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North Dakota Income Tax Reform: Details & Analysis
March 2, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares North Dakota was unable to add its name to the long list of states that enacted individual income tax rate reductions in 2022, but only because the state holds regular legislative sessions in odd-numbered years. Now policymakers in Bismarck appear determined to make up for lost time. Last week, the North Dakota House
West Virginia Tax Relief Plan: Details & Analysis
March 1, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares West Virginia’s long road to tax relief was beginning to feel older than the trees, but after many years of efforts, the state’s lawmakers are finally taking home a win. Under an agreement reached over the weekend and pending final action in the House, lawmakers and Gov. Jim Justice (R) reached a deal
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 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
Georgia Income Tax Reform: Recommendations
January 18, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Georgia lawmakers brought a tax reform package across the finish line in 2022 that will change the state’s progressive income tax to a 5.49 percent flat tax beginning in 2024, with triggers to provide additional rate reductions. This is an important step forward, but if the state truly wants to cement its status
2023 State Tax Changes, Effective January 1, 2023
December 22, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Most state tax changes take effect at the beginning of the calendar year (January 1) or at the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1 for most states). On January 1, 2023, thirty-eight states have noteworthy tax changes taking effect. Most of these changes represent net tax reductions, the result of an unprecedented
State Reciprocity Agreements: Income Taxes
November 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Before the pandemic, an estimated 5.8 million Americans worked outside their state of residence, while about 8.9 million people worked from home. By 2021, over 27.6 million Americans were working almost exclusively from home, while the number of workers commuting across state lines dipped to 4.5 million. Though the pandemic’s short-run effect was
Wisconsin Flat Tax Can Deliver Tax Relief for Everyone
November 1, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election draws near, the spotlight is on a potential flat individual income tax—and its effects on the state’s taxpayers and economy. Unfortunately, there has been much confusion, with bold claims being made based on plans that don’t exist, including claims that a flat tax “would increase taxes on the middle class and
Idaho Flat Income Tax Proposal: Details & Analysis
September 1, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) has called a special session for September 1, 2022, to consider another round of tax reform and relief legislation that would return surplus revenue to taxpayers while making the state’s tax code more economically competitive. House Bill 1 would move Idaho to a flat income tax structure, reduce the
Missouri Income Tax Reform: Details & Analysis
August 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Gov. Mike Parson (R) has called the Missouri legislature into a special session beginning September 6th, with the goal of reducing the individual income tax from 5.4 percent to 4.8 percent and raising the standard deduction. An income tax reduction is a competitive move, especially in a rapidly changing tax landscape, but the
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