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Dan Walters: California's economic challenge in a nutshell
March 24, 2013

The Buzz: Appointments to California pay panel yanked before meeting
March 21, 2013

California was No. 4 in tax burden before Proposition 30 passed
March 20, 2013

Capitol Alert: California was No. 4 in tax burden before Proposition 30 passed
March 20, 2013

California high on gas tax, low on user-financed transportation
January 17, 2013

Capitol Alert: California high on gas tax, low on user-financed transportation
January 17, 2013

Tax Foundation Videos

Santa Barbara accountant sentenced to three years
March 06, 2013 | KEYT Santa Barbara, CA

Entin Says `Plan B' Affects More Than Millionaires
December 20, 2012 | Bloomberg

Tax Foundation's Hodge Reviews Romney's Tax Plan
October 24, 2012 | Bloomberg

Tax Foundation Wikipedia Information

The Tax Foundation is a Washington-D.C.-based tax research organization founded in 1937. It is organized as 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization. The group is most famous for its annual calculation of Tax Freedom Day, which it has produced since the early 1970s. The Tax Foundations stated mission is to "educate taxpayers about sound tax policy and the size of the tax burden borne by...

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Lying Paul Ryan Lies Again
January 22, 2013
No shame:Last seen blaming “urban” voters (you know who he’s talking about) for his and Mitt Romney’s bitter November defeat, Rep. Paul Ryan returned to the...

California high on gas tax, low on user-financed transportation
January 17, 2013
California has the nation's third highest fuel taxes, but nevertheless has one of the nation's lowest rates of charging users for highways and other...

NY Mayor Bloomberg Wants to Outlaw Guns: High Taxes Create a 60% rate of smuggled cigarettes
January 11, 2013
60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled: report By Aaron Smith @CNNMoney, 1/10/13 New York has the highest cigarette tax rate of any state, and nearly...

Coupal: When Will We Be Number One?
October 30, 2012
When Will We Be Number One? By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, 10/29/30 We have just moved up from 5th to 4th in a ranking of all 50 states by...

California state-local sales tax rate ranked 12th highest in nation
August 08, 2012
California has the nation's 12th highest average sales tax rate, 8.13 percent, according to a new compilation by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation. While...

From around the web

Iowa Poll: Businesses seen as big winners under tax plan
June 10, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Tax Foundation, a Washington-based advocacy group, shows Iowa to be middle of the pack when it comes to property tax burdens. According to data from fiscal year 2010, Iowa...

Study blasts business climate rankings
May 02, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Fisher also criticized a widely cited report, the Tax Foundation ... And the Tax Foundation ... Yet, Iowa ranks as'' next-to-worst corporate tax system in the country'' on the Tax Foundation ...

Iowa View: Here is small businesses' Santa list
December 21, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation says Iowa ranks 42nd in... According to the Tax Foundation, nearly 7,000 income tax filers left Iowa for other states between 2005 and 2010, the last...

Report: Business climate rankings politicized, ineffective
May 01, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Fisher also criticizes a widely cited report, the Tax Foundation's'' State Business Tax Climate.'' The report, Fisher said, weights 118 tax features'' completely...

Studies: Obama's Tax The Rich Death Trap Has Already Failed in Maryland, NY And California
December 22, 2012 | Wake up America
One rating is based on the overall state and local tax burden, computed by the Tax Foundation ... The other is the Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index. This is given...

Nevada near top in' tax- friendly' rankings
April 06, 2013 | Latest news updates from RGJ.com
Nevada has been ranked third among the states in the Tax Foundation's' most tax-friendly states for business. ...

Tax Foundation on twitter

	RT @NathanBabcock: New #NCtaxreform plan moves NC from 44th in tax competitiveness (Tax Foundation) to 6th. #ncpol #ncga Twitter: @BrentWoodcox
	New #NCtaxreform plan moves NC from 44th in tax competitiveness (Tax Foundation) to 6th. #ncpol #ncga Twitter: @NathanBabcock
	@radioTomBarnard according to Tax Foundation State Beer Tax, MN ranked 10th @ 0.27$/6-pack beer. WI is .03$/6 pack. http://t.co/R3MQkZicH0 Twitter: @vossman90
	RT @Michael_Khouw: North Carolina Considers Impressive Tax Reform Options \| Tax Foundation http://t.co/qOBFQ9pxGj via @taxfoundation Twitter: @adomantholdings
	North Carolina Considers Impressive Tax Reform Options \| Tax Foundation http://t.co/qOBFQ9pxGj via @taxfoundation Twitter: @Michael_Khouw
	@taxfoundation @ntu @leeschalk Yes, NC needs more income inequality! Tax Foundation may by old, but they've always backed the super rich. Twitter: @WVpolicywonk

YouTube Videos

Corporate Taxes: Advantages of a Territorial System
January 03, 2012

Tax Foundation's Elizabeth Malm at AFP Tax Freedom Day Press Conference
May 02, 2013

Tax Foundation on Washington Journal - 1 of 5
March 15, 2010

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