state and local taxes

Should States Use Tax Breaks to Woo Seniors?

We’ve all seen the articles in Forbes, Kiplingers , or U.S. News trumpeting the best states to live in retirement. A key measure for them...

February 9, 2012Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Rethinking the Way We Tax Charities and Those Who Give to Them

It is that time of year when we celebrate with family, remember all we have to be thankful for, and scramble to squeeze out those...

December 27, 2011Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Tax Vox 2011 Lump of Coal Award: Kicking the Can Edition

Welcome to Tax Vox’s fifth annual Lump of Coal Award recognizing 2011’s ten worst moments in fiscal policy. It is hard to imagine so much...

December 22, 2011Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Rick Perry, Texas, and Taxes

Texas Governor Rick Perry, the latest entrant in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, swaggers into the race as the very personification of a low-tax, small-government, Lone...

August 16, 2011Howard Gleckman