JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Estimating State and Local Tax Exporting Between 1999 and 2012
Author(s): Gerald Prante, John Navin
Citation: Prante Gerald, Navin John, (2016)"Estimating State and Local Tax Exporting Between 1999 and 2012," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 18, Iss.4, pp. 36-53
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
In fiscal year 2012, state and local governments collected $1.4 trillion in taxes. Using various data
sources, this paper presents state-by-state estimates of the amount that each state is able to export of its
tax burden to non-residents, including the export effects of federal deductibility. Overall, based on the
economic incidence assumptions outlined in this paper, between 12.5 percent and 45 percent of state and
local tax collections were ultimately borne by out-of-state residents in FY 2012. This large range is the
result of the uncertainty pertaining to the economic incidence of the property tax.