Sugar, Snack, and Soda Taxes

Facts and Figures 2021: How Does Your State Compare?

Our updated 2021 edition of Facts & Figures serves as a one-stop state tax data resource that compares all 50 states on over 40 measures of tax rates, collections, burdens, and more.

Sugar Taxes Back on the Menu

At least four states—Connecticut, Hawaii, New York, and Washington—are considering statewide excise taxes on sugary drinks this year.

Tax Treatment of Groceries, Candy, and Soda Can Get Tricky

Even in 2020, jack-o’-lanterns and fake skeletons have popped up in neighborhoods as they do every October, although Halloween may look and play out differently this time around.

Excise Tax

Washington D.C.’s Beverage Excise Tax Is Not Good Policy

How Does Your State Treat Groceries, Candy, and Soda?

Soda Taxes in Europe

The Proper Role of Excise Taxes

Results of 2018 State and Local Tax Ballot Initiatives

Ballot initiatives are often an afterthought on Election Day, but in many states, voters went to the polls to weigh in on significant tax policy questions. Here are the most recent results we’ve compiled for tax-related ballot measures.

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

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.

Are Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Regressive? Evidence from Household Retail Purchases

Soda taxes are proposed with the promise to improve public health outcomes, but they come with equity concerns because of their regressive nature.

A Small Victory on the Global Spread of Soda Taxes

Soda Taxes Are Not a Sensible Solution to Combat Obesity

Watch: Tax Foundation Excise Tax Event

These Are All the 2017 Tax Proposals in Seattle

Analyzing Washington State’s Tax Climate (Video)

Soda Tax Experiment Failing in Philadelphia Amid Consumer Angst and Revenue Shortfalls

Aside from hurting low-income earners, the poor revenue performance of Philadelphia’s soda tax, 24 times higher than the excise rate on beer, threatens the sustainability of the education programs it is intended to fund.

Statewide Soda Tax Stirs Debate in Massachusetts