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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) Illinois
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Flat or graduated personal income taxes drive income inequality and racial wealth gaps. This brief compares Illinois’s flat income tax structure to the proposed Fair Tax amendment through a retrospective analysis. It shows that Illinois’s historic flat income tax in lieu of a graduated...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Boston's Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program establishes voluntary payment agreements between the city and non-taxable institutions to offset forgone property tax revenue. This report finds that Boston's PILOT program is one of the most revenue-productive PILOT programs in the...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Public policies are contributing to the widening income and wealth gap. This report provides recommendations that policymakers can take to improve their constituents’ lives and their states’ economies through tax policy. It explains the importance of favoring taxes on income and wealth...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Seattle City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance imposes an income tax on high-income residents, particularly individuals with total income above $250,000 per year. It also outlines payment methods and deadlines, describes eligibility for credit, establishes an examination process, issues amnesty and penalties for...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Local Progress
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This report lays out a set of policy and political interventions that cities, regions, and states can make to increase municipal revenue and to make their collections more progressive. Cities have historically suffered enormous budget shortfalls and after the Great Recession, available...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
No two state tax systems are the same. This report provides detailed analyses of the features of every state tax code and assesses their fairness by measuring effective state and local tax rates paid by all income groups. The report concludes the following findings: the majority of...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Generally, southern states levy taxes in a way that worsens racial and economic equity. Most southern states raise less revenue than states in other regions, leading to underinvestment in people and places. This lack of revenue contributes to staggering levels of poverty, particularly...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level County
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
For decades, companies in a range of economic sectors have manipulated the tax system to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars in U.S. profits. The major tax cut recently enacted by Congress will likely allow for this tax avoidance to continue. This report examines 15 corporations’...

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