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9 Feb 2021, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Sales taxes account for about one-third of state tax revenue, but most sales taxes are imposed on narrow—and still-narrowing—bases, with average sales tax breadth of only 30.63 percent and a median of 36.26 percent. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 1:50 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Exempting groceries from the sales tax base reduces economic efficiency without achieving its objective of enhancing tax progressivity. [read post]
3 May 2018, 3:44 am by John Buhl
Key Findings The previous “worldwide” or residence-based corporate tax system was flawed as it encouraged corporations to “invert,” discouraged corporations from repatriating foreign profits, and created a competitive disadvantage for U.S. corporations operating in foreign countries. [read post]
7 Aug 2018, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 made several significant changes to the individual income tax, including reforms to itemized deductions and the alternative minimum tax, an expanded standard deduction and child tax credit, and lower marginal tax rates across brackets. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 11:59 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the top integrated tax rate on corporate income distributed as dividends from 56.33 percent in 2017 to 47.47 percent in 2020; the OECD average is 41.6 percent. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 6:44 am by Colby Pastre
Key Findings Several states are exploring strategies to preserve the full state and local tax deduction for high-income residents, which is capped at $10,000 under the new tax law. [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 2:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
Key Findings Central administration of local taxes is a common feature of sales taxes but is less common for income, tourism, and other local taxes. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 6:43 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings The Maryland General Assembly is on the verge of adopting a vaguely worded, legally dubious tax on digital advertising in the final days of this session—now paired with new tobacco taxes. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings In addition to its economic impact on Maryland businesses and the likelihood of serious legal challenges, Maryland’s proposed digital advertising tax is incredibly vague on vital definitions, creating uncertainty about where revenue is sourced and when it is subject to the tax. [read post]
13 Jan 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Well-designed Net Operating Loss (NOL) provisions benefit the economy by smoothing business income, which mitigates entrepreneurial risk and helps firms survive economic downturns. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 6:44 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings State and local governments have used car rental excise taxes to raise revenue, including for projects like stadium construction and amateur sports funding. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 6:26 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings There is growing concern by scholars, policymakers, and the general public that America is facing a retreat in the level of economic growth and dynamism enjoyed by Americans since the beginning of the 20th century. [read post]
21 Feb 2023, 3:30 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Individual income taxes are a major source of state government revenue, accounting for 40 percent of state tax collections in fiscal year 2020, the latest year for which data are available. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:28 am by Dan Carvajal
Key Findings Property tax limitations have been adopted in forty-six states and the District of Columbia, though their designs and restrictiveness differ widely. [read post]
15 Feb 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table of Contents Key Findings State Individual Income Tax Structures Map: How High are Individual Income Tax Rates in Your State? [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 5:45 am by Kevin Kaufman
Note: The author thanks Brittany Moore for contributing to statutory research for this piece. [read post]
17 Feb 2021, 8:12 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table of Contents Key Findings State Individual Income Tax Structures Notable Individual Income Tax Changes in 2021 Map: How High are Individual Income Tax Rates in Your State? [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 2:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Even two years after enactment of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), many states have yet to issue guidance explaining how they conform to key provisions of the law, particularly those pertaining to international income. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 4:58 am by Colby Pastre
Key Findings In December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), arguably the most significant piece of tax legislation in three decades. [read post]