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Tennessee Tax Plan: Details & Analysis
February 23, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Tennessee joined the ranks of no-income-tax states in 2022 with the phaseout of the Hall Tax on interest and dividend income. But with other states upping their game to attract ever-more-mobile people and businesses, lawmakers and the governor are not content to leave Tennessee’s business taxes in their current, uncompetitive form. Gov. Bill
2023 State Income Tax Rates and Brackets
February 21, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares (a) Local income taxes are excluded. Eleven states have county- or city-level income taxes; the average rates expressed as a percentage of AGI within each jurisdiction are: AL–0.10%; DE–0.16%; IN–0.61%; IA–0.11%; KY–1.31%; MD–2.38%; MI–0.17%; MO–0.21%; NY–1.59%; OH–1.56%; PA–1.22%. In CA, CO, KS, NJ, OR, and WV some jurisdictions have payroll taxes, flat-rate wage
2023 State Business Tax Climate Index
October 25, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Launch Our Interactive Tool Executive Summary The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well
Student Loan Debt Cancelation Tax Treatment
August 25, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares President Biden’s announcement of student loan debt forgiveness is already raising many questions. How much will it cost? Who will benefit the most? How will it contribute to inflation? Does the president even have the legal authority to implement this loan forgiveness? Here’s one more question to add to the mix: will states
Section 179 Expensing & State Tax Conformity
July 6, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) are at a standstill on efforts to secure tax reform in special session, but lawmakers did accomplish something important in the waning days of the state’s regular session—a national first for which the Sooner State deserves substantial credit. Full expensing—or the immediate write-off of all business
Pennsylvania Inflation & Tax Reform Solutions
June 22, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Note: The following is Tax Foundation testimony regarding how Pennsylvania can mitigate challenges of inflation through structural tax reforms. It was presented, by request, to the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee on June 21, 2022. Good morning, Chairman Causer and Members of the Committee, My name is Timothy Vermeer, and I am a
State Net Operating Loss Provisions
January 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Key Findings Well-designed Net Operating Loss (NOL) provisions benefit the economy by smoothing business income, which mitigates entrepreneurial risk and helps firms survive economic downturns. Forgoing tax revenue in the short term affords businesses the opportunity to prioritize human and physical capital investment. Start-ups and industries with profits highly correlated to the business
Kansas Tax Reform Bill: Lawmakers Consider Veto Override
April 30, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The Kansas legislature will reconvene next week for its 2021 veto session, when legislators will reconsider bills that were vetoed by the governor. One such bill that has a second chance of being enacted, Senate Bill 50, would enhance Kansas’ economic competitiveness by improving the state’s corporate, individual, and sales tax structure while
