Idaho

Critics Argue The Property Tax Is Unfair. Do They Have A Point?

Last month, an Idaho lawmaker called the property tax “ inherently evil ” and suggested the state repeal it and replace the foregone revenue with...

March 9, 2020Tracy Gordon

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Nation’s Partisan Divide Is Infecting Tax Policy

“Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax that fella behind the tree.” This bit of doggerel, attributed to the late Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell...

May 30, 2018Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

Conformity and Child Tax Credits: How Idaho’s $100 Million Tax Cut Could Raise Taxes on Large Families

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a $100 million tax cut last Monday. The bill would reduce Idaho’s individual and corporate income tax rates and lower...

March 21, 2018Richard C. Auxier

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

While Washington’s Efforts to Fund Roads Go Nowhere, Red States Are Raising Gas Taxes

In about six weeks, federal money to keep the Highway Trust Fund going will once again dry up and Congress will begin its predictable scramble to keep cash flowing to roads, bridges, and transit projects. The reason for the gridlock: Neither Congress nor President Obama is willing to back a gas tax

June 10, 2015Howard Gleckman

: TaxVox

A Little March Madness on the Hill

The “doc fix” passes the House. The House overwhelmingly approved the Medicare “ doc fix ” to replace automatic payment cuts (that Congress has delayed every year since 2003) with a temporary 0.5 percent annual hike in physician reimbursements. But the bipartisan deal, which CBO figures would add $

March 27, 2015Renu Zaretsky