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…Research & Publications 1583 Charts & Infographics | Public Assets Interactive maps, infographics and charts on Vermont demographics, poverty, jobs, workers, wages, education funding, tax, budget, migration, & racial disparity….
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…Doing as Well, if Not Better, than States Without Income Taxes,” ITEP, September 23, 2020, https://itep.org/another-reason-to-tax-the-rich-states-with-high-top-tax-rates-doing-as-well-if-not-better-than-states-without-income-taxes/. footnote-7 footnote-7-backlink Michael Mazerov, “State Taxes Have a Minimal Impact on People’s Interstate Moves,”…
…that our income tax is really based on the federal model. The federal income tax is still a progressive tax, but the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018 disproportionately…
…our tax code. That’s right—our tax code. In recent decades, wages for many Vermont residents have not kept up with the costs of living. Meanwhile, elected officials tell us that…
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…benefits and extended eligibility to more workers. And there was a substantial increase in the federal Child Tax Credit (CTC): From $2,000 a year for a child of any age,…
…state budget, tax, and economic issues and the source for timely and in-depth state fiscal and policy analysis. Ancel was the chief architect of Vermont’s groundbreaking state Child Tax Credit,…
…provisions also worth celebrating. H.471, amid all of its technical changes, makes the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the new state Child Tax Credit (CTC) available to all…
…netted an increase in the number of tax filers in all but the lowest income bracket (less than $10,000 a year). The biggest gains occurred in the highest tax brackets,…
…The choice between a new payroll tax or increasing income taxes was primarily a choice about who should pay The choice between a new payroll tax or increasing income taxes…
…capital bureau for the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Covering state government, he focused on tax and budget issues, especially education funding. After leaving journalism in 2002, he served…