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blog
April 17, 2024
The Case for More Progressive State and Local Tax Systems, in Charts
In a new chart book, Fairness Matters, we further explore our Who Pays? data with new graphics that reinforce the findings in the main report and demonstrate how state-level tax decisions shape economic divides for better and worse.
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brief
April 16, 2024
Is California Really a High-Tax State?
Key Findings For families of modest means, California is not a high-tax state. California taxes are close to the national average for families in the… -
report
April 11, 2024
Fairness Matters: A Chart Book on Who Pays State and Local Taxes
State and local tax codes can do a lot to reduce inequality. But they add to the nation’s growing income inequality problem when they capture a greater share of income from low- or moderate-income taxpayers. These regressive tax codes also result in higher tax rates on communities of color, further worsening racial income and wealth divides.
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blog
April 10, 2024
These Three Local EITCs Are Boosting Family Incomes at Tax Time
This tax season more than 800,000 households in New York City, Maryland’s Montgomery County, and San Francisco are set to receive a boost through local refundable EITCs. These credits put dollars directly into the pockets of low-income households, equipping families with resources to better make ends meet and invest in their futures. In turn, they can help build stronger, fairer, and more resilient communities.
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report
April 9, 2024
Who Pays Taxes in America in 2024
America’s tax system is just barely progressive, and not nearly as progressive as many suggest or as progressive as it could be. There is plenty of room for lawmakers to improve the progressivity of the tax code to combat economic, wealth, and racial inequality.
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blog
April 3, 2024
State Rundown 4/3: Some States Buck the Trend on Foolish Tax Policy
This week tax cuts were debated across the upper Midwest…
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blog
April 1, 2024
Five Things to Know About Tax Foundation’s Critique of Maryland’s Worldwide Combined Reporting Proposal
Maryland lawmakers are considering enacting worldwide combined reporting (WWCR), also known as complete reporting. This policy offers a more accurate, and less gameable, way to… -
blog
April 1, 2024
Biden Is Right: Corporate Tax Avoidance Has Big Problems That We Can Fix
Sensible reforms to the corporate tax system can help both crack down on corporate tax avoidance and ensure companies that are flourishing are paying their share for the public infrastructure that forms the building blocks of their success.
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blog
March 28, 2024
State Rundown 3/28: Tax Cut Madness, But Our Brackets Bet on Tax Fairness
While madness is typically reserved for basketball in March, several high-profile, regressive tax cuts are making their way through state legislatures this week…
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blog
March 28, 2024
Congress Should Enhance – Not Diminish – IRS Capability this Tax Season
While funding cuts to the IRS may have been necessary as a political matter to avoid harmful agency shutdowns, they are severely misguided as a policy matter. By all serious accounts, cuts to IRS funding increase the deficit due to uncollected taxes – mostly from big businesses and the very wealthy.
