by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last year about an encouraging trend of lower tax rates at the state level. As you can see from this map, one of the states moving in the right direction is Iowa. But Governor Kim Reynolds isn’t satisfied with just lowering tax rates, which is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Yesterday’s column included a map showing which states gained and lost the most population over the past year. I speculated that some of America’s internal migration was driven by differences in tax policy. So it’s appropriate today that I share this map from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve written many times about how Americans are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states. Now we have even more evidence because the Census Bureau has issued its annual report on state population...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 22, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Motivated in part by an excellent graphic that I shared in 2016, I put together a five-column ranking of state personal income tax systems in 2018. Given some changes that have since occurred, it’s time for a new version. The first two columns are self...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
Immediately after election day in early November, I applauded voters in the (very blue) state of Washington. They wisely expressed their opposition to a plan by state politicians to impose a capital gains tax. And it wasn’t even close. Voters said...
