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Federal Tax Collections & Inflation Surging
September 19, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The latest inflation report confirms that prices for just about everything continue to rise, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up 8.3 percent over the last year and many categories up even higher, including food (11.4 percent) and energy (23.8 percent). While not part of the CPI, another measure of inflation (call it
FDA Ban on Flavored Cigars Could Cost $836M Excise Tax Revenue
August 17, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The FDA’s proposal to ban flavored cigars would be a disruptive force in the cigar market and would carry significant revenue implications for many state governments. Flavored cigars make up between one-third and one-half of all cigar sales. We estimate that the aggregate effect of a ban on flavored cigar sales in the
CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook: Details & Analysis
July 29, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As the reality of a second quarter of negative economic growth settles in Washington, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its own sobering report on the government’s long-term finances. The CBO long-term budget outlook report shows widening deficits over the next three decades as both federal spending and tax revenues are expected to
Push for Higher Taxes is Misguided Amid Inflation, Looming Recession
July 26, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Efforts to raise taxes on corporations and high-income earners recently hit a brick wall when U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) once again expressed concerns about inflation and a potential recession. That would seem to be the end of the story, as there is no reason to think inflation will be going away anytime
FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes: Details & Analysis
May 19, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The Tax Foundation respectfully submits comment on the state tax and revenue implications of the proposed tobacco product standard for menthol in cigarettes. Alongside the intended consequence of limiting sales of menthol cigarettes, menthol cigarette prohibition will have a significant impact on state revenue collections, in excess of the losses associated with individuals
Menthol Ban Could Reduce Revenues, with Few Health Benefits
April 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled long-anticipated proposed regulations banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, part of ongoing efforts to support smoking cessation. Critics doubt, however, whether banning mentholated cigarettes will reduce smoking or instead simply channel menthol smokers toward other tobacco products—or smuggled menthols. And states
Corporate Tax Revenue and Federal Tax Collections Reach Record High
April 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares After corporate tax revenue came in at a record high of $372 billion in fiscal year 2021, we have been eagerly awaiting the forecast for fiscal year 2022, which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) normally publishes in January but now plans for the week of May 23rd. The White House has included a
Federal Menthol Cigarette Ban May Cost Governments $6.6 Billion
March 2, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares This spring, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce a national ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigars with a characterizing flavor, an attempt to limit tobacco consumption, and, as a result, improve public health. But given the high level of taxation on tobacco products (on average, excise taxes
House Democrats Tax Increases in Historical Context: Build Back Better
October 4, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares One way to put the House Build Back Better Act’s tax increases in historical context is to compare them to previous tax increases as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). Compared to previous tax changes, this House tax plan would impose the largest gross tax increase since President Lyndon Johnson’s tax hike
