Concerns over nonconformity of state tax systems mounted through the 20th century as the multistate presence of businesses expanded. Fearing federal intervention and the loss of state tax sovereignty, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) was established in 1967 to help promote uniformity in state...

State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and...