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Tax Compliance and Revenue

The impact of legalization on tax compliance and revenue, including potential revenue gains from higher wages and compliance.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How much tax revenue did undocumented immigrants contribute to federal and state budgets in 2019?

Estimates of undocumented immigrants’ tax contributions for 2019 differ sharply depending on methodology: a conservative congressional Republican analysis puts federal-only contributions from payroll-...

Jan 28, 2026

How much revenue would each state lose if it conformed to the OBBBA tips and overtime deductions?

If every state “conformed” to the ’s new deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime, states collectively would lose about in 2026 alone — a figure calculated by the and widely cited in polic...