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May 10, 2017
State Rundown 5/10: Spring Tax Debates at Different Stages in Different States
This week saw a springtime mix of state tax debates in all stages of life. In West Virginia and Louisiana, debates over income tax reductions… -
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May 10, 2017
Gas Taxes Increases Continue to Advance in the States
This post was updated July 12, 2017 to reflect recent gas tax increases in Oregon and West Virginia.
As expected, 2017 has brought a flurry of action relating to state gasoline taxes. As of this writing, eight states (California, Indiana, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia) have enacted gas tax increases this year, bringing the total number of states that have raised or reformed their gas taxes to 26 since 2013. -
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May 9, 2017
Representative John Delaney's Bills Take the Wrong Approach on Funding Infrastructure
Lawmakers across the political spectrum recognize the need for additional spending to maintain and upgrade our nation’s transportation infrastructure. According to the Federal Highway Administration,… -
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May 5, 2017
Key Resources for Digging into the Trump and GOP Tax Reform Agenda
President Donald Trump’s tax sketch released in late April is the starting point for federal tax reform discussions. For now, the sketch includes too few… -
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May 4, 2017
EITC Victories Await in Both Hawaii and Montana
Two states are on the verge of embracing a tried and tested anti-poverty policy, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). In the past two weeks,… -
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May 4, 2017
Nebraska Vote Is Latest Defeat for Tax-Cut "Trigger" Gimmick
Nebraska lawmakers had a long and contentious tax-cut debate this session but ultimately chose the wise path and rejected attempts to give a massive tax… -
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May 4, 2017
Apple: A Case Study in Why a Tax Holiday for Offshore Cash is Indefensible
The Apple corporation made waves earlier this week with its disclosure that its worldwide cash now exceeds $250 billion. Less noticed was a separate disclosure… -
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May 3, 2017
State Rundown 5/3: Lawmakers See Value in State EITCs, Danger in Tax Cut Triggers
This week, Kansas lawmakers found that they’ll have to roll back Gov. Brownback’s tax cuts and then some to adequately fund state needs. Nebraska legislators… -
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May 2, 2017
Critical Anti-Tax Evasion Legislation Under Attack
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – or FATCA – is a financial disclosure and transparency law designed to crack down on international tax evasion… -
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May 2, 2017
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): A Critical Anti-Tax Evasion Tool
For years, a subset of the well-to-do and well-connected have been able to exploit the intricacies of our global financial system to shelter their income and investments from taxation. The U.S. government took a stand against this type of willful tax evasion with the passage of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – or FATCA – enacted as part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act of 2010.
