Bloomberg: Tax Code Inequities Fuel Call for IRS to Collect Race-Based Data
The structure of the Child Tax Credit, for instance, “leaves behind some of our lowest-income children of color,” because of the way the credit is phased in as earnings increase, said Meg Wiehe, deputy...
View ArticleThe Rich Are Weathering the Pandemic Just Fine: Tax Them
By Meg Wiehe and Carl Davis A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal and an opinion piece in the New York Times are both helpful in making the case for taxing the rich and providing more federal...
View ArticleSouth Strong: Racial Equity and Taxes in Southern States
Southern states have a particularly egregious record on tax equity, rooted partly in racism. Lawmakers baked some of the most egregious and anti-democratic tax policies into southern state...
View ArticleNew York Times: Arizona Passes a Ballot Measure to Raise Teacher Pay by...
Prop. 208 passed with 52 percent of voters supporting the measure, The Associated Press reported late Thursday. Under Arizona’s rules for ballot measures, the tax increase needed a simple majority to...
View ArticleStateline: Budget Holes Loom After Voters Reject Some Tax Hikes
But Meg Wiehe, deputy executive director of the progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said that is an oversimplification. She said wild speculation in opposition ads about what...
View ArticleMcConnell Balked at More Stimulus Aid to States, Betting Red States Wouldn’t...
Earlier this year as Congress debated another round of economic relief following the CARES Act, GOP leaders balked at the idea of additional state and local aid. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
View ArticlePresident Biden’s Child Tax Credit Proposal Could Right a Historical Wrong
By Jenice Robinson and Meg Wiehe Thirty years ago, the bipartisan National Commission on Children recommended that Congress enact a $1,000 Child Tax Credit (CTC) to benefit all children. After several...
View ArticleWJTV: Experts discuss bill that would eliminate Mississippi’s state income tax
According to data from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the proposal to increase the state’s sales tax rate to 9.5 percent would give Mississippians the highest sales tax in the...
View ArticleA New Look at Taxes and Race at the State and Local Levels
By Carl Davis, Misha Hill and Meg Wiehe Historic and current injustices, both in public policy and in broader society, have resulted in vast racial disparities in income and wealth. State and local...
View ArticleCongress Should Follow States’ Lead on Inclusive Economic Recovery
President Joe Biden’s American Families and Jobs plans intend to “build back better” and create a more inclusive economy. To fully live up to this ideal, the final plan must include undocumented people...
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