Center for State Tax Policy

The Tax Foundation’s Center for State Tax Policy produces and markets timely and high-quality data, research, and analysis on state fiscal issues that influence the debate toward economically principled tax policies.

Our experts are routinely relied upon for presentations, testimony, and media appearances on state tax and fiscal policy, and our website is a comprehensive resource for information on tax and spending policy in each U.S. state. For information on your state, click on the map to the right.

Tax Data by State

Get facts about taxes in your state and around the U.S.

Explore Data

Major Publications

More Research

Senate Considers Allowing State Taxation of Online Sales

August 1, 2012

Atlanta Voters Reject 1-Percent Transportation Sales Tax

August 1, 2012

San Francisco Sends Problematic Gross Receipts Tax to November Ballot

August 1, 2012

Governor Brown’s Tax Proposal and the Folly of California’s Income Tax

July 31, 2012

State and Local Sales Taxes at Midyear 2012

July 31, 2012

Monday Map: Sales Tax Holidays in 2012

July 30, 2012

Sales Tax Holidays: Politically Expedient but Poor Tax Policy

July 30, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Taxes as a Percentage of Household Income, 1-Year Average, 2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Taxes as a Percentage of Household Income, 3-Year Average, 2008-2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Taxes as a Percentage of Home Value, 3-Year Average, 2008-2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Taxes as a Percentage of Home Value, 1-Year Average, 2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Total Taxes Paid, 1-Year Average, 2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Taxes Rates By County, Ranked by Tax as a Percentage of Home Value, 5-Year Average, 2006-2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Taxes as a Percentage of Household Income, 5-Year Average, 2006-2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Total Taxes Paid, 3-Year Average, 2008-2010

July 27, 2012

Median Effective Property Tax Rates By County, Ranked by Total Taxes Paid, 5-Year Average, 2006-2010

July 27, 2012

Monday Map: Percentage of Filers Making Over $200,000

July 23, 2012

Prepared Statement of Joseph Henchman Vice President, Legal & State Projects Tax Foundation Hearing on H.R. 3179, the Marketplace Equity Act of 2011 Before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives

July 23, 2012

Nebraska Pushing States to Tax “Full Value” of Groupon and LivingSocial Deals

July 19, 2012

High Income Taxpayers By State, Tax Year 2010

July 17, 2012