Other Taxes and Tax Issues
Our investigations into other state and local taxes as well as important
tax-related issues such as tax reform, tax expenditures, and tax
incidence. For background understanding on what constitutes sound tax policy, please see our educational primer "Taxing
Decisions Matter: A Citizens Guide to Good Tax Policy".
Federal COVID responses and the usual raft of end of year federal temporary tax provisions have again created a backlog of state tax conformity matters and the prospect of a yet more complicated and expensive tax system. There is an action we should consider to mitigate this recurring problem.
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Tax incentives, tax-induced behaviors, issues surrounding income inequality -- our annual review of this year's National Bureau of Economic Research working papers offers information and insights on issues and policies being debated at the state capitol.
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We’ve experienced this session’s tax conformity debate before. The ending may be different this time but we'll likely forego an important opportunity.