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Opportunity Zones May Create More Opportunities for Investors and Syndicators Than Distressed Communities

August 2, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created a new tax-advantaged Opportunity Zone program to encourage investments in economically-distressed communities that are nominated by governors...
State and Local Issues

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

August 1, 2018 –
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?
State and Local Issues

The SALT Wars Move To Court

July 17, 2018 –
Four blue states filed a lawsuit yesterda y, claiming that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limitation on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction...
State and Local Issues

What Will Happen To Online Sales Taxes in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Wayfair Decision?

June 26, 2018 –
Now that the Supreme Court has made it easier for states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes, how will states and Congress respond?...
State and Local Issues

In the District, Conformity Giveth, and Conformity Taketh Away

June 25, 2018 –
This year residents of the District of Columbia are getting the last tranche of a phased-in tax cut that was enacted in 2014. But because...
State and Local Issues

Supreme Court Gives States Wide Authority To Collect Taxes on Remote Sales

June 21, 2018 –
The US Supreme Court has given states broad authority to require online and other remote sellers to collect sales taxes. And it has largely ended...

Lessons Learned 40 Years After A Monumental Tax Law

June 21, 2018 –
Forty years ago, California voters were sent a 63-page pamphlet explaining the 13 questions on the primary ballot that June. At the end of the...
State and Local Issues

From Head Taxes To Parcel Taxes, Cities And States Are Looking For New Ways To Raise Revenue

June 14, 2018 –
If you are a regular reader the Tax Policy Center’s morning news summary, the Daily Deduction , you’ve probably noticed a fascinating trend: The rise...
State and Local Issues

Did Governors Target Opportunity Zones To Disinvested Communities?

May 22, 2018 –
Based on recommendations by the nation’s governors, the Treasury Department and IRS have designated Opportunity Zones where corporations and individuals with capital gains will receive...
State and Local Issues

Six Reasons Why States Shouldn’t Be Counting Their Sports Betting Tax Revenue Yet

May 16, 2018 –
Will the Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to legalize sports betting be the tax revenue jackpot that some states hope for? Perhaps, but plenty of...