December 6, 2011
Tax Foundation Named Organization of the Year
Washington, DC, December 6, 2011—The respected trade journal State Tax Notes has named the Tax Foundation as its 2011 Organization of the Year. Tax professionals, academics, and lawmakers overwhelmingly chose the Tax Foundation as the organization they rely on most for state and local tax information.
“We’re honored to be chosen by State Tax Notes as their Organization of the Year,” said Tax Foundation Vice President of Legal & State Projects Joseph Henchman. “We are particularly excited to be honored this week, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary.”
Excerpts from the State Tax Notes announcement:
“The Tax Foundation is State Tax Notes’ Organization of the Year.”
“Over the past decade, the foundation has become a source of data, studies, and other fiscal information for tax professionals, legislative staffs, media, governmental affairs offices, and academics.”
“…the Tax Foundation gets high marks for its commitment to the principles of sound tax policy.”
“The foundation is relied on by major news organizations, public finance scholars, and legislative staff more than any other organization.”
“… the foundation has been on the correct side of most state and local tax issues in the past decade. And appropriately, it has received high marks from both liberals and conservatives.”
“Liberal lawmakers and organizations are often critical of the Tax Foundation’s positions. But State Tax Notes found that even the most ardently liberal legislators acknowledged, often grudgingly, that the foundation was generally right in its approach to tax policy.”
Read more from the Tax Foundation on Tax Policy in the 50 States.
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