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Where Do State and Local Governments Concentrate Their Spending?, by Gerald Prante, October 29, 2009
New Jersey and New York Counties Rank Highest in Property Tax, Louisiana Parishes Lowest, by Gerald Prante, October 28, 2009
Updated State and Local Option Sales Tax, by Kail Padgitt, October 16, 2009
Where Do State and Local Governments Get Their Tax Revenue?, by Gerald Prante, October 9, 2009
2010 State Business Tax Climate Index (Seventh Edition), by Kail Padgitt, September 22, 2009
New Data and Research on State Governments on Tax Foundation Website , by TF Staff, September 21, 2009
Sales Tax Holidays: Politically Expedient but Poor Tax Policy, by Mark Robyn, Micah Cohen and Joseph Henchman, August 26, 2009
Corporate Taxes and Wages: Evidence from the 50 States, by Robert Carroll, August 6, 2009
The Corporate Income Tax and Workers’ Wages: New Evidence from the 50 States, by Robert Carroll, August 3, 2009
Facts & Figures Handbook: How Does Your State Compare?, edited by Mark Robyn, July 23, 2009
Some States Respond to Budget Shortfalls with Tax Increases, by Mark Robyn and Kail Padgitt, July 13, 2009
The Effect of the Federal Cigarette Tax Increase on State Revenue, by Patrick Fleenor, April 1, 2009
America Celebrates Tax Freedom Day, by Josh Barro, March 31, 2009
States Use Gentle Hand in Taxing Timberland, by Travis Greaves, March 25, 2009
Facts & Figures Handbook: How Does Your State Compare?, edited by Mark Robyn, February 24, 2009
State Budget Shortfalls Present a Tax Reform Opportunity, by Joseph Henchman, February 11, 2009
New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, by Gerald Prante and Mark Robyn, December 12, 2008
Voters Will Consider Tax-Related Ballot Initiatives in 23 States, by Joseph Henchman, October 31, 2008
Would the Proposed Bailout Affect Local Property Tax Collections?, by Joseph Henchman, September 29, 2008
New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, by Gerald Prante, September 23, 2008
State-Local Tax Burdens Dip As Income Growth Outpaces Tax Growth, by Gerald Prante, August 7, 2008
Tax Foundation State and Local Tax Burden Estimates for 2008: An In-Depth Analysis and Methodological Overview, August 7, 2008
County and City Income Taxes Clustered in States with Poor Tax Climates, by Joseph Henchman, July 11, 2008
States Should Avoid Sales Taxes on Nonprofit Hospital Purchases, by Joseph Henchman, April 11, 2008
Tax Freedom Day: A Description of Its Calculation and Answers to Some Methodological Questions, by TF Staff, March 26, 2008
States Target Cell Phones for a Stealth, Burdensome Tax, by Joseph Henchman, January 18, 2008
A State-by-State Estimate of Individual Income Tax Changes from Rangel?s ?Mother of All Reforms? Bill, by Gerald Prante, October 29, 2007
Paying at the Pump: Gasoline Taxes in America, by Jonathan Williams, October 16, 2007
New Census Data Shows Where Property Taxes Hit Homeowners Hardest, by Gerald Prante, September 12, 2007
K-12 Spending More Reliant on Federal Government Since No Child Left Behind Act, by Gerald Prante, July 30, 2007
Appropriation by Litigation: Estimating the Cost of Judicial Mandates for State and Local Education Spending, by Chris Atkins, July 26, 2007
Most Americans Don?t Itemize on Their Tax Returns, by Gerald Prante, July 23, 2007
Gambling with Tax Policy: States' Growing Reliance on Lottery Tax Revenue, by Alicia Hansen, July 3, 2007
A State-by-State Estimate of the Impact of SCHIP Expansion and a 156 Percent Cigarette Tax Hike, by Gerald Prante, June 28, 2007
Putting Taxes on the Map: Federal Tax Burdens by City, County, Congressional District and State, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, March 22, 2007
Estimating Federal Tax Burdens for Major City Areas, Counties, and U.S. Congressional Districts, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, March 22, 2007
Gross Receipts Taxes in State Government Finances: A Review of Their History and Performance, by John L. Mikesell, January 31, 2007
Tax Pyramiding: The Economic Consequences of Gross Receipts Taxes, by Andrew Chamberlain and Patrick Fleenor, December 4, 2006
Property Tax Collections Surged with Housing Boom, by Gerald Prante, December 1, 2006
Increase in Child Tax Credit Sends Families with Many Children off the Tax Rolls, by Gerald Prante, October 10, 2006
IRS Data Reveal Which States Benefited Most from 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts, by Gerald Prante, October 4, 2006
Establishing Physical Presence: Borders Online Case Reveals Court Disharmony in Applying Physical Presence Rules to State Sales Taxes, by Chris Atkins, September 26, 2006
The Business Activity Tax Simplification Act: A Good Standard for Multi-State Business, by Chris Atkins, July 24, 2006
Temporary Gasoline Tax Holidays: Relief for Motorists or Poor Tax Policy?, by Jonathan Williams and Andrew Chamberlain, July 10, 2006
Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State, by Curtis S. Dubay, March 16, 2006
A Twentieth Century Tax in the Twenty-First Century: Understanding State Corporate Tax Systems, by Chris Atkins, September 30, 2005
Paying for "Civilized Society" in the Global Marketplace: H.R. 1956's Physical Presence Rule Accurately Matches Taxes Paid and Benefits Received, by Chris Atkins, September 26, 2005
Local, State and Federal Gas Taxes Consume 45.9 Cents Per Gallon on Average, by Jonathan Williams, September 13, 2005
Facts & Figures on Government Finance, 38th Edition, edited by Sumeet Sagoo, March 1, 2005
State Tax Collections and Rates, by Sumeet Sagoo, March 1, 2004
State and Local Property Taxes, by Michael Lorelli, August 1, 2001
State Tax Collections and Rates, by J. Scott Moody, March 1, 1999
State Tax Rates and 1996 Collections, by J. Scott Moody, February 1, 1998
State Tax Rates and 1995 Collections, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., October 1, 1996
State Tax Rates and 1994 Collections, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., June 1, 1995
Current Issues in Local Government Finance, by Chris R. Edwards, March 1, 1994
The Taxation of Energy in the U.S.: Who Pays?, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., March 1, 1994
State Tax Rates and Collections in 1993, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., January 1, 1994
Survey of State Rates and Collections, by Chris R. Edwards, October 1, 1992
Tax Review: The Honest Citizen's Guide to Revenue Sharing, by Henry Aaron, October 1, 1971
State and Local Sales Taxes, by TF Staff, August 1, 1970
Nontax Revenues, by TF Staff, December 1, 1968
Medicaid: State Programs After Two Years, by TF Staff, June 1, 1968
Urban Mass Transportation in Perspective, by TF Staff, April 1, 1968
City Income Taxes, by TF Staff, December 1, 1967
Handbook of State and Local Government Finance, by C. Lowell Harriss, December 1, 1966
Public Financing of Higher Education, by TF Staff, February 1, 1966
State Expenditure Controls: An Evaluation (Government Finance Brief No. 2), by TF Staff, October 1, 1965
State Expenditure Controls: An Evaluation (Research Publication No. 3), by TF Staff, October 1, 1965
Earmarked State Taxes, by TF Staff, June 1, 1965
State Aid and Local Property Taxes, December 17, 1943