Tax Foundation  -  Mission

The Tax Foundation is the nation’s leading independent tax policy research organization.  The Tax Foundation is a non-partisan research think tank, based in Washington, DC.  Since 1937, our principled research, insightful analysis, and engaged experts have informed smarter tax policy at the federal, state, and local levels.

The Tax Foundation's Center for Federal Tax Policy produces and promotes timely and high-quality data, research, and analysis on federal tax issues that influences the debate toward economically principled policies. Our experts are routinely relied upon for presentations, testimony, and media appearances on individual and corporate tax issues, and our website is a comprehensive resource for taxpayers, journalists, lawmakers and their staff.

The Tax Foundation's Center for State Tax Policy produces and markets timely and high-quality data, research, and analysis on state fiscal issues that influences the debate toward economically principled tax policies. Our experts are routinely relied upon for presentations, testimony, and media appearances on state tax and fiscal policy, and our website is a comprehensive resource for information on tax and spending policy in each U.S. state.

The Tax Foundation’s “State-Local tax Burden % of State Income” and “Business Tax Climate” are available in the Create Your Own Chart section of State Data lab. 

More information on the Tax Foundation is available at http://taxfoundation.org/

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