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How Do the Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans Affect Taxpayers’ Marginal Tax Rates?, by Robert Carroll, October 6, 2008
2009 State Business Tax Climate Index (Sixth Edition), by Josh Barro, October 6, 2008
Would the Proposed Bailout Affect Local Property Tax Collections?, by Joseph Henchman, September 29, 2008
McCain and Obama Both Play Loose with Facts on Tax Issues in First Debate, by Gerald Prante, September 27, 2008
New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, by Gerald Prante, September 23, 2008
Both Candidates' Tax Plans Will Reduce Millions of Taxpayers' Liability to Zero (or Less), by Scott A. Hodge, September 19, 2008
KPMG Study Finds U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Higher Than Every Global Region, by Scott A. Hodge, September 17, 2008
McCain's Health Credit: The Intersection of Health Policy and Tax Policy, by Robert Carroll, September 16, 2008
Urging North Carolina Courts to Hold Lottery Is a Tax—Heatherly v. State, by Joseph Henchman, Kevin W. Benedict and Chris Atkins, September 8, 2008
Comparing International Corporate Tax Rates: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Increasingly Out of Line by Various Measures, by Robert Carroll, August 28, 2008
Tax Foundation Urges Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War, by Joseph Henchman and Paul Galindo, August 25, 2008
The 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief: The Benefit of Lower Tax Rates, by Robert Carroll, August 23, 2008
Obama’s Income Tax Cliff for Senior Citizens, by Mark Robyn, August 22, 2008
The Right Prescription for Mississippi, by Joseph Henchman, August 19, 2008
Indiana Court Should Avoid Education Finance Mess: Bonner v. Daniels, by Joseph Henchman and Paul Galindo, August 18, 2008
Senator McCain’s and Senator Obama’s Tax Plans: Different Roads Taken, by Robert Carroll, August 15, 2008
U.S. Corporate Taxes Now 50 Percent Higher than OECD Average, by Scott A. Hodge, August 13, 2008
Urging Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War—First American Title Ins. Co. v. Combs, by Joseph Henchman, August 12, 2008
State-Local Tax Burdens Dip As Income Growth Outpaces Tax Growth, by Gerald Prante, August 7, 2008
Tax Foundation State and Local Tax Burden Estimates for 2008: An In-Depth Analysis and Methodological Overview, August 7, 2008
Urging Indiana Courts to Avoid Education Finance Mess—Bonner v. Daniels, by Joseph Henchman, August 5, 2008
Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data, by Gerald Prante, July 18, 2008
Tax Watch, Summer 2008, edited by Andrew Chamberlain, July 14, 2008
California Legislators Push for More Double-Digit Income Tax Rates, by William Ahern, July 14, 2008
County and City Income Taxes Clustered in States with Poor Tax Climates, by Joseph Henchman, July 11, 2008
Hard Numbers on Obama’s Redistribution Plan, by Scott A. Hodge, June 25, 2008
Testimony on H.R. 5267, the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2008, by Joseph Henchman, June 24, 2008
Arizona's Special Interest Laundry List, by Josh Barro and Joseph Henchman, June 24, 2008
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund: A Voluntary Tax That Stirs Little Enthusiasm, by Mark Robyn, June 20, 2008
Assessing Arizona’s State Tax Policy, by Gerald Prante, June 9, 2008
Sound Tax Policy Coming to New York (?), by Josh Barro, June 6, 2008
Obama’s Plan to Abolish the Social Security Wage Ceiling: A State-by-State Breakdown, by Gerald Prante, May 30, 2008
The Distributional Impact of Windfall Profits Taxes and a Gas Tax Holiday, by Gerald Prante, May 2, 2008
Case Presents Opportunity to Ensure Uniform Application of Tax Code and Prevent Harm to Taxpayers, by Joseph Henchman and Matthew Reddington, April 28, 2008
Urging a Stop to South Dakota's Discriminatory Insurance Taxes—Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Kinsman, by Joseph Henchman, April 15, 2008
Tax: Fundamentals in Advance of Reform (Testimony of Robert J. Carroll Before the Senate Committee on Finance), by Robert Carroll, April 15, 2008
States Should Avoid Sales Taxes on Nonprofit Hospital Purchases, by Joseph Henchman, April 11, 2008
Maryland Flouts Regional Tax Competition with Historic Tax Hike, by William Ahern, April 9, 2008
The Economic Consequences of Being Left Behind: A U.S. Business Tax System that is Out of Line Internationally, by Robert Carroll, April 4, 2008
More Bad Ideas for Housing Tax Credits, by Gerald Prante, April 3, 2008
An Opportunity to Improve Mississippi’s Tax Climate, by Joseph Henchman and Tonya Barr, April 3, 2008
An Economic Analysis of Georgia’s Tax Cut Proposals, by Gerald Prante, March 28, 2008
Tax Watch, Spring 2008, edited by Andrew Chamberlain, March 27, 2008
What Is Proper Tax Policy for Smokeless Tobacco Products?, by Gerald Prante, March 26, 2008
America Celebrates Tax Freedom Day, by Gerald Prante and Scott A. Hodge, March 26, 2008
Tax Freedom Day: A Description of Its Calculation and Answers to Some Methodological Questions, by TF Staff, March 26, 2008
U.S. States Lead the World in High Corporate Taxes, by Scott A. Hodge, March 18, 2008
Facts & Figures Handbook: How Does Your State Compare?, edited by Curtis S. Dubay, March 1, 2008
Pennsylvania Governor's Borrowing Proposals Short-Sighted (Testimony Before the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee), by Joseph Henchman, February 27, 2008
Protecting Taxpayers from Fragmented State-by-State Interpretations of the Federal Tax Code—Centerior Energy Corp. v. Mikulski, by Joseph Henchman and Erik S. Jaffe, February 22, 2008
Virginia Supreme Court Considers Taxpayer Protections in NVTA Tax Case, by Joseph Henchman, February 13, 2008
The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Stimulus, by TF Staff, January 24, 2008
Tax Watch, January-February 2008, edited by Andrew Chamberlain, January 18, 2008
Tax Revenue and Distributional Effects of Lowering 10% Bracket to Zero for 2008, by Gerald Prante and Patrick Fleenor, January 18, 2008
States Target Cell Phones for a Stealth, Burdensome Tax, by Joseph Henchman, January 18, 2008
Options for the Future of Vermont’s Lottery (Testimony Before the Ways and Means Committee of the Vermont Legislature), by Alicia Hansen, January 16, 2008
Fiscal Stimulus: Missing the Big Picture?, by Robert Carroll, January 11, 2008