Individual and Consumption Taxes

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.

To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes?

India Pushes for July 1 Rollout of Common GST

An Outline of Nebraska’s Tax Reform Package

Late-Breaking West Virginia Compromise Would Create Two New Taxes

Getting West Virginia Tax Reform Across the Goal Line

How Well Funded Are Pension Plans in Your State?

Is Tax Reform Coming to Louisiana?

West Virginia Would Have 10th Best Business Tax Climate Under HB 2933

Georgia’s Small Businesses and the Individual Income Tax

Evaluating Soda Tax Proposals in West Virginia

A Capital Gains Tax Would Be More Volatile than Washington State Revenue Projections Suggest

Multiple Tax Proposals in Minnesota

Complicated State Taxes for Business Travelers

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

Kansas Looks at Filling Revenue Gap with Sales Tax Base Broadening

The Case Against Soda Taxes

The State and Local Tax Deduction: A Primer

Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal income tax are permitted to deduct certain taxes paid to state and local governments from their gross income for federal income tax liability purposes.

Repealing Affordable Care Act Taxes on Upper-Income Workers and Savers

Facts & Figures 2017: How Does Your State Compare?

How do taxes in your state compare nationally? This convenient resource compares the 50 states on many different measures of taxing and spending, including individual and corporate income tax rates, business tax climates, excise taxes, tax burdens and state spending.