Taxes

Economic Nexus Treatment by State, 2024 Skip to content Table of Contents Sales taxes are an important revenue source for states that maintain them. All states except Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon have statewide sales taxes. While the state has no such taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local,

Biden State of the Union Address: Tax Proposals | Tax Foundation Skip to content Table of Contents President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address presented a vision of higher taxes for American businesses and high earners combined with carveouts, credits, and more complex rules for taxpayers at all income levels. Rather than aiming for

2024 State Income Tax Rates and Brackets | Tax Foundation Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings Individual income taxes are a major source of state government revenue, constituting 38 percent of state taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover

Proposed “Junk Fee” Rule Would Create Tax Headaches Skip to content Home • Blog • Proposed “Junk Fee” Rule Would Create Inadvertent Tax Headaches Sellers in some states could soon be simultaneously required and prohibited from publishing sales taxA sales tax is levied on retail sales of goods and services and, ideally, should apply to

TCJA Interest Limitations Had Small Impact on Corporate Activity Skip to content Home • Blog • Treasury Finds TCJA Interest Limitations Had Small Impact on Corporate Activity A new working paper published by U.S. Treasury economists found that the interest limitations implemented under the 2017 TaxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by

Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) Are a Huge Success in Canada Skip to content Home • Blog • Canada’s Tax-Free Savings Accounts Are a Huge Success. U.S. Lawmakers Should Take Note For most Americans, saving is a taxing experience. The most readily available option is to put money away in a savings or brokerage account and

2024 Personal Income Tax Rates in Europe | Tax Foundation Skip to content Table of Contents Most countries’ personal income taxes have a progressive taxA progressive tax is one where the average tax burden increases with income. High-income families pay a disproportionate share of the tax burden, while low- and middle-income taxpayers shoulder a relatively

US Deficit: CBO Budget & Economic Outlook: 2024 to 2034 Skip to content Home • Blog • Major Takeaways from CBO’s Updated Long-Term Outlook Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated Budget and Economic Outlook. The report (released annually) presents the agency’s current projections of major fiscal and economic trends for the

Blog March 17, 2023October 12, 2023 Temporary Full Expensing Arrives in the UK The UK’s adoption of full expensing is a welcome step that may generate short-run economic benefits. However, for the reform to have a meaningful effect on the UK’s international competitiveness and long-run economic performance, it must be made permanent—which the British government

Tax Foundation Europe Launches Skip to content Home • Blog • Tax Foundation Europe Launches Website and Prepares Brussels Office The landscape of taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. policy is

Flat Tax Revolution: State Income Tax Reform | Tax Foundation Skip to content Home • Blog • The State Flat Tax Revolution: Where Things Stand Today Latest Updates Updated to reflect the implementation of structural changes in several states. Updated to reflect recent state tax policy developments. Originally published. See Full Timeline In the first

Remote Work Tax Issues This Tax Season | TaxEDU Skip to content Home • Blog • How Are Remote and Hybrid Workers Taxed? This is part of our educational blog series, “The Short Form,” to simplify taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses

US Pandemic Response Impact on Inequality & Progressivity Skip to content Home • Blog • New CBO Report Shows Pandemic Response Sharply Reduced Inequality, Increased Progressivity in 2020 The pandemic led to one of the largest fiscal responses in U.S. history, impacting households across the income distribution. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office

Corporate Tax Breaks Have Expanded: Corporate Tax Expenditures Skip to content Home • Blog • JCT Report Shows How Corporate Tax Breaks Have Expanded The Joint Committee on Taxation’s (JCT) December 2023 tax expenditureTax expenditures are a departure from the “normal” tax code that lower the tax burden of individuals or businesses, through an exemption,

Michigan Tobacco Tax Proposals: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Michigan Tobacco Bills Could Reduce Revenue and Increase Smuggling Two pieces of tobacco legislation in Michigan have the potential to decrease state taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses

2024 Bipartisan Tax Deal: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Details and Analysis of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 The House Ways and Means CommitteeThe Committee on Ways and Means, more commonly referred to as the House Ways and Means Committee, is one of 29

2024 State Corporate Income Tax Rates & Brackets Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings Forty-four states levy a corporate income taxA corporate income tax (CIT) is levied by federal and state governments on business profits. Many companies are not subject to the CIT because they are taxed as pass-through businesses, with income reportable

Kentucky Sales Tax Reform & Modernization | Tax Foundation Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings Under an ideal sales taxA sales tax is levied on retail sales of goods and services and, ideally, should apply to all final consumption with few exemptions. Many governments exempt goods like groceries; base broadening, such as including

Capital Gains Taxation in the EU | Tax Foundation Europe Skip to content January 23, 2024January 23, 20245 min readBy: Sean Bray Table of Contents Note: The following is the written testimony of Sean Bray, Director of European Policy at the TaxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national

Permanent Bipartisan Tax Deal Revenue Challenges & Trade-offs Skip to content Home • Blog • Permanent Bipartisan Tax Deal Would Grow Economy but Create Revenue Challenges One concern surrounding the recent congressional bipartisan tax deal is that most of the proposed taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national