State Tax Policy Boot Camp

Our State Tax Policy Boot Camp is a free 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.

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

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

State Taxation and Remote Work

Excise Taxes on New and Existing Markets

New Issues in State Taxation

Tax Policy and 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.