Taxing Food - Good or Bad Idea?

This past week New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson vetoed legislation that would have imposed sales tax on food ( Durango Herald News, 3/2...

COST Rates California Tax Administration a D-

The Council on State Taxation ( COST ) released its 2010 report - The Best and Worst of State Tax Administration: COST Scorecard on Tax Appe...

Data-Driven Corporate Tax Reform Perspectives

Consideration of effective tax rates, taxpayer demographics (such as asset and revenue size and type of entity), tax expenditures, audit rat...

SB 71 - Sales Tax Exemption for Clean Manufacturing Equipment

Today (3/24/10), Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 71 to enable a mechanism for manufacturers to obtain a sales tax exemption for the purcha...

Health Care Proposal for Broader Base and Higher Rate for Medicare Tax

The White House's health care plan includes a revenue provision to apply the Medicare (HI) tax of 2.9% (1.45% for each of employers and...

Internet Usage or Bit Tax?

Ideas for how to use old and new taxes can come up in a variety of contexts and situations. Certainly if you look at the hundreds of tax bil...

Soda Taxes and Tax Policy

The idea of taxing sodas, usually ones with sugar and sometimes other sugary drinks, is back in the news. NY Governor Patterson has again pr...

Addressing Abuse and Errors - Documenting the First-Time Homebuyer Credit

The government has uncovered a fair amount of abuse with taxpayers erroneously claiming the $7,500 or $8,000 first-time homebuyer credit. S...