Category: Local Sales Taxes

Rita Jefferson
Local Policy Analyst

January 14, 2025

Policymakers Unwisely Propose Cutting Property Taxes in Favor of Sales Taxes

Lawmakers across the country are taking aim at property taxes with a new strategy: raising sales taxes instead. Doing so would create a regressive tax shift that puts unfair burdens on renters and reduces the strength of local government revenues.
Kamolika Das
Local Policy Director

November 19, 2024

On Election Day, Voters Across the Country Chose to Invest in Their States & Communities

On election day, voters across the country — in states red and blue and communities rural and urban — approved a wide range of state and local ballot measures on taxation and public investment. The success of these measures clearly shows that voters are willing to invest in public priorities that feel tangible and close to home.
Rita Jefferson
Local Policy Analyst

October 17, 2024

2024 Local Tax Ballot Measures: Voters in Dozens of Communities Will Shape Local Policy

Next month, voters across the country will weigh in on many local ballot measures that will have a profound effect on the adequacy of our local tax systems and whether cities and communities can fund public needs. These are in addition to statewide ballot questions, many of which have local implications this year.
Kamolika Das
Local Policy Director

August 14, 2024

Local Tax Trends in 2024

Many cities, counties, and townships across the country are in a difficult, or at least unstable, budgetary position. Localities are responding to these financial pressures in a variety of ways with some charging ahead with enacting innovative reforms like short-term rental and vacancy taxes, and others setting up local tax commissions to study the problem.
Andrew Boardman
Local Policy Analyst

January 17, 2024

Worthwhile Ideas for a Stronger and Fairer D.C. Tax Code

The nation’s capital has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to advance a stronger and fairer local tax code. New draft recommendations from a key advisory panel will help leaders make the most of the moment.