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State and Local Issues

Critics Argue The Property Tax Is Unfair. Do They Have A Point?

March 9, 2020 –
Last month, an Idaho lawmaker called the property tax “ inherently evil ” and suggested the state repeal it and replace the foregone revenue with...

What Do Federal Taxes Have To Do With Your Public Transit?

March 2, 2020 –
At a recent forum on infrastructure, Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Tom Steyer discussed their proposals to bolster spending on...
State and Local Issues

We Don’t Know If The SALT Cap Is Driving Away Residents Of High-Tax States

February 10, 2020 –
Has the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act produced a mass migration...

Utah: Tax Reform Doesn’t Have To Be This Hard

February 7, 2020 –
States often fail at tax reform. But few efforts flop as spectacularly as Utah’s did. Utah passed sweeping tax reform legislation in December 2019. Utah...

Tracking State Tax Policy Is Hard; A New Resource Helps You Prepare For Policy Debates In All 50 States

January 28, 2020 –
What are the biggest trends in state tax policy? Sometimes there are easy answers to this question. In recent years nearly every state made changes...
State and Local Issues

States Adopt Some Federal Tax Expenditures And Add Others

January 24, 2020 –
In fiscal year 2020, Georgia will spend nearly $500 million in film and television tax credits in return for the promise of new jobs and...
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...