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Tax Foundation's Tax Policy Podcast
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The Tax Policy Podcast is the official podcast of the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit research organization that has monitored tax policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937. Our economists welcome your feedback via email: podcast@taxfoundation.org.
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Podcast on Hiatus (Update)
Oct 24, 2013Tap to summarizeThe Tax Policy Podcast will be taking a break for a while as we look to improve and restructure the podcast to be a more effective tool for promoting principled tax policy. Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for more details.
Transcribe →Elizabeth Malm on Amendment 66 in Colorado
Oct 17, 2013Tap to summarizeTax Foundation Economist Elizabeth Malm discusses her new study on the economic effects of Amendment 66 that found the increased taxes on low and middle income earners and small businesses could prove harmful to Colorado's economy.
Transcribe →Scott Drenkard on the Best States for Business
Oct 10, 2013Tap to summarizeTax Foundation economist Scott Drenkard discusses the 2014 edition of the State Business Tax Climate Index, which enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare.
Transcribe →Joseph Henchman on Pro-Growth Tax Reform for Nebraska
Oct 4, 2013Tap to summarizeTax Foundation Vice President for Legal and State Projects Joseph Henchman discusses his latest study (with Scott Drenkard) on what The Cornhusker State can do to reform its tax code and build on its current economic successes.
Transcribe →William McBride on Fostering Investment and Growth with Tax Reform
Sep 26, 2013Tap to summarizeThis week Tax Foundation Chief Economist William McBride discusses his new study on the nation's low investment rate and how a few key reforms can help turn it around and stimulate new economic growth.
Transcribe →The "Why Not Move?" State Tax Calculator with Pam Villarreal
Sep 19, 2013Tap to summarizeThinking about moving? The National Center for Policy Analysis has created a free online calculator to determine how the decision to move to another state will impact your family’s standard of living. On this episode of the Tax Policy Podcast we chat with NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal about how the tool works and what users can learn from it.
Transcribe →Andrew Bagley on the Massachusetts Tech Tax
Sep 12, 2013Tap to summarizeAndrew Bagley of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation discusses the problematic creation and implementation of Massachusetts' new tax on computer and software services. More on Massachusetts here.
Transcribe →Online Tools for Making Sense of Economic Policy
Sep 5, 2013Tap to summarizeThis week we examine a couple of new interactive tools that our listeners can use to help them understand economic policy. First, we talk with Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute, and take a look at the customizable federal spending chart on DownsizingGovernment.org. Next we have a conversation with...
Transcribe →Scott Drenkard on State and Local Sales Taxes in 2013
Aug 29, 2013Tap to summarizeRetail sales taxes are one of the more transparent ways to collect tax revenue. While graduated income tax rates and brackets are complex and confusing to many taxpayers, the sales tax is easier to understand: people can reach into their pocket and see the rate printed on a receipt. Less known, however, are the local sales taxes collected in 38 states. These rates can be substantial, so a state with a moderate statewide sales tax rate could actually have a very high combined state-...
Transcribe →William McBride on the History of Credits and Deductions
Aug 22, 2013Tap to summarizeThe various credits, deductions, and loopholes in the tax code known collectively as “tax expenditures” have increased dramatically since the last major reform effort, and now account for almost twice the cost that they did in the early 1990s. In this episode, Tax Foundation chief economist William McBride discusses how that happened and what should be done now to reform the system. More information is available in Tax...
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