by Jeff Van Wychen

Article: Targeted, Powerful Property Tax Relief
July 01, 2013
Blog: New Report Reveals 2013 Tax Act is Powerfully Progressive
June 25, 2013
Article: Homestead Credit: Old Versus New
June 24, 2013
Article: A Balance Between Property Tax Relief and Public Investment
June 19, 2013
Article: New Tax Act Provides Direct Property Tax Relief
June 12, 2013
Article: Ending the Taxing More, Spending Less Paradox
June 10, 2013
Blog: Even with Higher Ed, Still Not the “Largest Ever” Increase
June 05, 2013
Blog: A Sad Day for Policy Nerds
June 03, 2013
Article: The New FY 2014-15 Budget: A Balanced Approach
June 03, 2013
Blog: Taking the Cough Medicine Taste out of Tax Reform
May 31, 2013
Blog: “Largest Ever” Education Spending Increase? Not So Fast
May 29, 2013
Blog: New State Budget is “A Recipe for Growth”
May 24, 2013
Blog: 2013 Session was “Radical” Only by Tea Party Standards
May 23, 2013
Article: Looking Ahead: Fiscal Reforms Left Undone
May 22, 2013
Article: 2013 Tax Bill: Progress on Revenue, Tax Fairness
May 21, 2013
Blog: Agreement on Fourth Tier Emerges
May 17, 2013
Blog: Differences Remain Between House and Senate Tax Negotiators
May 16, 2013
Blog: Senate Makes Counter-Offer to House
May 15, 2013
Blog: House Makes Tax Offer to Senate
May 15, 2013
Blog: Renters’ Refund Restoration and Reform
May 14, 2013
Article: State Business Property Tax Revisions
May 14, 2013
Blog: Budget Agreement Makes for a Happy Mother’s Day
May 13, 2013
Blog: House Alcohol Tax Pros and Cons
May 09, 2013
Article: Senate Proposes Repealing Flawed Sales Tax Policy
May 09, 2013
Article: The Merits of Senate’s Sales Tax Reform
May 08, 2013
Blog: Progressive Taxation ≠ Class Warfare
May 06, 2013
Article: Senate Income Tax Increase Doesn’t Hit the Middle-Class
May 06, 2013
Blog: Responding to Minnesota’s Revenue Problem
May 02, 2013
Article: Celebrating Minnesota’s Late Tax Freedom Day
April 30, 2013
Blog: Chicken Little Day at the State Capitol
April 29, 2013
Blog: Thumped in Bad Times; What About the Good?
April 26, 2013
Blog: LGA and the Three-Legged Stool, Part II
April 24, 2013
Blog: Balancing the Three-Legged Tax Stool
April 23, 2013
Article: Income Growth Unharmed by Tax Hikes
April 23, 2013
Article: Income Tax Increases Don’t Hurt Job Growth
April 22, 2013
Blog: United for Baloney
April 16, 2013
Article: Crumbling Fiscal Foundation: A Decade of Decline in State Investment
April 15, 2013
Article: General Fund Revenue Near 20 Year Low
April 10, 2013
Blog: Dayton’s Income Tax Increase Will Promote Tax Fairness, Revenue Adequacy
April 05, 2013
Blog: Olmsted County Fourth Tier Impact in Perspective
April 04, 2013
Blog: New LGA Plan Being Debated
April 02, 2013
Article: Closing the Corporate Tax Haven Loophole
April 02, 2013
Blog: Map: Who’s Hurt by a Renters’ Credit Cut
March 29, 2013
Blog: Map: Renters with Disabilities/Seniors Hard Hit
March 28, 2013
Article: LGA Map: What Your City Will Receive
March 27, 2013
Blog: Map: Average Renters’ PTR Payments by County
March 26, 2013
Article: LGA Must Keep Pace with Inflation and Population Growth
March 25, 2013
Blog: Even Conservatives Can Like this LGA Plan
March 22, 2013
Blog: House and Senate Ask Wealthy to Pay Their Fair Share
March 21, 2013
Blog: Fourth Tier Taxpayers by Legislative District
March 20, 2013
Article: Cities Compromise on LGA, Reach Historic Agreement
March 20, 2013
Article: Impact of Dayton’s Proposed Fourth Tier by County
March 19, 2013
Blog: Revised Budget: Fourth Tier Remains, Renters’ Refund Enhanced
March 15, 2013
Blog: Ignorance is Not Bliss
March 13, 2013
Article: Restoring Property Tax Relief
March 13, 2013
Article: B-to-B Sales Tax Gone; What’s the Replacement?
