• IRS Tax Brackets for 2024

    IRS Tax Brackets for 2024

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) changes more than 60 tax rules every year to account for inflation. This stops something called "bracket creep." People move into higher tax brackets or lose value from credits and benefits when inflation rises instead of their real income rising. This is called "bracket creep."
  • As part of bigger tax reform, lowering the corporate tax rate is a chance that should be taken

    As part of bigger tax reform, lowering the corporate tax rate is a chance that should be taken

    As the race for president in 2024 gets under way, candidates are starting to make plans for how they would handle taxes. Getting the government corporate tax rate down from 21% to 15% is a tax plan that both former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence supported.
  • Discover how to get 'Wins Above Replacement' in the economy with the State Business Tax Climate Index

    Discover how to get 'Wins Above Replacement' in the economy with the State Business Tax Climate Index

    This week, we released our yearly State Business Tax Climate Index, which looks at how taxes are set up. Readers can compare state tax systems across more than 120 factors, making it a very useful diagnostic tool.
  • Arkansas Tax Reform

    Arkansas Tax Reform

    Arkansas Tax Reform Then and Now: Next Steps on the Road Map to Competitiveness.
  • State Business Tax Climate Index for 2023

    State Business Tax Climate Index for 2023

    The State Business Tax Climate Index from the Tax Foundation lets business leaders, officials in government, and taxpayers see how their states' tax systems compare to others. There are many ways to show how much a state government gets in taxes, but the Index is meant to show how well states set up their tax systems and offer suggestions for how to make them better.
  • The United States Tax Code Is Too Complicated for Direct eFile to Work

    The United States Tax Code Is Too Complicated for Direct eFile to Work

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published a feasibility assessment on the viability of a government-run direct file program for taxpayers, ahead of the agency's anticipated launch of a Direct eFile pilot program in the approaching 2024 tax filing season.
  • State Tax Reform and Relief in 2023

    State Tax Reform and Relief in 2023

    As congressional sessions end in many states, it's clear that 2023 will be the third year in a row with big changes to and relief from state taxes. Since 2021, 24 states have cut individual income tax rates (including 22 cuts to the top marginal rates), 13 states have cut corporate income tax rates, two states have cut sales tax rates, and many more have made structural improvements like getting rid of capital stock taxes, making full expensing permanent, raising the filing and withholding thresholds for nonresidents, improving how businesses treat tangible property, getting rid of throwback and throwout rules, and more.
  • Details and an analysis of a plan to change taxes to encourage growth and opportunity

    Details and an analysis of a plan to change taxes to encourage growth and opportunity

    The federal tax code is still a major source of anger and debate among Americans and a barrier to economic growth and opportunity. Other countries, like Estonia, have shown that taxes can be collected in a less stressful and more effective way and still bring in enough money.