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Individual Taxes

Extending the California Earned Income Tax Credit to Postsecondary Students

Postsecondary education can be a critical step toward financial independence. Total college costs in California may present an extraordinary financial burden. For students with incomes under $30,000 in California, the cost of attendance at public universities (after accounting for existing grant...

March 3, 2021
Elaine MaagNikhita Airi
Research report
State and Local Issues

State Tax and Economic Review, 2020 Quarter 2

States saw steep declines in revenues in the second quarter of 2020, though some of this was caused by shifting revenues into the next quarter and next fiscal year. Consequently, most states ended fiscal year 2020 uncertain about their fiscal bottom line.  Many states cut...

December 24, 2020
Lucy Dadayan
Brief
State and Local Issues

Itemizing on State and Federal Income Tax Returns: It's (Now More) Complicated

A taxpayer’s decision to itemize deductions or to claim the standard deduction on their income tax return is often framed as a simple calculation: Claim the greater of the two so as to minimize tax liability. But in states that require taxpayers to use the same status on their state income tax...

December 2, 2020
David Weiner
Brief
Federal Budget and Economy

The Long Shadow of White Supremacist Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy was of primary importance to the white supremacist governments that came to power on a wave of electoral fraud, intimidation, and violence at the end of the Reconstruction. By the end of the 19th Century, the fiscal system, like the larger legal framework of the Jim Crow South, had...

November 4, 2020
Vanessa Williamson
Research report
Federal Budget and Economy

The Long Shadow of White Supremacist Fiscal Policy

This paper examines the fiscal system put in place in the former Confederacy in the decades after Reconstruction. Overturning Reconstruction-era policies that taxed wealth and invested in public services, the white supremacist governments that came to power in the later 19th Century slashed...

November 4, 2020
Vanessa Williamson
Research report
Business Taxes

State Tax and Economic Review, 2020 Quarter 1

State government tax revenues showed year-over-year growth at 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020. However, preliminary data indicate double-digit declines in state government tax revenues in the second quarter of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and...

August 25, 2020
Lucy Dadayan
Brief
State and Local Issues

California’s State and Local Revenue System

On November 3, 2020, Californians will vote on Proposition 15, also known as the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020. The proposition would require commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on their market value rather than on their purchase price. This...

July 20, 2020
Richard C. AuxierTracy GordonKim S. Rueben
Brief
State and Local Issues

California’s K–12 Education Needs

On November 3, 2020, Californians will vote on Proposition 15, also known as the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020. The proposition would require commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on their market value rather than on their...

July 20, 2020
Kim S. RuebenRichard C. AuxierTracy Gordon
Brief
State and Local Issues

California’s Infrastructure Challenges

On November 3, 2020, Californians will vote on Proposition 15, also known as the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020. The proposition would require commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on their market value rather than on their...

July 20, 2020
Tracy GordonRichard C. AuxierKim S. Rueben
Research report
State and Local Issues

State Tax and Economic Review, 2019 Quarter 4

State tax revenues showed continued growth in the first half of fiscal year 2020. State government tax revenues from major sources showed solid year-over-year growth at 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. Preliminary data show strong growth in January and February before declines in March...

May 26, 2020
Lucy Dadayan

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