Fiscal Focus is our bimonthly publication providing news, analysis, and commentary on tax and spending topics in the headlines.
April 30, 2018
The Enormity of Conformity
All eyes are on the tax committees and the Governor as the headline issue of the 2018 session heads to its climax.
The State of the Minnesota Property Tax
New data and reports offer perspective on Minnesota property tax trends and competitiveness.
From The Director: Constitutional Dedication vs. Competition
A transportation finance hearing offers a lesson on how government is supposed to work.
February 20, 2018
Minnesota, It's Your Turn Now
The future of Minnesota’s individual income tax will be front and center in the 2018 legislative session. A look at a few of the issues lawmakers will be grappling with.
How Sweeping Federal Tax Reform May Create Benefits (and Headaches) for Minnesota Businesses
Guest contributors Christopher Martin, Senior Manager and Sarah Durst, Senior Associate of Grant Thornton’s Minneapolis SALT practice examine the extraordinarily complicated issues surrounding Minnesota’s response to federal corporate income tax reform and offer “dos and donts” for lawmakers to consider.
“Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends”
The political battle to get a signed pension bill is now in its third year and has taken on the feel of a Shakespearean play.
December 14, 2017
What Federal Tax Reform Means for Minnesota
A look at the Minnesota impacts of the House and Senate tax reform bills and some looming policy questions for state lawmakers in 2018.
Greatest Research Hits of 2017
From tax reform to minimum wage laws to the optimal taxation of pot, our look back on the year that was in tax and fiscal policy research. Plus, our inaugural “Fiscal Raspberry Award” recognizing jaw-dropping awfulness in the study of fiscal policy.
Sound Tax Policy Lite
Is it possible to be an advocate for good tax policy without considering the issue of fiscal responsibility?
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