Alabama
State Rundown 6/6: A Tale of Two Tax Laws
• By ITEP Staff
This week, it was the best of times or, in some cases, the worst of times for tax policy in two different states...
State Rundown 5/15: The Merry Merry Month of May(be)
• By ITEP Staff
Uncertainty abounds in state tax debates lately...
State Rundown 5/9: Special Sessions in the Air
• By ITEP Staff
This week, special sessions with major tax implications are in the air...
State Rundown 4/24: It’s Crunch Time
• By ITEP Staff
Many state legislative sessions are wrapping up...
Tax History Matters: A Q&A with Professor Andrew Kahrl, Author of ‘The Black Tax’
• By Brakeyshia Samms
In his new book, The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, Professor Andrew Kahrl walks readers through the history of the property tax system and its structural defects that have led to widespread discrimination against Black Americans.
State Rundown 3/14: Sessions are Heating Up
• By ITEP Staff
Many state legislative sessions are in the final stretch...
State Rundown 2/14: Our Love Language is Taxes
• By ITEP Staff
As many of you may know, we love taxes, along with the many great things they provide for our communities...
State Tax Watch 2024
• By ITEP Staff
Updated July 15, 2024 In 2024, state lawmakers have a choice: advance tax policy that improves equity and helps communities thrive, or push tax policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy, drain funding for critical public services, and make it harder for low-income and working families to get ahead. Despite worsening state fiscal conditions, we expect […]
Alabama: Who Pays? 7th Edition
• By ITEP Staff
Alabama Download PDF All figures and charts show 2024 tax law in Alabama, presented at 2023 income levels. Senior taxpayers are excluded for reasons detailed in the methodology. Our analysis includes nearly all (99 percent) state and local tax revenue collected in Alabama. These figures depict Alabama’s grocery sales tax rate at its 2024 level […]
State Rundown 1/4: New Year, New Opportunities, Same Tax Cut Proposals
• By ITEP Staff
The year may be new, but state lawmakers seem to have the same old resolution: slashing state income taxes...
Which States Allow Deductions for Federal Income Taxes Paid?
• By ITEP Staff
Three states allow an unusual income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid. Missouri and Oregon limit these deductions by capping and/or phasing out the deduction, while Alabama, offers what amounts to an unlimited deduction. These deductions are detrimental to state income tax systems on many fronts, as they offer large benefits to high-income earners […]
Abortion-Restricting States Skimp on Funding for Children
• By Amy Hanauer
States differ dramatically in how much they allow families to make choices about whether and when to have children and how much support they provide when families do. But there is a clear pattern: the states that compel childbirth spend less to help children once they are born.
The Moore Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court Could Widen the Racial Wealth Gap
• By Brakeyshia Samms, Moore v. United States
Moore v. United States, already a cause for concern for tax lawyers, could create more barriers for racial equity advocates working to reverse the economic plight of many households of color.
Sales Tax Holidays: An Ineffective Alternative to Real Sales Tax Reform
• By Marco Guzman
Nineteen states have sales tax holidays on the books in 2023, and these suspensions will cost nearly $1.6 billion in lost revenue this year. Sales tax holidays are poorly targeted and too temporary to meaningfully change the regressive nature of a state’s tax system. Overall, the benefits of sales tax holidays are minimal while their downsides are significant.
Testimony: Tax Policy to Strengthen Social Security
• By Amy Hanauer
We can make modest reforms to better tax those who are taking a larger share of our wealth and income in order to reinforce a major pillar of our promise to Americans.
State Rundown 6/22: Some Tax Debates Heat Up as Others Cool Off
• By ITEP Staff
Summer is here and many states nearing the end of their legislative sessions. Temperatures are rising in more ways than one in some state legislatures while others seem to be cooling off.
State Rundown 6/7: The Budget Race Continues
• By ITEP Staff
Across the country, the marathon budget season has held pace, with a steady stream of bills continuing to cross the finish line...
State Rundown 6/1: State Revenue Highs and Lows
• By ITEP Staff
Short-sighted tax cuts continue to make their way to Governors’ desks this week. In Florida, Gov. DeSantis signed a $1.3 billion tax cut package with $550 million of the tax cuts from sales tax holidays, alone. The Nebraska legislature also sent $6.4 billion in tax cuts to Gov. Pillen’s desk which includes an enormous personal income tax cut that will reduce taxes on the top 1 percent by tens of thousands of dollars.
State Rundown 5/25: The North Star State Leads the Way on Tax Fairness
• By ITEP Staff
As we approach the midpoint of 2023, it’s a good time to look back at the progress states have made in the name of tax fairness and equity...
State Rundown 5/18: Credits, Cuts, and Corporate Revenue Raisers
• By ITEP Staff
This past week, in statehouses around the country, tax policy decisions are moving fast as budgets were signed and budget plans were released and passed...
Extending Temporary Provisions of the 2017 Trump Tax Law: National and State-by-State Estimates
• By Joe Hughes, Matthew Gardner, Steve Wamhoff
The push by Congressional Republicans to make the provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent would cost nearly $300 billion in the first year and deliver the bulk of the tax benefits to the wealthiest Americans.
State Rundown 5/3: Policy Debates Unfold from Capitol to Capital
• By ITEP Staff
While the conversations on the debt ceiling heat up in the nation's capital, debates on state tax policy also continue to unfold in capitol buildings across the nation...
State Rundown 4/27: Health, Wealth, and State Tax Policy
• By ITEP Staff
This week the importance of state tax policy is center stage once again...
State Rundown 4/12: Tax Day 2023 – A Good Reminder of the Impact of Our Collective Investments
• By ITEP Staff
With Tax Day quickly approaching it’s worth taking some time to reflect not just on tax forms (though those are important!), but also on the current state of state tax policy...
State Rundown 4/6: More SALT, Please
• By ITEP Staff
This week, a bill out of Arkansas that would cut the top personal income tax rate and the corporate income tax rate found its way to the governor’s desk...
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