Expert
Jared Walczak
Vice President of State Projects
Jared Walczak is Vice President of State Projects at the Tax Foundation. He is the lead researcher on the annual State Business Tax Climate Index and Location Matters, and has authored or coauthored tax reform guides on Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Jared’s work is regularly cited in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Politico, AP, and many other prominent national and state outlets.
He previously served as legislative director to a member of the Senate of Virginia and as policy director for a statewide campaign, and consulted on research and policy development for a number of candidates and elected officials. In his free time, Jared enjoys hiking and has a goal of visiting all 63 national parks.
Latest Work
Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition
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Magna Carta and Tax Reform
Magna Carta is rarely remembered as an instrument of tax reform, but it introduced important, if still rudimentary, principles of tax policy, requiring the consent of the governed to levy new taxes and curtailing arbitrary and ruinous taxation.
4 min read