Emma Wei

Tax Freedom Day 2019 is April 16th

Tax Freedom Day represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation’s tax burden. In 2019, Americans will pay $3.4 trillion in federal taxes and $1.8 trillion in state and local taxes, for a total bill of over $5.2 trillion, or 29 percent of the nation’s income.

On Gas Taxes, Kentucky Kicks the Can Down the Road

D.C. Property Tax Proposals Should Be Mindful of Base Erosion, Target Simplicity, and Transparency

State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2019

Maine’s Water Extraction Tax Proposal Is Poor Tax Policy

Taxing the extraction of water does not make sense as an excise tax and does not make sense as a mechanism to finance rural broadband and public education.