March 11, 2013
Article: February Forecast Underscores the Need for Revenue
March 05, 2013
Blog: Seeing the World Through Tea-Stained Glasses
March 04, 2013
Article: New Study: Minnesota Taxes Remain Regressive
March 04, 2013
Blog: Taking Credit Where None is Due On Budget
February 28, 2013
Blog: Revenue Department Confirms Dayton’s Tax Plan is Progressive
February 26, 2013
Article: Inflation’s Impact on State Spending
February 26, 2013
Blog: Rich Still Pay Less after Fourth Tier Tax Proposal
February 25, 2013
Blog: Closing the “Nowhere Income” Tax Loophole
February 20, 2013
Article: Reducing Regressivity Through Renters’ Refund
February 20, 2013
Blog: Chamber Attacks MN 2020 on Taxes and Gets it Wrong
February 18, 2013
Article: Recessions Mask Tax Regressivity Trends
February 12, 2013
Blog: Improving the Renters’ Property Tax Refund
February 11, 2013
Blog: State of the State Offers a New Way to Look at Public Disinvestment
February 07, 2013
Blog: Closing the “Little Cigar” Loophole
February 06, 2013
Article: The Governor’s LGA Proposal: Impact by City
February 06, 2013
Article: Is the Dayton Tax Proposal Progressive?
February 05, 2013
Blog: Federal Deductibility and the Dayton Tax Plan
February 01, 2013
Blog: Taxable Sales in Other States
January 31, 2013
Article: Study Confirms MN’s Tax System is Unfair
January 31, 2013
Article: Price of Government Declines Under the Dayton Budget
January 28, 2013
Blog: Beware the Bearer of Selective Tax Information
January 23, 2013
Article: The Dayton Tax Plan: A Major Leap Forward
January 23, 2013
Article: Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: Business Property Tax
January 21, 2013
Article: Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: Property Tax Relief
January 16, 2013
Article: Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: Income Taxes
January 15, 2013
Article: Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: What MN Sales Tax Reform Could Look Like
January 14, 2013
Article: Freezing Revenues at a 20-Year Low
January 26, 2011
Blog: Local Government Revenues Plummet
January 19, 2011
Article: Minnesota’s Tax Fairness Retreat
January 18, 2011
Article: Property Taxpayers’ Shrinking Fiscal Equity
January 11, 2011
Blog: More on “Budget Insanity”
January 10, 2011
Blog: More of the Same is Insanity
January 04, 2011
Article: School Funding Declines Projected to Continue
January 04, 2011
Article: Shifty Budget Solutions Have Run Their Course
December 21, 2010
Article: Limited Property Tax Hikes for 2011?
December 06, 2010
Article: Comparing Taxes and Revenue Among the 50 States
November 29, 2010
Article: The Freshman Legislator’s Dilemma: Local Government Aid
November 22, 2010
Article: Three Ways to a Balanced Budget
November 14, 2010
Article: Minnesota Taxes Remain “Just About Average”
November 08, 2010
Article: K-12 Spending in Minnesota Again Below the U.S. Average
November 02, 2010
Article: Income Tax Increase: the Right Approach to Budget Deficit
October 28, 2010
Article: Horner Tax Plan Still Shifting State Problem to Counties
October 21, 2010
Article: Horner’s County Sales Tax Proposal
October 20, 2010
Article: Tuition Costs Could Jump (Again) After Emmer Higher Ed Cuts
October 19, 2010