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Does Your State’s Corporate Income Tax Code Conform with the Federal Tax Code?
Whether your state’s corporate income tax code conforms to the federal corporate income tax code matters a great deal for how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will impact revenue in your state.
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: The Impacts of Jobs and Incomes by State
Overall, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is projected to add 339,000 new jobs to the U.S. economy and boost average after-tax incomes for middle-income families by $649.43. Here’s how jobs and after-tax wages will be impacted in your state.
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Does Your State’s Individual Income Tax Code Conform with the Federal Tax Code?
As the federal government continues to debate tax reform, states, and many taxpayers, are asking an important question: How is my state’s tax code impacted? The exact impacts won’t be known until the federal bill is finalized, but a good place to start is understanding the issue of conformity.
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The Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: The Impacts of Jobs and Incomes by State
See the state-by-state impact of the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for both new jobs and the boost to after-tax incomes for middle-income families.
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Wireless Taxes and Fees in 2017
A typical American household with four wireless phones paying $100 per month for wireless voice service can expect to pay about $221 per year in wireless taxes, fees, and surcharges.
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Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2015
Excessive tax rates on cigarettes approach de facto prohibition in some states, inducing black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax states or foreign sources.
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Sales Tax Base Broadening: Right-Sizing a State Sales Tax
Due in part to historical accident and also to the proliferation of exemptions, the effectiveness of the state sales tax continues to erode. The median state sales tax, which should apply to all personal consumption, is nonly applied to 23 percent of personal consumption.
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Corporate Income Tax Rates around the World, 2017
The last time the U.S. reduced its federal corporate income tax rate was in 1986. Since then, countries throughout the world have significantly reduced their rates, leaving the U.S. with the fourth highest statutory corporate tax rate in the world and an overall uncompetitive tax system.
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