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State and Local Issues

Taxes, Religion, And Education: How Much Are We Willing to Pay for Choice?

July 6, 2022 –
In the courts and legislatures, advocates are pressing to require state and local governments to pay for religious schools... Are residents prepared for one possible consequence: Less money available for public schools?
State and Local Issues

Better Ways to Use Synthetic Controls to Model State and Local Tax Policy

June 22, 2022 –
The synthetic control method (SCM) is a relatively new and valuable tool that makes it possible to measure state or local policy against a theoretical...

The Year of State Tax Cuts: The Sequel

June 21, 2022 –
Just as movie theaters are full of sequels (Top Gun, Jurassic Park, and Thor), state capitols are also replaying last year’s big hit: tax cuts...
State and Local Issues

In States’ Culture Wars, Tax Policy—And Taxpayers—Should Be Off Limits

May 4, 2022 –
Lately, some state policymakers are exerting their authority to punish businesses in their state that disagree with certain social policies. What happens when these two goals clash with one another? Or when they conflict with the vital job of collecting sufficient tax revenue to operate government and balance a budget?
State and Local Issues

States Forecast Weaker Revenue Growth Ahead of Growing Uncertainties

April 19, 2022 –
Just as state governors and legislators are figuring out how to spend their unexpected budget surpluses, global events could wipe out much of those gains...
Federal Budget and Economy

Note To Governors: Cutting Taxes Will Make Inflation Worse, Not Better

March 15, 2022 –
Note To Governors: Cutting Taxes May Make Inflation Worse Even as Republican governors blast President Biden and congressional Democrats for both causing inflation and failing...
State and Local Issues

Is Ending the Grocery Tax on States’ Tax Cut Shopping List?

March 3, 2022 –
Despite some warnings of long-term fiscal risk, policymakers across the country continue to push big state tax cuts. While most are focused on income tax...
State and Local Issues

Sales Tax Carveouts: They’re All About That Base

March 2, 2022 –
Sales tax exemption bills may be good political messaging, but they reflect misguided tax policy that can be arbitrary, complex, and unenforceable.
State and Local Issues

State Tax Cuts Can Be a Post-Pandemic Success Story—If They Fit the Moment

February 9, 2022 –
A few weeks into their 2022 legislative sessions, the question in most state capitols across the country—from Connecticut to Utah —is not whether to cut...
State and Local Issues

Five Reasons Why States Should Proceed with Caution Despite Soaring Revenues

February 8, 2022 –
Two years into the pandemic, states are flush with cash, a vastly different picture than the 20 percent revenue decline suffered by states in the...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

  • Tax Professor Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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