July 13, 2026

CSG Midwest: Conform or decouple? Changes in federal tax policy stir debates in state legislatures

“Congress often tinkers with the tax code from one year to the next, so state conformity debates happen all the time, says Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “But they’re usually much more minor considerations.”

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