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Minnesota Illustrated: A Visual Guide to Taxes & The Economy

By: Nicole Kaeding, Morgan Scarboro

Taxes are complicated. Each state’s taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and Minnesota is no exception. This chart book aims to help readers understand Minnesota’s overall economy and tax system from a broad perspective. It also provides detailed illustrations to each of Minnesota’s major taxes–individual income taxes, business taxes, sales and excise taxes, and property taxes–to help make the complicated task of understanding the state’s tax code a bit easier.

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About the Authors

Nicole Kaeding

Nicole Kaeding

Vice President of Federal and Special Projects

Nicole Kaeding is Vice President of Federal and Special Projects at the Tax Foundation. Previously, Nicole was a budget analyst for the Cato Institute focused on federal and state fiscal policy, and the state policy manager for Americans for Prosperity Foundation where she oversaw the policy activities of AFPF’s 34 state chapters.

Morgan Scarboro

Policy Analyst

Morgan was a Policy Analyst with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. She grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area and earned a B.S. in Economics in 2016 from Georgia College & State University.