Everything You Need to Know
About The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Explore our resources to understand what changed and how exactly your wallet, your state, and the U.S. economy will be impacted. Read More

2019 State Business Tax Climate Index

Our 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index compares each state on over 100 variables including corporate, individual, property, and sales taxes. How does your state rank? Read More

Tax Reform 2.0 Takes Shape

Recently, Congress released a series of bills which have been dubbed “Tax Reform 2.0.” These bills modify and build upon the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, whose individual provisions are currently set to expire at the end of 2025. We outline the details of each bill, including changes to tax rates, the standard deduction, and the child tax credit. Read More

The TCJA’s Expensing Provision Alleviates the Tax Code’s Bias Against Certain Investments

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant progress in improving businesses’ ability to recover the cost of making investments in the United States by enacting 100 percent bonus depreciation. Read More

Pennsylvania: A 21st Century Tax Code for the Commonwealth

Policymakers from across the spectrum recognize that Pennsylvania’s tax code has not kept up with a 21st century economy. Here are comprehensive solutions for how Pennsylvania can achieve a more competitive tax code. Read More

Post-Wayfair Options for States

What is included in the "Wayfair checklist," what policy choices do legislators have to make their state compliant, and, ultimately, how prepared is each state to start requiring that online retailers collect sales tax? Read More


Federal Taxes

The Tax Foundation's Center for Federal Tax Policy produces timely and high-quality data, research, and analysis on federal tax issues that influences the debate toward economically principled policies.

State Taxes

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.

Tax Data

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Tax Maps

We’ve found that one of the best, most engaging ways to visualize tax data is in the form of maps. Every week, we release a new tax map that illustrates one important measure of state tax rates, collections, burdens and more.

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