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Tax Research

Books

There are a number of treatises in the Law Library collection related to state and local tax law. You can search for relevant books in the ASU Library catalog by using the subject headings “State Taxation” and “Local Taxation.”

State Tax Policy: A Primer (David Brunori, 2016)
This ebook identifies the important contemporary tax issues facing state governments and examines possible solutions in formulating and implementing state tax policy.

A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States (Joan Youngman, 2016)
This ebook analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. 

Journals and Law Reviews

Tax Law Review
The Tax Law Review, published four times annually by the New York University School of Law, is a faculty-edited journal that focuses on tax policy scholarship.  It is the premier tax law journal and publishes articles and essays by legal academics and practitioners, as well as economists.  The Tax Law Review content is available through HeinOnline (available on campus ore remotely with ASURITE), Westlaw (Westlaw password required), and Lexis (Lexis password required).

Virginia Tax Review
The Virginia Tax Review, published four times annually since 1981 by the University of Virginia School of Law, focuses primarily on issues of federal and international taxation from an academic viewpoint. The journal is available through HeinOnline (available on campus ore remotely with ASURITE), Westlaw (Westlaw password required), and Lexis (Lexis password required).

The Tax Lawyer 
The American Bar Association Section of Taxation publishes the Tax Lawyer.  The journal provides scholarly articles by tax attorneys and professors, key reports by Section of Taxation committees and task forces, and student notes and comments on timely topics. The journal is available on the American Bar Association’s Tax Lawyer webpage, on HeinOnline (available on campus ore remotely with ASURITE), and through both Westlaw (Westlaw password required) and Lexis (Lexis password required).

Tax Journals on Westlaw (Westlaw password required)
​Westlaw provides access to a number of tax-specific law reviews and journals (Westlaw password required).

Tax Journals on Lexis (Lexis password required)
Lexis also provides access to a number of tax-specific law reviews and journals (Lexis password required).

Research Databases

Bloomberg law - State Tax (Bloomberg Law password required)
In addition to offering access to state tax statutes, regulations, and case law, Bloomberg Law's state taxation resources include state-specific tax forms, a sales and use tax rate finder, survey of state tax departments, and news and commentary on state tax issues.

TaxNotes State Research (available on campus)
Access to state tax regulations, court documents, legislative documents, and other state documents; organized by state as well as by content type.

Westlaw State Taxation - RIA (Westlaw password required)
Full-text coverage of state tax statutes, regulations, cases, rulings, and other official material from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, editorial materials offer concise explanations and annotations.

Current Awareness and Web Resources

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Budget and Tax Research
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that provides research on and analysis of budgets, taxes, low-income programs, and social insurance programs.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a nonprofit foundation that researches and recommends creative approaches to land use. It is an excellent resource on property taxation.

Tax Foundation Center for State Tax Policy
The Tax Foundation is a non-partisan educational organization that aims to educate taxpayers about sound tax policy. The Foundation’s Center for State Tax Policy produces data, research, and analysis on state fiscal issues.

Tax Policy Center
The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center provides independent analyses of federal and state/local tax issues.

TaxProf Blog
The TaxProf Blog is edited by a tax law professor and offers resources, news, and information on tax law.  The blog contains both continuously updated permanent resources and daily information.