Plastic taxes

Tax Trends in European Countries

In recent years, European countries have undertaken a series of tax reforms designed to maintain tax revenue levels while protecting households and businesses from high inflation.

Global Excise Tax Application and Trends

When designed well, excise taxes discourage the consumption of products that create external harm and generate revenue for funding services that ameliorate social costs. The effectiveness of excise tax policy depends on the appropriate selection of the tax base and tax rate, as well as the efficient use of revenues.

Federal Plastics Tax Is Not a Good Revenue Raiser

One of the Senate’s proposals to pay for the Build Back Better Act is a federal excise tax on virgin plastics, which are plastics that are not reprocessed or recovered.

Tracking State Legislative Responses to COVID-19

Many states are racing to pass budgets, emergency COVID-19 supplemental appropriations, and other must-pass legislation as quickly as possible. We’re tracking the latest state legislative responses to the coronavirus crisis.

D.C. Bag Tax Leads to Fewer Bags, or Not?

Baltimore Considers Higher Excise Tax on Bottles

New Developments in the Wave of Bag Bans and Charges

Bag Fees and Bag Bans in San Francisco: Assessing the Arguments

Virginia Legislators Say No to Grocery Bag Tax

Virginia Legislators to Consider 20-Cent Bag Tax

D.C. Bag Tax Raises $2 Million; Short of Projection

Bag Taxes Disappointing in Debut

New DC Charge on Plastic Bags is a Tax

D.C. Charge on Plastic Bags is a Tax, Not a Fee

Paper or Plastic? NEITHER in San Jose come 2011.

New D.C. Bag Charge is a Tax, Not a Fee

Proposed Seattle Bag Tax Criticized

Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Irish Plastic Bag Tax