FACT SHEET: State-by-State Analysis of American Rescue Plan Tax Credits for Families and Workers March 16, 2022 White House. March 2022. The White House released an analysis of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which includes state-level fac... Read More
Capitalizing on the Right Moment: Lessons From Louisiana’s Campaign to Expand Its State-Level EITC December 14, 2018 Tax Credits for Workers and Their Families. Dec. 14, 2018. In Louisiana, a diverse coalition capitalized on a contentious budge... Read More
Reflecting on EITC Progress in 2018 July 19, 2018 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). July 2018. ITEP’s Aidan Davis reflected on the high number of states that too... Read More
JustSouth Index 2017 May 7, 2018 Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Social Research Institute, May 2018. This report measures equity across all 50 states and ... Read More
Louisiana Fact Sheet: Expand Tax Credits to Promote Work and Fight Poverty September 5, 2016 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2016. Together, the EITC and low-income CTC are among the strongest tools to ... Read More
Lawmakers should give low-earning families a break on income taxes: Editorial March 1, 2016 The Times-Picayune Editorial Board, March 2016. The Earned Income Tax Credit sounds arcane, but it is a practical way to give l... Read More
Louisiana State and Local Taxes in 2015 January 1, 2015 The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2015. These charts from ITEP asses the fairness of Louisiana's state and local t... Read More
Proposal to Eliminate Income Taxes Amounts to a Tax Increase on Bottom 80 Percent of Louisianans January 1, 2013 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, January 2013. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has said that he supports the eliminat... Read More
Louisiana’s Earned Income Tax Credit: A Smart Investment in Working Families and Children October 1, 2012 Steve Spires, Louisiana Budget Project, October 2012. With poverty on the rise in Louisiana, especially among children, policym... Read More