Gas Tax and Tax Reform

I was recently asked by a reporter for StreetsBlog.org if tax reform might also include an increase in the gas tax.   " Will an Upcomin...

Governors' Tax Reform Principles

The National Governors Association has released a 1-pager, set of Tax Reform Principles . The purpose is to help guide Congress in its tax r...

Budget and tax system spending

In looking for budget cuts, lawmakers have to look at all of the deductions, exclusions and tax credits in the tax system. As Mr. Simpson an...

Tax policies for multijurisdictional income

On March 1, the SJSU MST Program, Santa Clara Valley TEI chapter and the Tax Policy Committee of the California Bar Taxation Section held th...

Gun and ammunition taxes

A February 2013 article in Governing magazine - "Gun Taxes and State Revenues" by Lemov, notes that some states are proposing and ...

H.R. 1 - Tax Reform in the 113th Congress

House Majority Leader John Boehner has announced that H.R. 1 is being reserved for tax reform legislation (see 2/26/13 Ways & Means webs...

Groups Raise "Corporate Welfare" Argument in California

This month, the Reason Foundation and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation released a 59-page report - Tax Credits in California - Economic Gr...