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TaxVox: State and Local Issues

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Individual Taxes

Naughty Or Nice: What If Santa Claus Had To Levy Sin Taxes?

December 4, 2019 –
Unlike Santa, governments want at least some residents to be a little “naughty” and continue do things it considers harmful so it can collect “sin taxes” on their behavior.
State and Local Issues

State Tax Debates Could Use Some (Customized) State Economic Data

November 12, 2019 –
Politicians love to make claims about tax policy. This tax cut will create jobs! That one forced the school district to fire teachers! But too...

The Death Tax Isn’t So Scary for States

October 30, 2019 –
If there is a Halloween-themed tax it’s got to be the death tax (the poll-tested moniker for estate taxes). And the estate tax has scared...
State and Local Issues

Colorado and Texas Voters Face Big Tax Questions This Year

October 28, 2019 –
Like most states, Colorado and Texas do not have legislative or gubernatorial elections in 2019. Still, their voters are facing tricky, and potentially far-reaching, tax...

Fiscal 2019 Was A Strong Revenue Year For Most States But 2020 May Be Less Robust

October 14, 2019 –
State revenue growth was strong in fiscal year 2019 (July-June for 46 of the 50 states), but not as robust as in 2018. And temporary...
State and Local Issues

Did SALT-y Voters Punish Republicans in 2018?

October 8, 2019 –
How important was the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s (TCJA’s) cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction in the 2018 congressional elections?...
State and Local Issues

Michigan: Let’s Tax (Not Ban) Vape Products

October 2, 2019 –
Policymakers concerned about the growth of vaping activity could ban vaping products. Or they could try to use taxes to discourage the practice. There are advantages and disadvantages to each policy option. The issue is complicated, because an e-cigarette and its products can be used in many ways with sometimes-conflicting effects.
State and Local Issues

California Moves To Curb Local Economic Development Tax Incentives. It Might Want To Try Cooperation Instead.

September 30, 2019 –
The California Legislature has moved to prohibit local governments from offering certain sales tax incentives to promote economic development and attract businesses, such as e-commerce...

There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Or Sales Tax Holiday.

September 4, 2019 –
The idea of a sales tax exemption makes sense if a state is trying to encourage first-time purchases of pricey goods like an energy efficient refrigerator. But for products that most residents will buy anyway—like school supplies—it doesn’t.
State and Local Issues

Minnesota’s Struggles To Conform to the TCJA Made Its CPAs Happy. Taxpayers, Not So Much.

August 26, 2019 –
It’s an unusually glamorous time to be an accountant in Minnesota. Over the past year, certified public accountants (CPAs) and other professional tax preparers have...
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A Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Corporate Income

  • Alan Viard
Eric Toder, Alan Viard
June 17, 2016

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