Income tax cutting bills continue to sweep through state legislatures in 2022. What’s noteworthy is that they’re doing so in many cases with broad support from both Democrats and Republicans. In a ...

Five states made changes to their income tax codes in 2004, all of which were overseen by first-term Democratic governors. The modifications represented a mixed bag of policies. Three states, New ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Republican trifecta at the statehouse completed its first step in limiting changes to the state’s income tax code. HJR 2006 passed by a vote of 31 to 13. The joint ...

As of January 1, 2025, 10 states changed their income tax codes. Nine of those states reduced their tax rates, and one no ...

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As readers may recall, on July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the massive One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) as Public Law 119-21, which made permanent many provisions of the Tax Cuts and ...

All numbers based on the Tax Foundation's calculator, assuming standard deduction and excluding Social Security income. (Illustration: iStock) When the new session of Congress opens on January 3, the ...

Regarding “Why Simpler Taxes Are So Complicated” (Exchange, March 16): Public policy would best be served by taxing consumption at the federal and state levels. The current mess should be replaced ...