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Sales Taxes from Non-Residents

Death and Taxes

For instance, according to a study from the Urban Affairs Review , exporting tax burdens impacts residents’ levels of support for local governments (Martin, Lopez, and Olsen 2019). Since a voter referendum is required to levy local sales taxes, it is important for practitioners to consider who bears tax burdens. and Jeremy G.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments. Authors’ Bios.

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WHEN IT COMES TO DATA, CONTEXT IS KING

Barrett & Greene

Back in 2020, then President Donald Trump proclaimed that “The murder rate in Baltimore and Detroit is higher than El Salvador, Guatemala or even Afghanistan.” For example, when the Pew Charitable Trusts examined employment rates last summer , it compared first quarter 2023 numbers with those from early 2020.