Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply In Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget
by Iris J. Lav
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States Can Decouple From the “Qualified Production Activities Income” Deduction
by Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth McNichol
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Federal Policies Are Worsening Missouri's Budget Problems
by Nicholas Johnson, Iris J. Lav and Amy Blouin
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Proposed "Business Activity Tax Nexus" Legislation Would Seriously Undermine State Taxes On Corporate Profits And Harm The Economy
by Michael Mazerov
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A Brief Update on State Fiscal Conditions and the Effects of Federal Policies on State Budgets
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Proposed "Voice Over Internet Protocol Regulatory Freedom Act" Threatens To Strip States And Localities Of Billions Of Dollars In Annual Tax Revenues
by Michael Mazerov
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A Response to GAO’s Criticisms of State Fiscal Grants
by Nicholas Johnson and Edwin Park
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The Alexander-Carper Internet Access Tax Moratorium Bill, S. 2084: A True Compromise that Substantially Broadens the Original Moratorium
by Michael Mazerov
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A Permanent Ban on Internet Access Taxation Risks Serious Erosion of State and Local Telephone Tax Revenue as Phone Calls Migrate to the Internet
by Michael Mazerov
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A Brief Overview of State Fiscal Conditions and the Effects of Federal Policies on State Budgets
by John Springer
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Making the Internet Tax Freedom Act Permanent in the Form Currently Proposed Would Lead to a Substantial Revenue Loss for States and Localities
by Michael Mazerov
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Federal Tax Changes Likely To Cost States Billions Of Dollars In Coming Years
by Nicholas Johnson
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States Could Lose $8 Billion To $11 Billion Over Ten Years As A Result Of Senate Finance Committee Proposal
by Iris J. Lav and Nicholas Johnson
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Proposed State Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Health Insurance Coverage For 1.7 Million People: An Update
by Melanie Nathanson and Leighton Ku
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Proposed State Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Health Insurance Coverage for One Million People
by Leighton Ku, Melanie Nathanson, Edwin Park, Laura Cox and Matt Broaddus
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President's Claim Of Nine Percent Increase In Aid To States Is Highly Misleading
by Richard Kogan and Iris J. Lav
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The State Fiscal Crisis is Impeding Economic Growth: Federal Aid to States Would be Most Effective Stimulus
by Iris J. Lav
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The Bush Administration's Medicaid Proposal Would Shift Risks And Costs To States
by Melanie Nathanson and Iris J. Lav
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States Can Avert the Loss of Revenue from Federal Estate Tax Repeal
by John Springer
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President's Tax Proposals Would Reduce State Revenues by $64 Billion over 10 Years
by Iris J. Lav
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States Can Retain Their Estate Taxes Even as the Federal Estate Tax Is Phased Out
by Elizabeth C. McNichol, Iris J. Lav and Daniel Tenny
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Bush "Growth Plan" Would Worsen State Budget Crises
by Iris J. Lav
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Many Federal "Stimulus" Tax Cuts Under Consideration Would Be Costly for States
by Iris J. Lav
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States Would Lose Under Administration "Growth Plan"
by John Springer
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Budget Cuts vs. Tax Increases at the State Level: Is One More Counter-Productive than the Other During a Recession?
by Peter Orszag and Joseph Stiglitz
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