The term “tax state” originated in a controversy between Rudolf Goldscheid and Joseph Schumpeter over the treatment of Austria's public debt in the aftermath of World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Goldschied asserted that this debt represented a crisis for a state...

As governors and state legislators across the country search for ways to address the budgetary imbalances that many of their states face following the Great Recession, reductions in individual income tax credits and deductions are being considered. Unfortunately, the casualties of that process...

This article focuses on the total tax burden faced by wage earners and uses wages as a surrogate for any form of income not taxed at a differential rate. It varies income for single individuals across jurisdictions and assesses the relationship between wages, alternative minimum tax, and the...