State Tax Policy Boot Camp

Our State Tax Policy Boot Camp is a free, 6-week program designed to equip state policymakers with valuable and timely insights on tax policy issues that really matter.

Also explore our 2023 State Tax Resource Center for helpful data, research, and tools tailored for state policymakers tackling the biggest issues of 2022.



Boot Camp Overview

This free and virtual “boot camp” for state legislators, their staff, and others interested in state tax policy gets into the weeds on tax policy in ways that really matter. Each course provides relevant information to better equip policymakers to engage in informed deliberation.

For a more in-depth look at what we cover in each course, click on the sessions below.

State Tax Policy 101, Part 1: Income and Unemployment Insurance Taxes

In the first of our six sessions, we will explore individual and corporate income taxes plus the timely subject of unemployment insurance taxes.

State Tax Policy 101, Part 2: Sales, Property, and Other Taxes

In the second part of our overview of major state and local taxes, we tackle sales and excise taxes, property taxes, severance taxes, and other forms of state and local tax revenue.

State Taxation and Remote Work

The pandemic changed how we live and work, and for many, some of those changes may be permanent. But what are the tax implications of remote work?

Excise Taxes on New and Existing Markets

Increasingly, many states have looked to excise taxes as a way to plug revenue gaps, sometimes by raising existing tax rates and other times by legalizing and taxing new markets, like sports betting and marijuana.

New Issues in State Taxation

In this session, we explore new or less common forms of taxation—things like wealth taxes, digital advertising taxes, and financial transaction taxes—which have seen expanded interest in recent years.

Tax Policy and the Economic Recovery

State revenues did not take as much of a hit as was once feared, but state lawmakers still face the difficult task of balancing responses to reduced revenues with efforts to help facilitate the economic recovery.



Praise for Tax Foundation

“The Tax Foundation was a valuable resource for me and my colleagues when we grappled with difficult tax questions in Colorado, and their insight into state taxation would benefit any lawmaker or legislative staffer.”

— Former Colorado Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp (D), Chair, Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force

“My colleagues and I have long turned to the Tax Foundation for answers to our tax policy questions, and I'd encourage any lawmaker or legislative staffer to take this opportunity to learn from them as well.”

— West Virginia Delegate Eric Householder (R), Chair, House Finance Committee



TaxEDU was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation.