Reports and News on Tax Reform in the States
Tax Expenditure Reports by States, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
State Tax Study Commissions – National Conference of State Legislatures
GASB Proposes New Reporting Standards for State and Local Governments The Pew Charitable Trusts, Feb. 11, 2015
States Make Progress Evaluating Tax Incentives, The Pew Charitable Trust, Jan 21, 2015
Tax Incentive Programs evaluate today, improve tomorrow, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Jan. 2015
Tax Breaks and Inequality – Enriching Billionaires and Low-Road Employees in the Name of Economic Development, Good Jobs First, Dec. 2014
Follow the Money 2014 – How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, US PIRG Education Fund, April 2014
Show Us the Local Subsidies – Cities and Counties Disclosing Economic Development Subsidies, Good Jobs First, May 2013
South Carolina Supreme Court (reluctantly) upholds sales tax exemptions, Lexology May 9, 2013
What Can We Do About State Tax Volability, Bloomberg, April 18, 2013
Massachusetts – Tax Expenditure Budget 2014 – Introduction
Hawaii – Key to tax relief lies in repeal of tax “loopholes”, Lowell Kalapa, Honolulu Civil Beat, March 31, 2013
Recent Deep State Higher Education Cuts may Harm Students and the Economy for years to Come, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 19, 2013
2013 Blueprint for Economic Security, Progressive States Network
The Hidden Costs of Offshore Tax Havens – State Budgets Under Pressure from Tax Loophole Abuse, WashPIRG, Feb 7, 2013
Avoiding Blank Check Checks – Creating Fiscally Sound State Tax Incentives, the Pew Center for the States, Dec 13, 2012
As Companies Seek Tax Deals, Governments Pay High Price, Louise Story, New York Times, Dec. 1, 2012
Model Legislation for Accountability in Economic Development: Clawbacks and Rescissions, Good Jobs Now, Oct 2012
Five Steps Toward a Better Tax Expenditure Debate, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Oct 2012
Vermont – The Spending that Isn’t Counted, Stateline, April 25, 2012
Evidence Counts: Evaluating State Tax Incentives for Jobs and Growth, Pew Center for the States , April 12, 2012
Six Reasons Why Supermajority Requirements to Raise Taxes are a Bad Idea
By Michael Leachman, Nicholas Johnson, and Dylan Grundman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Feb 2012
Corporate Tax Dodging in the Fifty States 2008-2010, Citizens for Tax Justice, Dec 2011
Tax Expenditure: Spending By Another Name, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Oct 2011
Oregon – Tax Code Sunsets and the Dawn of Majority Rule, Oregon Center for Public Policy, July 2011
Promoting State Budget Accountability Through Tax Expenditure Reporting
By Michael Leachman, Dylan Grundman, and Nicholas Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities May 2011
State of Minnesota Tax Expenditure Budget Fiscal Years 2012 – 2015, Minnesota Dept of Revenue Tax Research Division
Bringing Tax Expenditures into the Budget Process – Minnesota Department of Revenue -Feb 2011
Tax and Budget Reform – Policy Options for 2011, Progressive States Network
How to Enact (and Maintain) Tax Reform, Citizens for Tax Justice, Oct 26, 2010
The Zero-Sum Game – States Cannot Stimulate Their Economies by Cutting Taxes by Iris J Law and Robert Tannewald, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2, 2010