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State and Local Issues: TaxVox
The US Supreme Court has given states broad authority to require online and other remote sellers to collect sales taxes. And it has largely ended...
June 21, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Goodlatte’s Internet tax Bill Is No Solution The other day, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlate (R-VA) proposed his latest version of a bill to...
September 1, 2016Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox
Tax reform: Go big or go home, or at least, not very far. TPC’s Len Burman says that senators Marco Rubio’s and Mike Lee’s proposal to eliminate the tax on capital gains would do more harm than good. The senators argue that it’s a step toward a consumption tax. But Len thinks some small steps aren’
March 4, 2015Renu Zaretsky
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Online retailers have argued for years that they’ll lose business if they have to collect sales taxes on their online transactions. A new study by three researchers at Ohio State finds they are right. Paradoxically, the study may increase support by some online sellers for federal legislation to
April 29, 2014Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
TaxVox proudly presents its 2012 Lump of Coal awards, Thelma and Louise edition, for the worst fiscal policy ideas of the year. The winners are:...
December 24, 2012Howard Gleckman