Excise Taxes

Permanence for Alcohol Excise Tax Reforms

South Dakota Voters Will Decide Initiated Measure 25 on November 6th

Top State Tax Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2018

Explore our list of the top state tax ballot measures to watch for throughout the country.

Washington Voters Might Ban Local Grocery Excise Taxes, Including Soda Taxes

The Portland Clean Energy Fund: Creating a Sales Tax in Oregon

Michigan Voters to Decide Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana

Montana Initiative 185 Mixes Medicaid Funding with Unstable Tax Revenue

Californians Split on Gas Tax Repeal Initiative

Washington Voters to Consider a Carbon Tax—Again

Missouri Voters Face Complicated Choices on Medical Marijuana Taxes

Mississippi Turns to Lottery, Other Tax Changes, in Special Session to Fund Bridge Repair

Gas Tax Rates by State, 2018

Arkansas Tax Task Force Hones its Recommendations

Testimony: Tax Burdens and Tax Triggers in Arkansas

How High Are Wine Taxes in Your State?

New Research Provides More Reasons to Repeal the Medical Device Tax

Sales Taxes on Soda, Candy, and Other Groceries, 2018

When policymakers get in the habit of handpicking goods for which the sales tax does or does not apply, the tax base simultaneously erodes and becomes more complex.

Taxation, Representation, and the American Revolution

James Otis’s rallying cry of “taxation without representation is tyranny!” became the watchwords of the American Revolution and remain familiar to our ears. American independence, which we celebrate each year, was born of a tax revolt.

States Rain Down Taxes on Fourth of July Celebrations

Another Look at Reforming the Health Insurance Exclusion