STATE TAX POLICY - A POLITICAL PERSPECTI - Softcover

Brunori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877667039 ISBN 13: 9780877667032

Publisher: Urban Institute Press, 2001

Synopsis

State tax systems are in trouble. Revenue collecting methods developed more than a half century ago are facing the strain of dealing with 21st century economies. Globalization and e-commerce are changing the way people work and purchase goods; devolution has steadily shifted responsibility from the federal government to the states; tax incentives have become the weapon of choice in the battle to attract business investment. All of this, in an environment where anti-tax messages have become a staple of political campaigns, have made creating tax policy more challenging than ever before. In this book, David Brunori analyzes these and other critical challenges facing state governments. He identifies the important issues, and examines possible solutions in formulating and implementing state tax policy.

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About the Author

David Brunori is a journalist, author, educator, and lawyer who specializes in tax and government issues. Brunori is Contributing Editor for State Tax Notes magazine and the author of The Politics of State Taxation, a weekly column focusing on state tax and budget politics. He also teaches state and local taxation at The George Washington University Law School and George Mason University School of Law. Previously, he served as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice and practiced law with a Washington DC law firm. He edited The Future of State Taxation (Urban Institute Press), and has published articles in the National Tax Journal and the State and Local Government Review.

Review

...a timely guide to the tax policy issues that challenge state government finances. -- John Mikesell, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

...an invaluable tool for analysts interested in state tax and budget issues. -- J. Fred Giertz, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

...should be required reading for anyone concerned with state tax policy. -- Walter Hellerstein, Francis Shackelford Professor of Taxation, University of Georgia School of Law

About this edition

• Publisher: Urban Institute Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0877667039
• ISBN 13: 9780877667032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156