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State and Local Issues

A Little-Publicized Incentive In The New Tax Law Could Become America’s Largest Economic Development Program

March 27, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a new federal incentive—Opportunity Zones—to spur investment in poor and undercapitalized communities. These incentives could become the nation’s...

So Far, The TCJA Seems To Be A Modest Plus For The Economy, But Evidence Remains Limited

March 26, 2018 –
For all the hype about more take-home pay, new corporate investment, and bonuses in the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), what...

Instead Of Seeking Budget Process Reforms, Congress Should Cut Spending And Raise Taxes

March 22, 2018 –
As this fiscal year began, Congress faced budget projections that showed rapidly rising deficits and debt over the next 10 years. Lawmakers reacted by cutting...
State and Local Issues

Congress Has Had 26 Years to Address Online Sales Taxes. It Is About To Fail One More Time

March 21, 2018 –
It appears that Congress is about to miss its last real opportunity to address the online sales tax problem before the Supreme Court rules on...

Conformity and Child Tax Credits: How Idaho’s $100 Million Tax Cut Could Raise Taxes on Large Families

March 21, 2018 –
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a $100 million tax cut last Monday. The bill would reduce Idaho’s individual and corporate income tax rates and lower...

Americans Overestimate Foreign Aid? Not So Fast

March 19, 2018 –
You’ve probably heard the statistic: “On average, Americans think 28 percent of the federal budget is spent on foreign aid, when it is about 1...

1986 RIP: Different Tax Rates for Different Income Sources

March 16, 2018 –
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was the most far-reaching tax legislation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86). It also put...
State and Local Issues

Philadelphia’s Soda Tax Shouldn’t Take Kids Out of the Classroom

March 12, 2018 –
Philadelphia’s tax on drinks with a sugar-based sweetener or artificial sugar substitute is not bringing in as much revenue as originally projected. As a result,...
State and Local Issues

Fixing Connecticut’s Budget Woes? Tread Carefully When Implementing New Fiscal Controls

March 9, 2018 –
Late last October, Governor Dan Malloy approved a two-year $40.2 billion budget for Connecticut more than 100 days after the fiscal year began. A strongly...
State and Local Issues

Guns, Soda, and a Modest Proposal

March 7, 2018 –
Last month, I had to tell my middle-school age children that something really bad happened at a high school. Not at the high school just over a mile from our home in Michigan, but at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Our children were horrified by the tragedy, and given a recent action by our school board, by something else.
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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