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State and Local Issues

Your Guide to States and Localities: The Governments That Are Still Open

January 25, 2019 –
Whenever the federal government goes completely nuts , it can be comforting to remember the United States is a highly decentralized country . Fifty states...
State and Local Issues

States Enjoyed Another Stellar Quarter Of Revenue Growth; But The Longer-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Cloudy

December 18, 2018 –
States closed their fiscal 2018 books at the end of June on a positive note. But they shouldn’t bank on the good times lasting forever...

The TCJA Eliminated Personal Exemptions. Why Are States Still Using Them?

December 17, 2018 –
A key provision of 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was the elimination of the personal exemption. The change has a major effect on...

How Should Government Return Carbon Taxes To Households?

December 12, 2018 –
Carbon dividends are the hottest idea in climate policy. A diverse mix of progressive and conservative voices are backing the idea of returning carbon tax...
State and Local Issues

Tuesday's Election Produced A More Multi-colored State Map and, Perhaps, New Fiscal Agendas

November 12, 2018 –
While it may have attracted less attention than US House and Senate races, Tuesday’s elections also resulted in shake-ups in some state capitols . And...

How New York State Responded to The SALT Deduction Limit

May 14, 2018 –
While other states are considering workarounds to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) $10,000 annual limit on the federal deduction for state and local...

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...
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...

Virginia, New Jersey Elections Could Offer Tax Cut Lessons

October 26, 2017 –
Taxes are front and center in the only two gubernatorial races this year. The Virginia campaign centers on the Republican candidate’s individual income tax cut...

Come The Flood, Who Should Pay To Help?

September 5, 2017 –
Hurricane Harvey’s historic flooding has brought out the best in many people. They have put their lives in danger to save strangers, shared their food,...
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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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