Floridians Should Think Twice Before Embracing Property Tax Elimination
Voters beware: lower property taxes may sound good, but they come with significant trade-offs.
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While a proposal to phase down property taxes on the primary residences of Florida homeowners may grab headlines, it risks severely undermining the competitiveness of Florida’s overall tax structure and leaving the state worse off.
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Which Presidential Candidate Can Avoid Impending Tax Hikes Without Busting the Budget?
The expiration date on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 is rapidly approaching. Come 2026, most taxpayers will be in for a tax hike. Which 2024 presidential candidate will support sound tax policy?
Florida Gas Tax Holiday Has Negligible Benefits—But Other States Seem Ready to Follow
A gas tax holiday may be good politics, but it’s unlikely to achieve its aims. There are far better ways to provide tax relief—short- or long-term—than an inefficient gas tax suspension.
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The Surprising Challenge of Too Much Tax Revenue—and Florida’s No-Gas-Tax Solution
Temporary tax relief measures, like refund checks or gas tax holidays, are not necessarily bad, and can be justified as ways to return excess revenues to taxpayers, but they often miss an opportunity to do better by taxpayers in the long run.
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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.
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