Expert
Jared Walczak
Senior Fellow
Jared Walczak is a Senior Fellow at the Tax Foundation, where he spent five years as Vice President of State Projects, and president of Walczak Policy Consulting.
Jared has written or co-written tax reform guides for more than a dozen states and has served as the principal author of the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index and Location Matters. He is also a regular on the conference circuit and has testified before legislatures in 35 states. His efforts have been instrumental in securing tax reform in many states, including sweeping reforms in Iowa and Louisiana, along with substantive reforms in Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming, among others.
Jared also serves as a member of the faculty of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, sits on the state tax advisory board of the Institute for State Policy Leaders, and contributes to Tax Notes State magazine. He is the author of the “SALT Road” Substack, a free newsletter on state and local tax policy.
Latest Work
Pennsylvania: A 21st Century Tax Code for the Commonwealth
Policymakers from across the spectrum recognize that Pennsylvania’s tax code has not kept up with a 21st century economy. Here are comprehensive solutions for how Pennsylvania can achieve a more competitive tax code.
13 min read
What to Expect from IRS Guidance on SALT Deduction Cap Workarounds
While a few are hoping for a different outcome, most observers expect the IRS to disallow these new, intentional SALT workarounds that have been adopted by New York and a handful of other states.
7 min read
State Tax Implications of Federal Tax Reform in Virginia
Virginia has an opportunity to improve its tax competitiveness following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Inaction will result in higher taxes.
14 min read
Enhancing Tax Competitiveness in Connecticut
Connecticut has failed to live up to the expectations of 1991. Changes intended to make tax collections more stable, combined with constraints intended to promote fiscal prudence, have strayed far wide of the mark. To turn things around, Connecticut needs a more competitive tax code.
32 min read
Taxation, Representation, and the American Revolution
James Otis’s rallying cry of “taxation without representation is tyranny!” became the watchwords of the American Revolution and remain familiar to our ears. American independence, which we celebrate each year, was born of a tax revolt.
6 min read
States Can’t Just Hit Pause on Implications of Federal Tax Reform
The new federal tax law left states with some important decisions to make. If they delay, their residents could face confusion come filing time.
4 min read
What’s in the Iowa Tax Reform Package
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is on the verge of signing tax reform legislation that would greatly improve the state’s needlessly complex tax code.
6 min read
