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As of January 1, 2025, 10 states changed their income tax codes. Nine of those states reduced their tax rates, and one no ...

Income tax cutting bills continue to sweep through state legislatures in 2022. What’s noteworthy is that they’re doing so in many cases with broad support from both Democrats and Republicans. In a ...

As readers may recall, on July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the massive One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) as Public Law 119-21, which made permanent many provisions of the Tax Cuts and ...

Another Tax Day has come and gone, and most Americans believe they pay too much. One recent poll revealed that 56 percent say they pay more than their fair share. Unfortunately, I fear this is just ...