Excise Taxes

Potential Colorado Ballot Measure Shows How Not to Design a Sales Tax

Tax Freedom Day 2017 is April 23rd

Tax Freedom Day® is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 23rd, 113 days into the year.

Late-Breaking West Virginia Compromise Would Create Two New Taxes

Getting West Virginia Tax Reform Across the Goal Line

Evaluating Soda Tax Proposals in West Virginia

What to Make of the West Virginia Senate’s Ambitious Tax Overhaul Legislation

The Case Against Soda Taxes

Proposed GOP Healthcare Bill Would Repeal Nearly All ACA Tax Increases

Ohio Governor Kasich Puts Forward Tax Changes in New Budget

State Gasoline Tax Rates in 2017

Alaska’s Budget Shortfall Highlights Peculiarities of State Tax Code

Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2014

A Tax Compromise Offered in Illinois

Indiana Gas Tax Proposal: Existing User Taxes & Fees Cover Less than Half of Road Costs

Evaluating the Economic Impact of Additional Government Infrastructure Spending

Sports Drinks Are Now More Expensive than Beer Thanks to the Philadelphia Soda Tax

Washington’s Governor Seeks a Tax Trifecta

Soda Taxes: Decreasing Consumption or Increasing Revenue?

CO2.0: Washington Groups Gear Up For Second Push for Carbon Taxation

What the Election Results Mean: State Tax Edition