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How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2009?

May 5, 2008 | Jeremy Koulish and Jason Levitis

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Video: CNN Features Elizabeth McNichol on Rising Income Inequality

April 23, 2008

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Fixing TABOR's "Ratchet" Will Not Repair TABOR

April 10, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends

April 9, 2008

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State Fact Sheets: Income Inequality Over the Past Two Decades

April 9, 2008

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Video: CNN Reports on the Center's Income Inequality Analysis

April 9, 2008

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Almost All Large Iowa Manufacturers Are Already Subject to "Combined Reporting" in Other States

April 3, 2008 | Katherine Lira and Michael Mazerov

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Statement by Iris Lav, Deputy Director, on Provision in Bipartisan Senate Housing Package Affecting Local Property Taxes

April 3, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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A Response to Americans for Prosperity's Misleading Claims About Florida's TABOR (CP 45)

March 25, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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The Tax Commission's TABOR: A Path to Deterioration in Florida

March 21, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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Accounting for the Cost of Retiree Health and Other Benefits (GASB 45)

March 11, 2008 | Elizabeth McNichol

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Administration’s Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Coverage, Harm States, and Strain Health Care System

March 4, 2008 | Judith Solomon and Allison Orris

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Economic Data Can be Used to Target State Fiscal Relief Effectively

March 3, 2008 | Iris J. Lav , Elizabeth McNichol and Jason Levitis

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Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level?

February 29, 2008 | Nicholas Johnson

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Idaho is the Only State to Exclude Low-Income Families From Its Grocery Tax Credit

February 28, 2008 | Nicholas Johnson

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New Federal Law Could Worsen State Budget Problems

February 28, 2008 | Nicholas Johnson

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Is It Raining Yet? Yes, and It’s Time for Many States To Use Their Rainy Day Funds

February 21, 2008 | Elizabeth McNichol

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Using Income Taxes to Address State Budget Shortfalls

February 21, 2008 | Elizabeth McNichol

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State Low-Income Tax Reflief in the Absence of an Income Tax

February 14, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget

February 4, 2008 | Iris J. Lav

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29 States Faced Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $48 Billion in 2009

January 15, 2008 | Iris J. Lav and Elizabeth McNichol

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13 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $23 Billion in 2009; 11 Others Expect Budget Problems

December 19, 2007 | Iris J. Lav and Elizabeth McNichol

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Statement by Nicholas Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on The Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee’s Tax Bill

November 7, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson

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The Technology Council of Maryland’s Case Against Combined Reporting: A Rebuttal

November 5, 2007 | Michael Mazerov

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Nicholas Johnson on Maryland Tax Rate Restructuring

November 1, 2007

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State Corporate Tax Shelters and the Need for “Combined Reporting”

October 26, 2007 | Michael Mazerov

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Options for Protecting Maryland’s Low- and Moderate-Income Families from Regressive Tax Increases

October 26, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson and Jason Levitis

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A Simple, Inexpensive Way for Maryland to Protect Certain Low-Income Workers from Tax Increases

October 26, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson and Jason Levitis

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Additional Options for Revenue in Maryland

October 26, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson and Michael Mazerov

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Targeted Property Tax Reform: Designing a Circuit Breaker for Florida

October 12, 2007 | Sarah Farkas and Iris J. Lav

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The Internet Tax Freedom Act and the “Digital Divide”

September 10, 2007 | Michael Mazerov

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Renewing the “Internet Tax Freedom Act” Could Have an Especially Adverse Impact on Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Texas

August 31, 2007 | Michael Mazerov

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Making the “Internet Tax Freedom Act” Permanent Could Lead to a Substantial Revenue Loss for States and Localities

August 30, 2007 | Michael Mazerov

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Statement by Nicholas Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Survey of Fiscal Conditions

August 9, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson

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State Expenditure Growth Slowing

July 31, 2007 | Sarah Farkas , Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth McNichol

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Hawaii's Income Tax on the Working Poor: A Post-Session Update

July 18, 2007 | Jason Levitis

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The Problems with Property Tax Revenue Caps

June 21, 2007 | Karen Lyons and Iris J. Lav

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Illinois' Proposed Gross Receipts Tax

May 3, 2007 | Iris J. Lav and Elizabeth McNichol

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How Strong Are State Budgets?

April 20, 2007 | Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth McNichol

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Rainy Day Funds: Opportunities for Reform

April 16, 2007 | Brian Filipowich and Elizabeth McNichol

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State Earned Income Tax Credits and the "Overpayments" Issue

March 28, 2007 | Robert Greenstein , Nicholas Johnson and John Wancheck

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State Fact Sheets: The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2006

March 27, 2007

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The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2006

March 27, 2007 | Jason Levitis

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Tax Foundation Estimates of State and Local Tax Burdens Are Not Reliable

March 27, 2007 | Joseph Llobrera , Iris J. Lav and Nicholas Johnson

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The Property Tax Circuit Breaker

March 21, 2007 | Karen Lyons , Sarah Farkas and Nicholas Johnson

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Lower Taxes and Economic Growth: Response to a Flawed Analysis

March 20, 2007 | Kim S. Rueben and Iris J. Lav

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A Frigid Forecast for the Sunshine State: Proposed Revenue Cap as Damaging as Colorado’s TABOR

March 20, 2007 | Karen Lyons and Iris J. Lav

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A TABOR at Heart: South Carolina's H. 3295 Spending Cap Proposal

March 9, 2007 | Karen Lyons

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President's Budget Would Cut Deeply Into Important Public Services and Adversely Affect States

February 21, 2007 | Sharon Parrott , Arloc Sherman and Danilo Trisi

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A State EITC Is a Cost-Effective Way to Ease Hawaii’s High Income Tax Burden on the Poor

February 15, 2007 | Jason Levitis