497 results found for "tax flight"

Charts & Infographics

…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….

State of Working Vermont 2023

Report | April 7, 2024

…Income state-and-local-taxes-as-a-percentage-of-personal-income Tax Progressivity tax-progressivity Supplemental Poverty Measure supplemental-poverty-measure 1 Supplemental Poverty Measure one-third-two-thirds Refundable Tax Credits refundable-tax-credits 1 Refundable Tax Credits two-thirds-one-third 3SquaresVT Assistance 3SquaresVT-assistance 1 3SquaresVT Assistance one-third-two-thirds…

Vermont Can Invest in Brighter Future With Targeted Income Tax Measure

Testimony | February 1, 2024

…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,”…

House Ways and Means Committee Testimony—January 25, 2024

Testimony | January 25, 2024

…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…

It’s time for the wealthiest to pay their fair share in taxes

Insight | December 8, 2023

…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…

Ed Paquin joins Public Assets’ board

Announcements & Updates, Press Release | October 24, 2023

…Institute. A nonpartisan nonprofit in Montpelier, Public Assets Institute is Vermont’s independent research organization on state budget, tax, and economic issues and the source for timely and in-depth state fiscal…

We can reduce poverty, but will we?

Insight | October 5, 2023

…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,…

Janet Ancel Joins Public Assets’ Board

Announcements & Updates, Press Release | September 25, 2023

…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,…

Public Assets’ statement on H. 471

Insight | June 23, 2023

…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…

Vermont saw a surge of newcomers during the pandemic

Report | June 12, 2023

…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 childcare debate that wasn’t

Insight | May 18, 2023

…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…

Staff & Board

…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…