State Tax Research Analysts

This section directs users to content useful for researchers and analysis researching state tax issues and policy. It provides information on state tax structures/burdens, special reports or analysis done by FTA, and other sources useful to researchers.

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Tax Rate Tables

Various tables providing state by state comparisons of tax rates and structure for the major state taxes. All tables have been updated to include changes effective January 1, 2013.

State Tax Burdens

While there is no SINGLE correct measure of a state's tax burden, FTA provides tables summarizing many of the most common statistics for comparing states.

Other Surveys

FTA conducts various surveys and special studies. Some studies include:

Checkout Upcoming meetings . .

Researchers may be interested in our Revenue Estimating & Tax research Conference and the Legal Policy Section of our Annual Meeting. See:

2013 FTA Compliance Workshop, Portland ME, February 24-27 [Government only]
FTA E-Filing Symposium, New Orleans, LA, May 13-15
2013 FTA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 9-12
Checkup our meeting page for presentations from past meetings
State employees can use TaxExchange to SEARCH past meeting presentations

Tax Agency Research websites

Links to State Revenue/Tax Department or Budget websites with tax statistics, special reports, and other information of interest to economists and policy analysis.

FTA Publications

FTA publishes periodic studies of interest to state researchers. Some are available on-line, while others can be purchased. Recent reports include:

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State Tax/Revenue agency employees should see TaxExchange [FTA's private website] for more resources. See TaxExchange:

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