Sales Tax Exclusions & Exemptions

Response to Senator Menendez Regarding “Tax Breaks for Big Oil”

May 10, 2011

CO Budget May Roll Back Some of Last Year’s Tax Changes; Budget Office Finds $75 Million

April 7, 2011

Food Truck Sales Taxes in DC

March 15, 2011

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project Can’t Get No Respect

February 24, 2011

Recent State Tax Reforms in the United States and Opportunities for California at a Time of Fiscal Challenge (Testimony before California’s Select Committee on Recovery, Reform, and Realignment)

February 2, 2011

Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday (and a Few Other Little-Known Sales Tax Holidays)

October 22, 2010

Supreme Court Considers Whether Sales Tax Exemptions Can Be Discriminatory Taxes

September 13, 2010

Broadening the Sales Tax Base in Nebraska is the Right Idea

August 12, 2010

Sales Tax Holidays: Politically Expedient but Poor Tax Policy

July 26, 2010

Income Tax Reform Repealed by Referendum in Maine (last paragraph corrected)

June 9, 2010

Sales Tax Holiday in Florida

May 28, 2010

New York Times on Expanding Sales Taxes to Services

March 29, 2010

New Mexico Governor Opposes Regressive Taxation, Except When He Supports It

March 26, 2010

Illinois Should Respond to Recession by Broadening Tax Bases and Spending Frugally, Not by Raising the Personal Income Tax Rate

March 11, 2010

Pennsylvania Governor Proposes Spending Boost, Broader Sales Tax, Heavier Business Taxes

February 25, 2010

Idaho May Implement Automatic Review and Expiration for Sales Tax Exemptions

February 24, 2010

Georgia Should Respond to Recession with Tax Reform, Not Tax Gimmicks

February 19, 2010

Florida’s Sales Tax Holiday and Film Tax Credit Proposals Will Not Deliver on Exaggerated Promises

February 17, 2010

Colorado Senate Passes Tax Package

February 17, 2010

Mississippi Gun Sales Tax Holiday: Good Politics, Terrible Policy

February 17, 2010