North Dakota

Post-TCJA, Your State Should Consider a Refundable Child Tax Credit

Some low- and middle-income families in Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota are facing state income tax hikes. And the larger the family, generally...

November 15, 2018Richard C. Auxier Elaine Maag

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2018 Voters Faced a Slew of Confusing Revenue Measures and Rejected Most Tax Increases

With so much to follow in the midterm elections, it is easy to lose sight of a bumper crop of tax-related ballot measures . But...

November 9, 2018Vanessa Williamson

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The Unintended Consequences of Killing the Estate Tax

The United Framework for tax reform outlined last week by the congressional Republican leadership and the Trump Administration included a proposal to eliminate the estate...

October 9, 2017Daniel Berger

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Tax States of the States: Mixed, Murky and Sometimes Mercurial

Governor LePage wants big tax cuts for Maine. Republican Paul LePage’s new budget proposal would cut the top income tax rate by 2.2 percentage points to 5.75 percent, and apply it to single tax filers with incomes over $50,000, instead of the current threshold of $21,200. The plan would cut

January 12, 2015Renu Zaretsky