Tag: US federal tax system

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:29 UTC

  Growing number of US states pushing to concentrate fiscal revenue on sales tax

  

  Attempts to overhaul the US federal tax system are fading in a divided congress in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments - some far-reaching - are fast taking shape. Across the South and Midwest, Republicans have consolidated control of state legislatures and governorships, giving them the power to test long-debated tax ideas.