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2023 State Tax Trends: State Income Tax Relief
February 1, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Forty-three states adopted tax relief in 2021 or 2022—often in both years—and of those, 21 cut state income tax rates. It’s been a remarkable trend, driven by robust state revenues and an increasingly competitive tax environment. But many observers doubted the trend could, or should, continue into 2023. It can. It should. It

Are Tax Rebates a Good Way to Provide Tax Relief from Rising Prices?
March 29, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares States are flush with cash, but taxpayers’ purchasing power is being eroded by high inflation. It’s unsurprising that many policymakers have jumped at the chance to apply surpluses to meet the genuine needs of many residents—but good intentions do not always make for good policy. Tax rebates, gas tax holidays, and other temporary