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State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Why States and Localities Need More Federal Aid

Opponents of additional federal aid to state and local governments have noted that overall state revenue declines have not been as bad as expected during...
February 22, 2021Lucy DadayanKim S. Rueben
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The COVID-19 Effect: State Sales Tax Receipts Shrank $6 billion in May

May state sales tax receipts shrank by nearly $6 billion, or 21 percent, compared to May 2019, according to data compiled by the Tax Policy...
July 14, 2020Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

COVID-19 Pandemic Could Slash 2020-21 State Revenues By $200 Billion

Revised forecast data from 27 states suggest tax revenues are expected to fall $34 billion short of pre-COVID-19 forecasts in fiscal year 2020.
July 1, 2020Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

COVID-19 And Government Actions Caused State Tax Revenues To Plunge In April

States and localities across the country are facing an unprecedented fiscal situation from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governors are confronting drastically falling...
June 1, 2020Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

States Adopt Some Federal Tax Expenditures And Add Others

In fiscal year 2020, Georgia will spend nearly $500 million in film and television tax credits in return for the promise of new jobs and...
January 24, 2020Aravind BoddupalliFrank SammartinoEric Toder
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

States Enjoyed Another Stellar Quarter Of Revenue Growth; But The Longer-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Cloudy

States closed their fiscal 2018 books at the end of June on a positive note. But they shouldn’t bank on the good times lasting forever...
December 18, 2018Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

High Hopes and Altered States: Choices, Marijuana, and Tax Revenue

If legalized this fall, taxing recreational marijuana in Michigan can produce a fairly large pot of money. The state's new governor, also to be chosen this fall , could modify the current marijuana tax plan. What should he or she consider?
August 1, 2018Renu Zaretsky
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Virginia, New Jersey Elections Could Offer Tax Cut Lessons

Taxes are front and center in the only two gubernatorial races this year. The Virginia campaign centers on the Republican candidate’s individual income tax cut...
October 26, 2017Richard C. Auxier
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Tax Policy, Tax Outcomes: That’s Entertainment!

Congress is in recess through the mid-term elections. Read the Daily Deduction each Monday until then. “ California, here I come !” It’s official: Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a $330 million annual incentive program for film and television production. Feature films with budgets
September 22, 2014Renu Zaretsky
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Income Inequality and Time for State Action

Income inequality may shrink state tax revenues. A new report from Standard & Poor’s tells the tale. Incomes have grown rapidly among the wealthy, but have barely kept pace with inflation for many others. But high income earners both shelter their income from taxes and save more, reducing state
September 16, 2014Renu Zaretsky