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2025 Kansas Tax Cuts including Kansas flat income tax reform and 2025 Kansas tax reform and relief

Kansans May Finally Get a Low, Flat Income Tax

If adopted, these reforms would make Kansas’ tax code substantially more competitive while returning revenue growth to taxpayers in a fiscally responsible manner.

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Taxing Life Insurance Tax

Taxing Life Insurance

As Congress attempts to prevent the expiration of major Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions, it needs to find ways to pay for them. Ideally, it should use the least economically harmful means possible.

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Oregon Considers Decoupling from the Federal Tax Code Oregon tax conformity

Oregon Considers Decoupling from the Federal Tax Code

The proposed changes to federal tax code conformity in Oregon are a good example of a change that could significantly reshape the state’s tax code in the future, despite being framed as temporary technical adjustments.

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The Global Tax Deal, Tax Cuts, and Tariffs—5 Major Tax Debates

What are the biggest tax stories shaping policy today—and what do they mean for you? In our 100th episode, we break down the five biggest tax stories, from the global tax deal to the looming expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. 

Budget Reconciliation: Tracking the 2025 Trump Tax Cuts GOP Tax Bill and Reform

Budget Reconciliation: Tracking the 2025 Trump Tax Cuts

President Trump has called for permanent extension of the 2017 tax cuts, additional policies including no taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security benefits for retirees, and has also promised higher taxes on US imports through a series of new tariffs.

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Trump tariffs currency appreciation and Trump tariffs value of US dollar impact

How Will President Trump’s Tariffs Affect the Value of the Dollar?

President Trump has announced that new tariffs will go into effect on April 2, following several weeks of threats. These new tariffs are likely to be broader in scope than the limited ones implemented thus far. So who is likely to pay for them?

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Indiana local tax reform debate

Indiana Mulls Local Income and Property Tax Reforms

This legislative session, local taxes are a major topic of debate in Indiana. Although the state’s property tax system is already nationally competitive, dramatic increases in assessed values have created discontent in recent years.

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map of dividend tax rates per country in europe

Dividend Tax Rates in Europe, 2025

Many countries’ personal income tax systems tax various sources of individual income—including investment income such as dividends and capital gains.

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Wyden 199a pass-through deduction proposal Democrats proposed to expand child tax credit as part of covid relief package. Analysis of the “SALT Act” state and local tax deduction cap, Restoring Tax Fairness to States and Localities Act, SALT cap repeal, eliminate SALT cap

Growth Should Be a Key Consideration if Corporate SALT Is Limited

Lawmakers should prioritize pro-growth tax policies and use the least economically damaging offsets to make the legislation fiscally responsible. If lawmakers choose to use C-SALT, they should carefully consider the economic trade-off with permanent, pro-growth tax cuts that support investment and innovation in the US.

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Inflation Reduction Act IRA repeal and reforms

Four Paths for Inflation Reduction Act Reforms

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) introduced a series of new targeted tax breaks, many of which seem to be much more expensive than originally forecasted. Understandably, repealing these subsidies is a key option for policymakers looking to pay to extend the expiring broader tax cuts passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

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