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.

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Arkansas’s Sustainable Tax Reform: A Gift That Will Keep On Giving

December 9, 2021

Traveling for the Holidays? States Would Like the Gift of Taxes

December 8, 2021

North Carolina Reinforces Its Tax Reform Legacy

December 3, 2021

Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2019

December 2, 2021

Aligning Kentucky’s Tax Code for Growth

November 30, 2021

The Surprising Challenge of Too Much Tax Revenue—and Florida’s No-Gas-Tax Solution

November 23, 2021

Ohio’s CAT Is Out of the Bag

November 23, 2021

Mississippians Would Benefit from Sustainable Income Tax Reduction

November 23, 2021

Republican Cannabis Bill Would Tax by Category

November 15, 2021

Tax Foundation Comments on Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax Regulations

November 10, 2021

Pro-Growth Tax Reform for Oklahoma

November 8, 2021

Tracking 2021 Election Results: State Tax Ballot Measures

November 2, 2021

Federal Deductibility Is Distorting Tax Liability in Six States

November 1, 2021

Washington Voters to Weigh in on New Capital Gains Income Tax

October 25, 2021

Coloradans to Vote on Structurally Unsound Property and Cannabis Tax Changes

October 22, 2021

Louisiana Voters Have Chance to Simplify Taxes and Lower Burdens

October 21, 2021

As Inflation Rises, So Will Tax Bills in Many States

October 19, 2021

Excise Taxes and Fees on Wireless Services Increase Again in 2021

October 12, 2021

2017 Tax Changes Increase the Benefit of Uncapping SALT Deductions for High Income Taxpayers

October 4, 2021

Florida Lawmakers Should Provide Certainty Around the State’s Corporate Income Tax Rate Reduction

October 1, 2021