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Assessing the Federal Deduction for State and Local Tax Payments
National Tax Journal (2011)
  • Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University
Abstract
This paper examines the distributional and behavioral impacts of ending the deductibility of state and local taxes against the federal individual income tax. I carry out a number of distributional analyses — considering both variation across income and across states — of the subsidy from deductibility as well as the distributional impact of potential partial reforms. I also consider how behavioral responses affect the distributional analysis. Using a large panel of data on state and local governments, I find that deductibility increases reliance on deductible taxes and increases state and local spending out of own-source revenue.
Keywords
  • Tax Deductibility,
  • Fiscal Federalism
Disciplines
Publication Date
2011
Citation Information
Gilbert E. Metcalf. "Assessing the Federal Deduction for State and Local Tax Payments" National Tax Journal Vol. 64 Iss. 2, part 2 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gilbert_metcalf/101/