Blog Post Round-Up

March 16, 2008

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Double-Digit Chicago Sales Tax Raises Tax Evasion Questions: As shoppers leave Illinois to avoid Chicago’s new 10.25% sales tax, Tax Foundation chief economist Patrick Fleenor was asked by the Chicago Tribune about the so-called use tax.
Momentum Builds to Repeal Maryland Computer Services Tax: More than 200 Maryland business executives took to Annapolis, testifying to legislators and urging repeal of the tax.
Have the Bush Tax Cuts Made the Federal Tax Code More or Less Progressive?: When one if the tax code has been made more or less progressive as a result of the Bush tax cuts, questions of the incidence of the ramifications of those tax cuts (i.e. deficits and/or government spending cuts) and the generational consequences should be kept in mind.
New Commentary on Arkansas Lottery Proposal: As we have written before, state-run lotteries levy regressive, hidden, non-neutral taxes that have no place in a system of sound state tax policy. A new Tax Foundation commentary takes a humorous approach at explaining why Arkansas should remain a non-lottery state.
Alleged Spitzer-Prostitute Liaison Raises Tax Questions: The alleged paid encounter New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer had with a prostitute at the Mayflower Hotel raises (to us, at least) some interesting tax questions.

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