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Congress Must Do More To Help States And Localities Respond To COVID-19

March 30, 2020 –
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law last week will allocate roughly $200 billion in fiscal relief to...

The Novel Coronavirus Requires Novel State Solutions

March 19, 2020 –
The United States has very little experience coping with pandemics, let alone their fiscal implications. As the crisis progresses, state leaders may be inclined to...
State and Local Issues

Critics Argue The Property Tax Is Unfair. Do They Have A Point?

March 9, 2020 –
Last month, an Idaho lawmaker called the property tax “ inherently evil ” and suggested the state repeal it and replace the foregone revenue with...

What Do Federal Taxes Have To Do With Your Public Transit?

March 2, 2020 –
At a recent forum on infrastructure, Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Tom Steyer discussed their proposals to bolster spending on...
State and Local Issues

We Don’t Know If The SALT Cap Is Driving Away Residents Of High-Tax States

February 10, 2020 –
Has the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act produced a mass migration...

Utah: Tax Reform Doesn’t Have To Be This Hard

February 7, 2020 –
States often fail at tax reform. But few efforts flop as spectacularly as Utah’s did. Utah passed sweeping tax reform legislation in December 2019. Utah...
Tax Expenditures Feature

TPC Launches A New Resource For Understanding Tax Expenditures

January 28, 2020 –
Would you be surprised to learn that in addition to the $1.3 trillion the federal government will spend on Medicare, Medicaid , and related health...

Tracking State Tax Policy Is Hard; A New Resource Helps You Prepare For Policy Debates In All 50 States

January 28, 2020 –
What are the biggest trends in state tax policy? Sometimes there are easy answers to this question. In recent years nearly every state made changes...
State and Local Issues

States Adopt Some Federal Tax Expenditures And Add Others

January 24, 2020 –
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...
State and Local Issues

Strengthening The Federal-State-Local Partnership In Recession And Recovery

January 17, 2020 –
On January 15, I testified before the House Budget Committee on how to strengthen the federal-state-local government partnership. I urged Congress to revise funding formulas...