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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

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

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...
State and Local Issues

Seattle's Head Tax is a Fine Idea, Given the Circumstances

May 11, 2018 –
Seattle is currently having a contentious debate over a proposed "head tax" to fund more affordable housing and services for its large and growing homeless...
State and Local Issues

Seattle's Misguided Worker Tax On Large And Mid-Sized Employers

May 9, 2018 –
Cities and counties all over the US have been offering Amazon billions of dollars in tax cuts to lure...

How Recent Tax Reform Sounds a Clarion Call for Real Reform of Homeownership Policy

May 9, 2018 –
By roughly doubling the standard deduction and limiting the deduction from federal taxable income of state and local taxes (SALT), the Tax Cut and Jobs...
State and Local Issues

Taxes and Public Education: We get what we pay for… When we want it.

May 2, 2018 –
How and why do our property tax dollars fund public education? It’s a tricky thing, asking taxpayers to pay for something they don’t feel they use every day. After all, some see public education as a public good that serves the overall economy and community. But others… don’t.