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Idaho Governor's New Approach to Taxing Groceries

Lawmakers in Arkansas and Mississippi are poised to eliminate the sales tax on groceries-- a progressive but expensive move. But Idaho Governor Butch Otter has a better idea: a targeted grocery tax credit.

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New Frontiers in Transportation Funding

Florida is the latest state to experience a crisis in maintaining its roads, highways and bridges. But other states are confronting similar problems. Find out more about how Indiana, Washington and Virginia are coping with transportation funding issues. And don't miss the latest road-funding idea from Minnesota: a "mileage tax."

Charting Florida Tax Reform: Tools You Can Use

For those seeking to understand the Florida tax system-- or seeking to educate the media, lawmakers or your friends and family on the need for progressive Florida tax reform--here's your starting point. This collection of graphs and tables is available for you to use in your own research and presentations.

All charts and tables are available as PowerPoint (PPT) slides and in Portable Document File (PDF) format. Some tables will also be available in Excel format

Featured Charts

Florida's Tax System is Regressive

Florida's tax system is regressive: low-income families pay much more of their income, on average, than wealthier families must pay. This chart, taken from ITEP's January 2003 Who Pays report, shows exactly how much of their income Floridans pay in state and local taxes. View >>

The Cost of Property Tax Exemptions is Growing Rapidly

Three Florida tax breaks-- the $25,000 homestead exemption, the agricultural use value break, and the "Save Our Homes" cap, collectively reduce the potential FLorida tax base by almost 25 percent in 2006. Of these three tax breaks, however, only the "Save Our Homes" break is growing as a share of statewide taxable income. View >>

Sales Taxes Are Higher than Average; Income and Property Taxes Below Average

Florida is both a high-tax and a low-tax state. This chart, based on data from the US Census Bureau, shows that while Florida sales taxes are among the highest in the nation, state income and property taxes are quite low. View >>

Florida Property Taxes Are Above Average-- And Growing Fast

Thirty years ago, Florida's property taxes were more than 30 percent below the national average as a share of income. Now they are above average-- and much higher than the property taxes in most neighboring states. View >>

Florida's Tax System is Out of Balance

Florida's Sales Tax Exempts Most Services

Florida's sales tax was enacted at a time when consumers spent most of their money on tangible goods (like books or radios). Consumer spending has shifted towards intangible services like haircuts and car repairs-- but the Florida sales tax has not been expanded to tax most of these services. View >>