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Pennsylvania Among ‘Terrible 10’ Most Regressive Tax States

Type: Blog
Author: Chris Lilienthal
Date: January 30, 2013

Working families in Pennsylvania pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than the...

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Memo to House Finance Committee: Significant Flaws in Inheritance Tax, Bank Loans Tax Legislation

Type: Memo
Author: Sharon Ward, Michael Wood
Date: January 22, 2013

PA Budget and Policy center urges Pennsylvanians to reconsider Inheritance Tax and Bank Loans Tax Legislation, which would provide...

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Mind the Gap: Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion Leaves Low-income Families Behind

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: January 11, 2013

Federal health care reform is moving forward thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year—and it is a...

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What to Make of the Fiscal Cliff Deal?

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: January 03, 2013

The agreement reached by President Obama and Congress on January 1 was both historic and disappointing—and it leaves much...

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In Most PA Counties, Few Would Be Affected by Ending High-income Tax Cuts

Type: Reports and Papers
Date: December 20, 2012

President Obama‰’s proposal to end tax breaks for high-income earners would have very little impact on taxpayers in most...

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Few in PA Would Be Affected by Ending High-income Tax Cuts

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: December 20, 2012

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center is out today with a new analysis finding that President Obama’s plan to end...

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Unanswered Questions: In the Rush to Privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery, There Is Still a Lot We Don’t Know

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Michael Wood (unpublished), Stephen Herzenberg
Date: December 13, 2012

The Corbett administration is expected to make a decision by the end of 2012 on a bid to operate...

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