Tax Foundation

Federal Tax policy - this program promotes sound Tax policy in Washington d.c. The Foundation provides objective data and analysis on Tax policy, using several tools, including modeling of economic and budgetary effects, research and writing, capitol hill briefings, and congressional testimony. The Foundation established itself as the go-to resource on federal Tax issues for policymakers. In 2022, despite in-person limitations, the staff conducted more than 60 capitol hill meetings, briefings, and presentations to various public audiences, and produced dozens of reports and blog posts on a variety of issues that received 12,570 citations in leading media outlets.

State Tax policy - this program promotes state Tax reform with comprehensive annual reports, research, policy analysis, and in-depth state-specific studies. In 2022, the Foundation testified or presented to officials-virtually and in-person-in 27 states, held meetings with lawmakers from 38 states, and had 97 meetings with in-state groups spanning nearly every state and the district of columbia. The Foundation is often looked to by legislators, taxpayers, and the media (with 10,110 media citations in 2022) to recommend Tax reform options or provide analysis of Tax plans, navigate an increasingly mobile post-pandemic economy characterized by a greater focus on Tax competitiveness.the Foundation's analysis, and studies such as the state business Tax climate index, inform the Tax reform debate across the country and have been crucial to major Tax changes in many states, and Foundation experts have been a vital resource to policymakers and journalists as states navigate an increasingly mobile post-pandemic economy characterized by a greater focus on Tax competitiveness.

Marketing and communication - the Foundation's marketing team makes Tax policy engaging and accessible to taxpayers, legislators, and the media through innovative, multi-channel campaigns. The Foundation's team delivers high-quality content to the right people, at the right time, in a format that promotes deeper understanding using tools like social media, digital advertising, interactive web experiences, and email. In 2022, the Foundation earned 23,500 media citations in the world's top news outlets, including the wall street journal, the Washington post, the new york times, nbc news, fox news, and npr; its experts conducted 122 radio and tv interviews and placed 24 op-eds; taxfoundation.org was visited 16.9 million times; its social media audience grew 12 percent to 99,805 total followers; its digital advertising resulted in 27.7 million impressions and drove 745,751 video views; and its email newsletter grew 8 percent to 58,110 subscribers.

Global Tax reform - was launched in 2018 in order to promote pro-growth Tax policies throughout the world with a primary focus on europe. The global program produces in-depth studies of economic data and uses a variety of measures, such as the international Tax competitiveness index, to compare Tax systems. The Foundation's experts have provided briefings in countries throughout europe and are relied upon by media, policy makers, and other policy groups to provide analysis of Tax proposals throughout the world. In 2022, the Tax Foundation's work was cited in 95 countries and received 4,120 international media citations.