth Levels and Potential Wealth Tax Bases Across States Key Findings. More than one in four dollars of wealth in the U.S. is held by a tiny fraction of households with net worth over $30 million. Nationally, we estimate that wealth over $30 million per household will reach $26 trillion in 2022 with roughly one-fifth of that amount ($4.5 trillion) held by billionaires.
Study: Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Nearly $100 Billion …
WEBJul 30, 2024 · And what it shows is that they pay quite a lot, to the tune of nearly $100 billion a year,” said Marco Guzman, ITEP Senior Policy Analyst and co-author of the study. “The bottom line here is that regardless of immigration status, we all contribute by paying our taxes.”. Of the total $96.7 billion in taxes paid by undocumented immigrants ...
Who Pays? 7th Edition - ITEP
WEBRead as PDF. Data Available for Download. State-by-State Data and ITEP Tax Inequality Index Map. Executive Summary. Who Pays? is the only distributional analysis of tax systems in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This comprehensive 7th edition of the report assesses the progressivity and regressivity of state tax systems by measuring effective state and local tax rates paid by all ...
How Local Governments Raise Revenue—and What it Means for …
WEBMar 30, 2023 · Property taxes are the dominant tax revenue source for local governments, generating approximately three in four local tax dollars nationwide. Nearly every local area in the U.S. raises revenue through property taxes, and these taxes represent the largest tax revenue source in 94 percent of localities. Property taxes are commonly based on the ...
Inclusive Child Tax Credit Reform Would Restore Benefit to 1
WEBApr 27, 2021 · Inclusive Child Tax Credit Reform Would Restore Benefit to 1 Million Young ‘Dreamers’. April 27, 2021. As the Biden administration maps out the next steps in America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic—through what is now being called the American Families Plan—it should make sure a proposed expansion of …
Corporate Taxes Before and After the Trump Tax Law – ITEP
WEBMay 2, 2024 · Key findings. America’s largest, consistently profitable corporations saw their effective tax rates fall from an average of 22.0 percent to an average of 12.8 percent after the Trump tax law went into effect in 2018. The 296 largest and consistently profitable U.S. corporations in this study paid $240 billion less in taxes from 2018 to 2021 ...