Prepaying SALT isn’t an Option
As the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act seeks to simplify the tax code, a last-minute provision closed a potential new tax-planning strategy germinating before the bill even passed.
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Conference Report Limits on Interest Deductions
There is no good reason to eliminate interest deductions to permit expensing. Expensing is a key element of any tax system which seeks to put all economic activity on a level playing field.
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Under Conference Agreement, Fewer Households Would Face the Alternative Minimum Tax
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will temporarily reduce alternative minimum tax liability, but retain the complexity inherent to the tax.
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Puts the U.S. with its International Peers
If enacted, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would put the U.S. corporate tax rate more in line with its international peers at 13th highest of 35 OECD countries.
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Trends in State Tax Policy, 2018
In 2018, trends to watch in state tax policy will include reductions in corporate tax rates, the spread of gross receipts taxes, new and lower taxes on marijuana, estate tax repeal, a wait-and-see approach on federal tax reform, and more.
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Does Your State’s Individual Income Tax Code Conform with the Federal Tax Code?
As the federal government continues to debate tax reform, states, and many taxpayers, are asking an important question: How is my state’s tax code impacted? The exact impacts won’t be known until the federal bill is finalized, but a good place to start is understanding the issue of conformity.
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Measuring Marginal Tax Rate on Capital Assets
This study demonstrates how Tax Foundation’s TAG model calculates the weighted average METRs for different capital assets in the corporate and noncorporate sectors. The high marginal rates of up to 53 percent in the corporate sector illustrate why there is an urgent need for business tax reform.
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High-Tax States are Inconsistent on the State and Local Tax Deduction
If the state and local tax deduction is necessary to prevent double taxation, why don’t states offer a deduction for federal and local taxes?
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Property Taxes in Arkansas
As Arkansas considers tax reform, expanding or increasing the state’s property tax, if used to finance other tax changes, would be worth exploring.
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The Tax Foundation’s 80th Anniversary
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The Health Impact of Alcohol Taxes
A proposal in the Senate tax reform bill to reduce alcohol taxes wouldn’t create the negative health consequences that some claim.
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