Tax Foundation's Tax Policy Podcast

This week Tax Foundation economist David S. Logan discusses President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act and his new study analyzing its likely impact. Related documents: Tax Policy Blog: "It's Not Math, It's Data" by Scott Hodge (9/21/11)...

Maine State Rep. Gary Knight, Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, discusses plans for major tax reform in the Pine Tree State. Chairman Knight is one of three members of a special subcommittee tasked with soliciting expert opinion and presenting reform proposals to the Joint Committee and, eventually, to the rest of Maine's legislature. More on state tax issues in Maine...

Tax Foundation economist Will McBride discusses the myth of corporate tax-dodging and his new analysis of corporate tax data from the Internal Revenue Service. Related material: Tax Foundation Special Report No. 194, "Beyond the Headlines: What Do Corporations Pay in Income Tax?" by Will McBride (9/7/11) "...

Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert discusses the prospects for substantive tax reform in the Sunflower State, including the possibility of both phasing out the individual income tax and cutting (or even abolishing) the corporate income tax. Related material: "...

Economist David Henderson discusses the U.S. debt crisis and what we can learn from how Canada handled its own looming fiscal catastrophe in the mid-1990s. Related material: Mercatus Center Working Paper No. 11-25, "Canada's Reversed Fiscal Crisis" by...

Tax Foundation economist David S. Logan discusses taxes on high-earners and what constitutes a "fair share" of income taxes for wealthy individuals. Related material: "Warren Buffett’s Proposed Tax Hikes Would Provide Insignificant Revenue" by David S. Logan (8/18/11) "...

Timothy Mathews of the law firm Chimicles and Tikellis discusses the case of Ardon v. City of Los Angeles, in which the plaintiff is challenging an illegally collected telephone tax in the California courts. Related material: "California Supreme Court OKs Class-Action Tax Refund Claims, Siding with Tax Foundation Brief" by...

Josh Barro, the Walter B. Wriston fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses the federal debt ceiling and the budget compromise recently passed by Congress and the White House. Related material: "Debt Ceiling Deal—Less Than Meets the Eye" in National Review Online by Josh...

Mark Robyn, Tax Foundation economist, discusses his recent study (with Joseph Henchman and Micah Cohen) on sales tax holidays. Mark debunks some of the myths used to justifiy such tax breaks and makes the case for year-round tax reform rather than short-term gimmicks. Related material: Tax Foundation Special Report No. 193, "Sales Tax Holidays: Politically...

Anthony Randazzo, Director of Economic Research at the Reason Foundation, explains the effects of the mortgage interest deduction on home buyers, the housing industry and the wider U.S. economy. Related material: "How Would Getting Rid of the Mortgage Interest Deduction Impact Housing Prices" by Anthony Randazzo (7/12/11) "...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Dirk Giseburt, an attorney and Partner at the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Counsel of Record on the Tax Foundation’s recent Supreme Court brief in the case of Lamtec v. Department of Revenue of the State of Washington. Giseburt discusses the details...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Wall Street Journal editorial writer Stephen Moore about the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling and what tax changes might emerge from a compromise between Congress and the White House.

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Peter J. Nelson, Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment in Minnesota, about the state's contentious budget negotiations and the prospect of a state government shutdown. More on Minnesota...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Joseph Vranich, a business consultant and "relocation coach" for companies seeking new places to do business. Joe explains how the tax and regulatory climate in California is driving away business owners and investment and which other states they're fleeing to....

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Fergus Hodgson, Capitol Bureau Reporter for the Pelican Institute in Louisiana. Fergus fills us in on what's been going on with tax policy recently in Baton Rouge, including proposals for an Amazon tax, changes to the cigarette tax, and a proposal to phase-out...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Karlyn Bowman about her recent study on the history of taxes and public opinion polling. For more information, see the following: AEI Public Opinion Study, "Public Opinions on Taxes...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Joseph Henchman, Tax Foundation Vice President for Legal & State Projects. Joe discusses his new study on how states are changing their attitudes when it comes to giving out tax credits for film and TV production. For more information see the following:...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Will Newton, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business state affiliate in Texas. Will discusses the problems with Texas' current state business tax, known as the margin tax, and what the legislature has been up to in Austin as this year's session is about to wrap up. More...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with J.D. Foster, the Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Richard and J.D. discuss Heritage's new blueprint for federal budget and tax reform, "...

This week Manager of Communications Richard Morrison talks with Chris Atkins, General Counsel and Policy Director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget about the budget and tax reform bills recently signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels. More on Indiana here.