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Pioneer Institute Criticizes ITEP For Not Writing the Paper They Would Have Written
February 25, 2026 • By Eli Byerly-Duke
Voters, lawmakers, researchers, and advocates frequently disagree about ideal tax policy. But the facts here speak for themselves.
Yum! Brands’ Recipe for Tax Avoidance: Trump Tax Cuts with a Dash of Malta
February 24, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
the fast-food multinational that owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut reported this week that it made $1 billion of pretax profits in the U.S. last year—and didn’t pay a dime of federal income taxes on those profits.
State-by-State Estimates of the First Year of Trump’s Tax Policies: All But the Richest Americans Face Higher Taxes
February 23, 2026 • By Steve Wamhoff, Michael Ettlinger
As a result of the tax policies approved by President Trump and the Republican majority in Congress, all but the richest Americans are paying higher taxes on average in 2026 than they did last year.
Despite a Supreme Court Victory for Middle-Class Americans, Trump’s Disastrous Tariff Policies Are Not Over
February 20, 2026 • By Steve Wamhoff
Today the Supreme Court made the right decision in striking down most of the tariffs President Trump has put into motion during his second term.
Live Nation Entertainment Says Trump Tax Law Drove its 2025 Federal Income Tax Bill to Zero
February 20, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner
The company paid zero federal income tax in 2025 despite reporting $145 million of U.S. profits.
ITEP in the News
St. Louis Magazine: How St. Louis County's Senior Tax Freeze Takes from the Young to Give to the Old
Christian Science Monitor: More Red States Eye the No-Income-Tax Model. Will It Work?
New York Times: Opinion | The Donald Trump 1 Percent Fan Club
New York Times: In Washington State, Democrats Consider Breaking a Taboo: Taxing the Rich
Audio: ITEP's Kamolika Das on the Need for States to Raise Revenue in the Wake of 2025 Trump Tax Law
ITEP Work in Action
D.C Fiscal Policy Institute: DC Can Raise $121 Million or More with a Simple Tax on Proceeds from Wealth
Governor Newsom Launches New State Investment and Philanthropic Collaboration To Continue Supporting Families Under Federal Assault
Video: ITEP's Brakeyshia Samms Talks About Race and the Tax Code on Colorado Fiscal Institute Podcast
Policy Matters Ohio: The Great Ohio Tax Shift, 2026
Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center: Testimony Regarding an Act To Manage Federal Tax Changes in Massachusetts
Across the States
Tax Watch
State Tax Watch 2026
ITEP tracks tax discussions in legislatures across the country and uses our unique data capacity to analyze the revenue, distributional, and racial and ethnic impacts of many of these proposals. State Tax Watch offers the latest news and movement from each state.
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On the Map
State Rundown 2/19: Necktie (NCTI) Offers a Way Out of a Knotty Situation
State lawmakers are grappling with a range of challenges as their fiscal outlooks deteriorate, federal tax enforcement wanes (after the Trump administration cut the IRS…
Taxes on Adult-Use Cannabis in Each State
Twenty-three states have legalized the sale of cannabis for general adult use. Every state allowing legal sales applies an excise tax to cannabis based on…
State & Local Tax Policy
Pioneer Institute Criticizes ITEP For Not Writing the Paper They Would Have Written
February 25, 2026 • By Eli Byerly-Duke
Property Tax Reforms Can Bring Racial Justice
February 19, 2026 • By Brakeyshia Samms
It’s Time for States to Jettison Nonsensical FDDEI Deductions
February 19, 2026 • By Carl Davis
Michigan Ballot Proposal Would Boost Public Education While Creating a Fairer Tax System
February 17, 2026 • By Matthew Gardner, Miles Trinidad
