Tax Research - State and Local Guide

Professional Organizations & Associations

• American Bar Association, Tax Section
• Federation of Tax Administrators - Has data comparing the state tax rates of all 50 states and data concerning state tax revenues.
• Multistate Tax Commission - The Multistate Tax Commission is an intergovernmental state tax agency working on behalf of states and taxpayers to administer, equitably and efficiently, tax laws that apply to multistate and multinational enterprises.

Policy-Oriented Materials, Think-Tanks, and Advocacy Groups

• Tax Policy Center (Urban Institute and Brookings Institution)
• American Tax Policy Institute
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

For more information on researching tax policy, please consult the Georgetown Law Library's tax policy guide.

Statistical Data

• United States Census Bureau, State & Local Government Tax Collections - Has annual data and quarterly data detailing each state's tax collection.
• Federation of Tax Administrators - Has data comparing the state tax rates of all 50 states and data concerning state tax revenues.

50-State Deskbooks

• As Certain as Death: A Fifty-State Survey of State and Local Tax Laws by Susan Pace Hamill (2007) (KF6750.H36 2007)
• ABA Property Tax Deskbook (KF6759.Z95 A23) (also available on Westlaw)
• ABA Sales & Use Tax Desk Book (1991 - ) (KF6767.A93) (also available on Westlaw)
• Guide to Sales and Use Taxes (1991-2012) ( KF6767.P74)
• Multistate Corporate Tax Guide (1990 - ) (KF6755.A15 M85)