The Deduction Podcast Transcripts
Tax Foundation · 123 episodes with transcripts
The Deduction is your guide to the complicated world of tax and economics. From the impacts of tariffs and trade wars to debates over who pays and how much, each episode, our experts untangle another aspect of the tax code. Listen to the leading tax podcast!
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The 2026 Ballot Measures Shaping State Taxes
October 7, 2026
Janelle Fritts (0:00)
So, Missouri has a really interesting proposal, which once again, sounds nice when you first think about it. So they want to start putting aside money year after year for approximately 100 years, in order to make an account that will, through the interest on the savings, pay for all of Missouri's services and…
Having to do it for an entire state is probably a little more tricky.
Kyle Houlihan (0:44)
Hello and welcome to The Deduction, a Tax Foundation podcast. I'm your host, Kyle Houlihan, and we're back today with another episode, and I am joined by my co-host, Erica York. And today we are joined by Janelle Fritts, Senior Policy Analyst at Tax Foundation.
So today we are going over state ballot initiatives. So there are roughly 40 tax measures on ballots this November. States are moving in both directions, somewhat higher taxes on top earners, while others are trying to write low rates into their constitution. Property tax relief is a big category, and voters are…
Janelle Fritts (1:53)
Right, thanks for asking Kyle and thanks for having me on. So excited to talk about ballot proposals today. So when it comes to income tax proposals on the ballots, a lot of states have been moving towards lower personal income tax rates for the last couple years. So following COVID, we saw a really big trend of…
That doesn't really exist anymore. Mostly states are either moving below that, or they are really, really increasing. You've got your California, you've got your New York, you've got your Hawaii that are way on that other end of the spectrum. When it comes to the states that are increasing those top rates, usually…
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