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Considering Tax Expenditures In State Budget Deliberations, Brad Borden
Considering Tax Expenditures In State Budget Deliberations, Brad Borden
Bradley T. Borden
This is the manuscript of a talk given at a public forum on tax expenditures in Topeka, Kansas. It explains how tax expenditures erode tax bases and diminish the state's ability to raise revenue, and it suggests that states should treat tax expenditures like direct expenditures in budget deliberations. Finally, the talk demonstrates how tax expenditures can be unfair. Although the comments are specific to the state of Kansas, the principles apply to all governments. A video recording of the proceedings is available at http://tinyurl.com/y85j3w8.
Tax Policy Challenges, Michael J. Graetz
Tax Policy Challenges, Michael J. Graetz
Faculty Scholarship
In 1995, when the late, great Jack Nolan asked me to deliver the inaugural lecture in honor of Larry Woodworth, I was both honored and flattered. I had come to know Larry Woodworth beginning in 1969, when I was a rookie treasury tax policy staffer. At that time, he had already served the Joint Committee on Taxation for 25 years and had been the third Chief of Staff in its history beginning as chief of staff in 1964. Larry Woodworth was not only as knowledgeable about the tax law as anyone you would ever hope to meet, and as savvy …