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For over 80 years, our mission has remained the same: to improve lives through tax policies that lead to greater economic growth and opportunity. Our vision is a world where the tax code doesn’t stand in the way of success. Every day, our team of trusted experts strives towards that vision by remaining principled, insightful, and engaged and by advancing the principles of sound tax policy: simplicity, neutrality, transparency, and stability.

Millions of Americans, along with significant amounts of income and economic activity, are moving from high-tax states t...
05/28/2026

Millions of Americans, along with significant amounts of income and economic activity, are moving from high-tax states to those with more competitive tax systems and lower overall costs of living.

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♻️ Extended Producer Responsibility policies should be transparent in how fees are set, scaled according to costs to soc...
05/28/2026

♻️ Extended Producer Responsibility policies should be transparent in how fees are set, scaled according to costs to society and recyclability, and used to make recycling more efficient so more resources are saved.

Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility program to incentivize recycling does so with a complicated series of regulations, including confidentially determined tax rates on various materials derived from a revenue goal.

➡️ Concealing how the taxes are determined and deriving them from a revenue goal, rather than actual costs of each material, is unprincipled and undermines the system’s efficacy.

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Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility program that incentivizes recycling with confidentially determined tax rates is unprincipled.

05/28/2026

Most popular proposals, from wealth taxes to tariffs, cannot produce sustainable revenues sufficient to address the US debt crisis.

Individual income taxes are a major source of state government revenue, accounting for more than a third of state tax co...
05/27/2026

Individual income taxes are a major source of state government revenue, accounting for more than a third of state tax collections. How do income taxes compare in your state?

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How do taxes in Florida compare to other states? Get facts about taxes in your state and around the US: https://hubs.ly/...
05/27/2026

How do taxes in Florida compare to other states?

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Across states, Washington levies the highest excise tax rate on distilled spirits at $36.68 per gallon. The next highest...
05/26/2026

Across states, Washington levies the highest excise tax rate on distilled spirits at $36.68 per gallon. The next highest rates are levied in Oregon, at $23.74 per gallon, and Virginia, at $23.47 per gallon.

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Renting a car? Half your bill may be taxes and fees.Rental car excise taxes are obviously nonneutral, treating similar t...
05/26/2026

Renting a car? Half your bill may be taxes and fees.

Rental car excise taxes are obviously nonneutral, treating similar transactions differently to intentionally shift the burden to nonresidents.

They also undermine the transparency of the tax system, both by surprising visitors with exorbitant unexpected fees and hiding some of the true cost of government services from residents.

Rental car taxes also increase the complexity of the system, adding to administrative and compliance costs for in-state businesses.

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In response to surging gas prices, President Trump and several lawmakers have proposed suspending the federal gas tax vi...
05/25/2026

In response to surging gas prices, President Trump and several lawmakers have proposed suspending the federal gas tax via a gas tax holiday. Gas tax holidays have appeal across the political aisle, but suspending the federal gas tax is a uniquely ill-suited policy for addressing rising prices.

In response to surging gas prices, President Trump and several lawmakers have proposed suspending the federal gas tax via a gas tax holiday. Gas tax holidays have appeal across the political aisle, but suspending the federal gas tax is a uniquely ill-suited policy for addressing rising prices.

Lawmakers in many states continue to pursue additional income tax relief, while their counterparts elsewhere pursue the ...
05/25/2026

Lawmakers in many states continue to pursue additional income tax relief, while their counterparts elsewhere pursue the opposite goal.

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According to our tax literacy poll, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 of the respondents did not know or were unsure of how tax brackets w...
05/24/2026

According to our tax literacy poll, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 of the respondents did not know or were unsure of how tax brackets work.

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To make sound financial decisions and support better tax policy, taxpayers should understand the taxes they face. Unfortunately, most U.S. taxpayers do not know or are unsure of basic tax concepts.

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