State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2022
While many factors influence business location and investment decisions, sales taxes are something within policymakers’ control that can have immediate impacts.
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States on the Move: Cutting Across Party Lines
After a whirlwind of cuts and reforms in 2021, it looks like 2022 might be an even bigger year for state tax codes. Republican and Democratic governors alike used their annual State of the State addresses to call for tax reform, and there is already serious momentum from state lawmakers nationwide to get the job done. We discuss why states are looking to make so many tax changes now and how these proposals might play out in statehouses.
Indonesia Reform Simplifies Tobacco Taxes but More Work Remains
More than 300 billion cigarettes are sold each year in Indonesia—making it the world’s second-largest cigarette market to China. As such, it is important how Indonesia taxes tobacco products.
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Business Tax Refunds Must Be Provided Quickly During Future Downturns
A new report finds many businesses have yet to receive tax refunds that they are due from pandemic-related emergency relief. Future business tax relief must be provided in a timely manner during the next downturn, because delayed tax relief is not much better than no relief at all.
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Does Your State Levy a Capital Stock Tax?
States can better position themselves for success by moving away from economically-damaging taxes like the capital stock tax.
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Four Issues with Proposal to Increase Tobacco and Vapor Taxes in Maine
Maine’s proposal to increase tobacco and vapor taxes has at least four major issues: flawed revenue allocation, risk of increased smuggling, regressivity, and violation of the harm reduction principle.
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