Tax Policy Blog

Five Ideas for Simplifying the Individual Tax Code

Hawaii Hikes Income Taxes to Pay for Earned Income Credit

Oregon’s New Bike Tax and the Future of Transportation Taxes

If Retained, R&D Tax Credit Should Be Reformed

An Open Letter to Chairman Peter Roskam on Full Expensing

Seattle Passes Municipal Income Tax; It is Almost Certainly Illegal

Refund Equality Act Would Correct Federal Filing Quirk

Should the Corporate Rate and the Pass-Through Rate Be Identical?

With Veto Override, Illinois Legislature Abandons Reform Efforts

Remarks by Scott Hodge to the Tax Fairness Conference

Making Sense of the Illinois Budget Debate

Ten States Begin FY2018 Without Budget In Place

A Bevy of Tax Bills To Raise Long-Term Revenue in Delaware

How a Longer Budget Window Helps and Doesn’t

Some federal lawmakers want a longer budget window to keep temporary tax cuts in place longer. However, temporary tax cuts would still have drawbacks and won’t provide the benefits of permanent tax reform.

Oklahoma Cigarette Fee Under Fire

Illinois Calls Special Legislative Session in Final Attempt to Prevent Fiscal Disaster

South Dakota Lights Up Revenue Uncertainty with Proposed Tobacco Tax Hike

Lessons Learned? Nevada Tax Strategy for Recreational and Medical Marijuana

Oregon’s Quest for a Gross Receipts Tax Ends…For Now

QB Derek Carr Could Save $3.1 Million in Taxes if Raiders Were Already in Las Vegas