Research Areas
Tennessee
Research
Tennessee-Specific Information
Studies and Reports
- Who Will Pay Taxes for Tennessee Governor's "Schools First" Initiative, and Who Will Receive the Spending?, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, April 18, 2007
Data
- Tennessee's State and Local Tax Burden, 1977-2009, February 23, 2011
Blog Posts
- Is Tennessee Hospital Charge a Tax or a Fee?, by Joseph Henchman, April 27, 2011
- Banning Income Taxes in Tennessee, by Sarah Hyon, March 15, 2011
- Tennessee Legislature's Effort to Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Wage Taxation Passes Senate, by William Ahern, April 2, 2010
- Tennessee Debates Express Constitutional Ban on Income Tax, by Joseph Henchman, March 22, 2010
- State Budgets: Tennessee Cuts Non-Education Spending, Hopes for Future Federal Bailout, by Joseph Henchman, December 26, 2008
- Tennessee Court Strikes Down Excise Tax on Whitewater Rafting, by Joseph Henchman, November 13, 2008
- Tennessee Struggles to Schedule Sales Tax Holiday, by Joseph Henchman, March 4, 2008
- Tennessee's Excise Tax on Illegal Drugs Ruled Unconstitutional, by Joseph Henchman, September 7, 2007
- State Legislature Tackles Controversial Issue of Pet Grooming, by Alicia Hansen, August 21, 2007
- Tennessee Legislature: Hunka Hunka Tax Breaks, by Gerald Prante, July 2, 2007
- Regressive Taxes + Regressive Spending = Redistribution from Low- to High-Earners, by Andrew Chamberlain, April 18, 2007
- Tax Swap: Porn for Groceries, by Curtis S. Dubay, January 18, 2007
- Judge Strikes Down Tennessee Illegal Drug Tax as Unconstitutional, by Andrew Chamberlain, July 17, 2006
Media Coverage
- Memphis Business Journal Discusses TN”s State Business Tax Climate Index Rank, January 25, 2012
- Knoxville News Sentinel Uses Tax Foundation’s Federal Income Tax Report, November 13, 2011
- Knoxville News Sentinel Interviews Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge on Nonpayers, February 14, 2010
- The Tennessean Interviews Tax Foundation Staff Economist Kail Padgitt on Sales Taxes, November 22, 2009
- Chattanooga Times Free Press Quotes Staff Economist Kail Padgitt on State and Local Sales Tax Report, October 26, 2009
- Chattanooga Times Free Press Interviews Tax Foundation Senior Economist Gerald Prante on Property Taxes, October 3, 2009
- Executive Director of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation Pens Op-Ed in The Tennessean, Citing Our State-Local Tax Burden Report, February 1, 2009
- The Tennessean on Public Campaign Funding, July 6, 2008
