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1. Patent Box Regimes in Europe

   Patent box regimes (also referred to as intellectual property, or IP, regimes) provide lower effective tax rates on income derived from IP.

2. Potential Regulatory Changes in Tax Policy Under the Biden Administration

   With a likely divided U.S. Congress this January, the incoming Biden administration may have a limited ability to pass the tax changes proposed by Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. Much of Biden’s tax plan included tax increases on higher earners and businesses, which are unlikely to be considered by a likely Republican-controlled Senate pending […]

3. Will Mississippi Be the Next State to Phase Out its Income Tax?

   Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R), in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2022, has announced his goal of phasing out the state’s income tax by 2030.

4. New York Lawmaker Looks to Sin Taxes Once More

   New York already suffers from significant smuggling of untaxed tobacco products—smuggled cigarettes accounted for 53 percent of cigarettes consumed in the state in 2018—and further increasing tobacco taxes is likely to make matters worse.

5. Tax Prom 2020: A Tribute to Congressional Staff

   Every year, for over 80 years, the Tax Foundation has hosted its end-of-year gala, Tax Prom, to bring together the tax community in a spirit of bipartisanship and to celebrate the hard work of the year. In 2020, like so many other things, Tax Prom was a little different. Instead of gathering in person, we […]