TaxVox: State and local taxes

What Lessons Can We Learn from Amazon’s HQ2 Drama?

November 16, 2018 –

Now that Amazon has finally chosen Long Island City, NY and Arlington, Virginia as co-winners in its second headquarters sweepstakes, it’s a good time to...

State and Local Issues

What Do Women Want?

November 14, 2018 –

I’m not trying to win an election and I certainly don’t want to antagonize my friends, but there are good reasons why a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products is the wrong call.

State and Local Issues

2018 Voters Faced a Slew of Confusing Revenue Measures and Rejected Most Tax Increases

November 9, 2018 –

With so much to follow in the midterm elections, it is easy to lose sight of a bumper crop of tax-related ballot measures . But...

Individual Taxes

The Ups and Downs Of California’s Gas Tax

November 1, 2018 –

Last year, California raised its excise taxes on motor fuels. The tax on gasoline increased from 34.7 cents per gallon to 46.7 cents per gallon...

Halloween Candy for Tax Nerds: 2018's State Ballot Initiatives

October 25, 2018 –

Election Day 2018 has a bumper crop of voter initiatives on state taxes, ranging from new levies on carbon, payroll, motor fuels, marijuana, soda, and...

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...

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?