by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2022 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
At the state level, we have another victory for good tax policy. I wrote last month that Iowa might replace its discriminatory tax regime with a simple and fair flat tax. And I pointed out that this reform would help the state jump several spots in...
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 | 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...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The best referendum result of 2020 (indeed, the best policy development of the year) was when the people of Illinois voted to preserve their flat tax, thus delivering a crushing defeat to the Prairie State’s hypocritical governor, J.B....
