Backfilling forgone local property tax revenue through new state taxes is difficult because it dramatically shifts overall tax burdens, undermines local accountability, and cannot easily adjust for changing population mixes.| Tax Foundation
Wireless consumers continue to be burdened with high taxes, fees, and government surcharges in many states and localities throughout the country.| Tax Foundation
States have generally tried to encourage capital investment. Throwback and throwout rules are an unfortunate example of penalizing it.| Tax Foundation
Gross receipts taxes, by their very design, lack transparency. Our report explores the pros and cons of a turnover tax, also known as a gross receipts tax.| Tax Foundation
Across all individual tax filers throughout the US, the average tax cut per taxpayer will be over $3,700 in 2026.| Tax Foundation
Retail sales taxes are an essential part of most states’ revenue toolkits, responsible for 24 percent of combined state and local tax collections.| Tax Foundation
The tariffs amount to an average tax increase of nearly $1,300 per US household in 2025.| Tax Foundation
