Taxation

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E-tax Matters - Provides basic information on the filing of tax returns, with the opportunity to submit questions to the site's sponsors.

The Future of State Taxation - Book available from the Urban Institute.

Progressive and Regressive Taxes Explained - Essay discussing the concepts of progressivity in taxation, the role of taxation in regulating the economy, and explaining why sales taxes are considered to be regressive.

TaxPolicy.com - Quiz to determine your stance on tax policy.

New York Times- IRS Is Allowing More Delinquents to Avoid Tax Bills - The Internal Revenue Service for more than a year has let many tax delinquents go without paying tax bills that total billions of dollars. (October 10, 1999)

Information and Misinformation about Federal Tax Burdens - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities article arguing that the percentage of income that typical middle-class families pay in federal taxes is often overstated. (January 21, 1999)

Gasoline Excise Tax - Historical Revenues: Fact Sheet - A history of the national gasoline tax, including yearly revenues since it began. (September 16, 1997)

Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in the 50 U.S. States - Study found that most states take a far greater share of income in taxes from middle- and low-income families than from the wealthy. (1996)