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State and Local Issues

What States Can Learn from the District of Columbia’s EITC Expansion

August 23, 2021 –
Bigger State EITCs Are Simple, Affordable, and Effective Currently, 28 states offer their own EITC . (Missouri and Washington State will join the list in...
State and Local Issues

State Tax Limitations Inhibit Public School Funding And Educational Equity

August 19, 2021 –
As the first day of school approaches, remember that the quality of a child’s education is largely determined by where their public school is located...
Individual Taxes

The COVID-19 Pandemic Drove A Huge, But Temporary, Increase in Households That Did Not Pay Federal Income Tax

August 18, 2021 –
The COVID-19 pandemic and the policy response to it led to an extraordinary increase in the number of American households that owed no federal individual income tax in 2020. The Tax Policy Center estimates that last year more than 107 million households, or nearly 61 percent, owed no income tax or even received tax credits from the government.

How Can Tax and Spending Policy Together Enhance The Wealth Of The Nation?

August 16, 2021 –
Buried in today’s partisan squabbles over President Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda is a fundamental question: How can government best increase the nation’s wealth? Does it...

Mega IRAs Reflect Mega Legislative Mistakes

August 13, 2021 –
Mega-IRAs are hot this summer, following a June 2021 report by the nonprofit news service ProPublica that revealed—based on leaked IRS files—that a handful of...
Individual Taxes

Understanding the Heated Debate Over Cryptocurrencies and Tax Compliance

August 10, 2021 –
Even close followers of tax news may have been caught off guard when compliance for cryptocurrencies became the hot topic in the Senate’s debate over...
Individual Taxes

Crypto Confusion Shows Why Congress Is Broken

August 10, 2021 –
In what has become common practice, a handful of senators and Administration staffers tried over a few days to draft a highly complex bit of...
Individual Taxes

How Can Congress Protect Families Who Receive Excessive Child Tax Credit Payments?

August 10, 2021 –
Families began receiving monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments on July 15. For many, those regular payments—currently permitted through the end of the year—will combat...
Business Taxes

Border Carbon Adjustment without Carbon Pricing Makes Little Sense

August 9, 2021 –
A group of Senate Democrats has introduced a bill to impose tariffs on imports of carbon-intensive goods and fossil fuels equal to the domestic environmental...
Individual Taxes

How Can the Retirement System Help More People Afford Retirement?

August 4, 2021 –
You don’t have to be a mechanic to drive a car, and you shouldn’t have to be a financial expert to prepare for a secure...
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State Revenue Forecasts Before COVID-19 and Directions Forward

Lucy Dadayan
April 2, 2020

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