Tax Policy Center

head tax

: TaxVox
Now that Amazon has finally chosen Long Island City, NY and Arlington, Virginia as co-winners in its second headquarters sweepstakes, it’s a good time to...
November 16, 2018Donnie CharlestonMegan Randall
: TaxVox
Independence Day has me thinking about tax protests. One, in Boston, shaped our nation’s history. Another is still taking shape in Seattle. Both reflect our complicated relationship with taxes and those who levy them. But that’s where similarities end. If you were a taxpayer participating in either, what might you do?
June 6, 2018Renu Zaretsky
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Seattle is currently having a contentious debate over a proposed "head tax" to fund more affordable housing and services for its large and growing homeless...
May 11, 2018Steven M. RosenthalRichard C. Auxier
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Cities and counties all over the US have been offering Amazon billions of dollars in tax cuts to lure...
May 9, 2018Howard Gleckman