State taxes

Kenneth Potts, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Fiera Capital, checks in on the state of the municipal bond market. He talks about the effect of the SALT deduction on high-tax states and supply and demand factors in this podcast recorded in September. Chip Barnett hosts.

The taxing and regulating of a new product that's ingested into the lungs to deliver nicotine is dealt with under federal, state and local laws. William Cox explains Kroll Bond Rating Agency's thoughts about vaping and the associated revenues for governments. John Hallacy hosts.

The first opportunity for repeal of the SALT cap prior to its December 2025 sunset date would be in early 2021 if Democrats can gain majority control of both chambers of Congress as well as the White House in the November 2020 election.

Oklahoma’s economic expansion appears to be slowing, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

As health risks associated with e-cigarettes have gained attention, some states are trying to deter minors from the product through taxation.

The latest report from the state comptroller says $876.8 million was distributed to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts.

Fitch Ratings has developed two indices tracking LGIPs.

The lawsuits were filed a day after 11 Democrats in the Senate and a bipartisan group of 47 House lawmakers announced a long-shot effort to repeal the regulation using the Congressional Review Act.

The IRS regulation is targeted at ending workarounds by state and local governments that have been enacted since the cap was included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

States collected more than $45.2 billion in motor fuel taxes in 2017, compared with $36.8 billion 10 years earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Online wagers dominate in-person bets to drive New Jersey's still-modest but rising take from sports betting.

The limit on the SALT deduction caused an estimated 10.88 million individual taxpayers to lose $323.1 billion in tax deductions for the 2018 tax year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported in February.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut lawmakers are studying a proposal to essentially exchange much of the state’s income tax for a payroll tax.

Lawmakers have to wait another week for the governor's five-year infrastructure plan.

Lower gas prices, remote working, easy driving and new competition from ride-share companies are taking slices of the pie.

Virginia and Florida and other states are responding to complaints about using tolls to pay for costly road improvements.

The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago says its plan would put the state on path to fiscal solvency and double-A ratings.

The governor said his proposed fiscal 2020 budget represents a 4% increase over this current budget, of which 80% is one-time costs.

States have reversed deterioration found last May.

The state recorded $31.94 billion of sales tax revenue, according to state Comptroller Glenn Hegar.