2019 State Business Tax Climate Index
Our 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index compares each state on over 100 variables including corporate, individual, property, and sales taxes. How does your state rank?
17 min readOur 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index compares each state on over 100 variables including corporate, individual, property, and sales taxes. How does your state rank?
17 min readStock buybacks are readily visible, and unfortunately some have misunderstood stock buybacks to be taking place at the expense of long-term investments.
17 min readTax Foundation President, Scott Hodge, provides written testimony before the United States Joint Economic Committee on the economic growth effects of TCJA.
21 min readIn the long run, permanent full expensing produces about 4.5 times more GDP growth per dollar of revenue than making individual TCJA provisions permanent.
2 min readThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant progress in improving businesses’ ability to recover the cost of making investments in the United States by enacting 100 percent bonus depreciation.
11 min readPolicymakers from across the spectrum recognize that Pennsylvania’s tax code has not kept up with a 21st century economy. Here are comprehensive solutions for how Pennsylvania can achieve a more competitive tax code.
13 min readRaising the corporate tax rate would reduce economic growth and lead to a smaller capital stock, lower wage growth, and reduced employment.
2 min readThe increase in stock buybacks isn’t surprising nor a sign that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act won’t increase domestic investment.
2 min readCutting the corporate tax rate improves the United States’ international tax competitiveness, incentives new investment and benefits both old & new capital.
3 min readThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the corporate income tax rate from the highest statutory rate in the developed world to a more globally competitive 21 percent.
13 min readStock buybacks are a clearly visible phenomenon, but most critics point out the initial action, the buyback, and ignore the greater context.
3 min readWisconsin’s tax system needs to be more competitive. New revenue from online sales taxes will make it easier to accomplish comprehensive reforms that benefit all Wisconsinites.
13 min readConnecticut has failed to live up to the expectations of 1991. Changes intended to make tax collections more stable, combined with constraints intended to promote fiscal prudence, have strayed far wide of the mark. To turn things around, Connecticut needs a more competitive tax code.
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