August 12, 2013
July/August 2013
The Tax Lessons in the 2013 Tax Bill
Besides feeding everyone's spin cycle, a Department of Revenue white paper examining the impact our new tax laws will have on state tax incidence provides some instructive and important lessons on what state tax policy is simply unable to do well.
The Case of the Mysterious Municipal Downgrades
A recent spate of municipal credit downgrades in Minnesota prompts a lot more questions than answers.
MCFE Annual Meeting to Examine Business Tax Incentives
Mark Wednesday, October 2 on your calendar as out 87th Annual Meeting policy session examines the intersection of good tax policy; the push for conditional tax breaks based on private sector behaviors, promises, and outcomes; and today's economic development realities.