As many states enter a new fiscal year this month, it’s an ideal time to take a closer look at a major but often overlooked category of government spending: tax expenditures. To make these programs ...

Twenty states have sales tax holidays in 2026. These sales tax holidays will cost states and localities nearly $600 million ...

Explore jobs and internships at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit organization specializing in federal, state and local tax policy research. ITEP provides data-driven analysis ...

As our nation celebrates and reflects 250 years since its adoption of the Declaration of Independence, several states have ...

Middle-income Missourians could pay hundreds more each year while the state’s wealthiest households receive an average tax cut of nearly $40,000 Amendment 5, which Missouri voters will consider on ...

Crypto provides no clear benefit and instead harms society in several ways. Even if crypto was useful in some way that outweighed the harms it causes, there is no reason to make exceptions that treat ...

Below is a list of tax expenditure reports published in the states: PDF All State Tax Expenditure Reports PDF Alabama Report on Alabama Tax Expenditures (2026) Report on Alabama Tax Expenditures (2024 ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen introduced legislation requiring big multinational corporations to tell shareholders and the public what they’re already telling tax authorities behind closed doors: how much ...

Who Pays? is the only distributional analysis of tax systems in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This comprehensive 7th edition of the report assesses the progressivity and regressivity of ...

Property taxes on land and buildings are the oldest and still the largest major revenue source for state and local governments. They fund schools, health care, public safety, and other services. They ...

Fairness Matters: A Chart Book on Who Pays State and Local Taxes Is California Really a High-Tax State? All figures and charts show 2024 tax law in Vermont, presented at 2023 income levels. Senior ...

President Trump has dramatically increased tariff taxes, enacted large tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and corporations, dramatically curtailed IRS enforcement, and issued legally ...