Oklahoma has a regressive tax system, according to a recent report brought to my attention by colleague Randy Krehbiel. The report from the Institute on Taxation and Policy looks at the effective ...

Washington is known for a lot of things: phenomenal outdoor recreation, legal recreational marijuana, a booming tech sector and coffee. It's also infamous for having the most regressive tax system in ...

Under state system, low-income families pay a higher proportion of their income than businesses and wealthier families ...

The top tax rate wealthy Americans pay on their investment gains today runs barely half the top rate the rest of us pay on our wages. But that only begins to tell the story of how lightly taxed our ...

In the distant past, Republican moderates were people like Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Bob Packwood of Oregon who preached fiscal responsibility and were reasonably tolerant of the ...

In Louisiana, sales taxes are way too high. They need to come down. By most measures, Louisianans pay the highest sales taxes (state and local combined) in the nation. This matters. Sales taxes at ...

The one big change in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's executive budget for fiscal year 2010 is his proposed increase in the city sales tax from 4.0 percent to 4.5 percent, double the increase he proposed in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has stated repeatedly that the proposed tax reform will “aim at reducing the tax burden on families and working people, modernising the economy, and encouraging ...

Ruth Lipscomb, a wealthy former Microsoft employee, is putting her full effort toward getting Washington state to increase her own taxes. “I feel that I am not paying my fair share right now,” ...

Jeanie Lindsay / KUOW The future for Washington drivers may include a pay-per-mile system. Some state lawmakers are seeking to offset declining gas tax revenue, as cars get more fuel efficient and ...