21st Century Taxation

This blog by a tax professor is about tax policy and reform and moving tax systems into the 21st century. It focuses on tax system weaknesses, critiques reform proposals (pointing out where they do and do not follow principles of good tax policy and do and do not reflect how we live and do business today), and offers new ideas. Additional information - articles, reports and links, can be found at the 21st Century Taxation website (see link below right). I welcome your comments.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

How Do/Should We Tax? Tax Reform for California's New Economy

This is the title for a 2/27/08 New America Foundation and UC Center Sacramento workshop in Sacramento. It will look at a variety of California tax and budget issues and possible remedies that also bring California's depression-era, industrial-based tax system into the 21st century.

This blog post serves as place for further discussion on the topic and the workshop presentations.

Here is a link to my presentation topic on broadening the California sales & use tax base and lowering the rate. If other workshop materials are posted on the web, I'll add a link to them at this blog entry.

I look forward to your comments and online discussion.

Welcome!

The world is changing yet tax systems are often slow to change or change in ways that don't align with how we live and work today. This can hinder economic progress, lead to a loss in tax revenue, and frustrate taxpayers. Here, I explain some of the problems at the federal, multistate and California levels, offer ideas for reform, and an opportunity to comment on what I post. My focus is that tax systems should reflect principles of good tax policy and how we live and do business today. I hope to increase awareness and understanding of our tax systems, some of the problems in these systems and possible remedies. These views are my own and not necessarily those of my employer or any organization I'm connected with. Thanks for reading and posting comments (this page gets over 20,000 visits per month)! For more on tax reform, please visit http://www.21stcenturytaxation.com. You can reach me at annette.nellen@sjsu.edu.