TaxVox: State and Local Issues

Reality-Based Assistance for Troubled Communities and Regions

October 12, 2018 –

Americans appear deeply divided, in part because they are experiencing vastly different economic outcomes based on where they live. What causes these regional disparities? How...

State and Local Issues

Robots or Jobs? The Federal Tax Law's Uncertain Impact On Communities

September 20, 2018 –

In recent months, many states have adjusted their tax codes in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the sweeping package of federal...

State and Local Issues

Don’t Look Now, But States Already Are Requiring Online Sellers To Collect Sales Taxes

September 4, 2018 –

Note to Congress: About that Internet sales tax thing, stand down...

Treasury Dashes The Charity Workaround For SALT, Also Limits Tax Credit Programs For Private Schools

August 24, 2018 –

As warned earlier , Treasury proposed rules to block a state and local tax (SALT) deduction workaround strategy that had been adopted by New York...

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?