Research Areas
Texas
Research
Texas-Specific Information
Studies and Reports
- Tax Foundation Urges Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War, by Joseph Henchman and Paul Galindo, August 25, 2008
- Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas: An Analysis of the 2005 Competition Act, by Donald L. Alexander, Ph.D., December 8, 2005
- Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas Promises Increased Competition, Innovation and Efficiency, by Alicia Hansen, December 6, 2005
Special Briefs (legislative testimony, amicus curiae briefs, and speeches)
- Urging Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War -- First American Title Ins. Co. v. Combs, by Joseph Henchman, August 12, 2008
Commentaries
- Phone Company Sends Text Message: Remit Payment for Service and Taxes, by William Ahern and Curtis S. Dubay, February 13, 2007
- Higher Cigarette Taxes Mean More Smuggling, by Patrick Fleenor, May 15, 2006
- Reforming Property Taxes in the Lone Star State, by Chris Atkins and Jonathan Williams, May 11, 2006
- More Gambling for the Children?, by Alicia Hansen, March 1, 2005
Data
- Texas' State and Local Tax Burden, 1977-2008, August 7, 2008
Blog Posts
- From the Department of Out-of-Context, by Kail Padgitt, June 16, 2009
- State Budgets: Texas Faces Calls to Spend Surplus, by Joseph Henchman, December 26, 2008
- Texas Governor Suspends Hotel Tax as Texans Might Pay It, by Joseph Henchman, September 15, 2008
- Texas Supreme Court Declines to Rehear Insurance Tax Case, by Joseph Henchman, September 3, 2008
- Texas "Pole Tax" Declared Unconstitutional, by Joseph Henchman, April 2, 2008
- Texas Legislature Grapples with Property Taxes, by Alicia Hansen, February 15, 2008
- Legal Battle Brewing Over Texas Fees on Adult Entertainment, by Gerald Prante, December 10, 2007
- Property Tax Hike in Dallas, But Senior Citizens Get a Break, by Gerald Prante, August 30, 2007
- What 'Economic Incidence' of Business Taxes Looks Like, by Andrew Chamberlain, January 18, 2007
- Honoring Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (1921-2006), by Scott A. Hodge, May 24, 2006
Media Coverage
- Tax Foundation Study on "Non-Payers" a Hit with Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, September 22, 2008
