50-State Tax Maps

The national Tax Foundation released its Annual State-Local Tax Burdens Rankings which estimates the combined state and local tax burden shouldered by the residents of each state, regardless of the jurisdiction to which those taxes are paid. Using the most up-to-date … Read More

By Kyle Pomerleau, Richard Borean of the Tax Foundation. For an overview of the EITC, please refer to this post. According to the IRS, 19.2 percent of the 146 million income tax filers in 2011 claimed the Earned Income Tax … Read More

By Joseph Henchman of the Tax Foundation The Council on State Taxation (COST) today released their new report (PDF) grading the states on taxpayer administration. A vital but often overlooked aspect of state tax policy, this includes what most people … Read More

By Richard Borean of the Tax Foundation   The State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare. The absence of a major tax is a dominant factor in vaulting many of … Read More

By Joseph Henchman, Richard Borean of the Tax Foundation Increasingly, the “defined benefit” model of retirement plan (where the employee is paid a lifetime annuity, based on years of service and final salary) is being replaced by the “defined contribution” model … Read More