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Sales Taxes on Soda, Candy, and Other Groceries, 2018
When policymakers get in the habit of handpicking goods for which the sales tax does or does not apply, the tax base simultaneously erodes and becomes more complex.
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Making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Individual Income Tax Provisions Permanent
If extended, the individual income tax provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would increase long-run GDP by 2.2 percent, long-run wages by 0.9 percent, and add 1.5 million new jobs.
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What Does the Wayfair Decision Really Mean for States, Businesses, and Consumers?
Various interpretations of the recent Wayfair decision from the U.S. Supreme Court has led to confusion about its impact for online sellers and consumers. We clear up that confusion with this Q&A.
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Taxation, Representation, and the American Revolution
James Otis’s rallying cry of “taxation without representation is tyranny!” became the watchwords of the American Revolution and remain familiar to our ears. American independence, which we celebrate each year, was born of a tax revolt.
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The Distributional Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act over the Next Decade
Taxpayers in every income level will receive a tax cut in 2018 and for most of the next decade. See how the size of that tax cut will vary for each income group over the next decade with our new, long-term distributional analysis.
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