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      <title>Navigating the Tax Transparency Landscape</title>
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      <pubDate>July 8, 2026 18:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Join us on Wednesday, July 29 for an informational webinar exploring the challenges posed by recent company tax disclosures, including their history, connection to the tax policy debate, and the weaknesses of the data.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Poland’s Windfall Profits Tax: Short-Term Fiscal Gains for Long-Term Economic Costs</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/poland-windfall-profits-tax/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Leszczyłowska]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 8, 2026 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Windfall Profits Taxes]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Poland is currently moving forward with legislation aimed at introducing a windfall profits tax. In doing so, it is following a broader European trend of renewed interest in such taxes in response to rising fuel prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East. ]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>State and Local Sales Tax Rates, Midyear 2026</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2026-sales-tax-rates-midyear/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abir Mandal]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 6, 2026 21:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Sales Tax Exclusions & Exemptions]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The five states with the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are Louisiana (10.13 percent), Tennessee (9.61 percent), Washington (9.57 percent), Arkansas (9.48 percent), and Alabama (9.46 percent).]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>A Few Problems with Targeting Energy Companies with a Stock Buyback Tax</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Muresianu]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 6, 2026 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Capital Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stock Buybacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxing Savers and Investors]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Introduced by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Michael Bennet (D-CO), The Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act would raise the stock buyback excise tax from 1 percent to 25 percent for large oil and gas companies. ]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>There Is No Low-Tax Case for Tariffs</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/no-low-tax-case-for-tariffs/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Durante, Kyle Pomerleau]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 6, 2026 17:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[100 Percent Bonus Depreciation (Full Expensing)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Full expensing under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act does not neutralize the tariff burden on imported goods, as former White House Council of Economic Advisers chair Stephen Miran asserts.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Remembering Bill Archer</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/remembering-bill-archer/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse Solis]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 6, 2026 16:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget and Spending]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[His dedication to principles, his championing of bipartisanship and fiscal responsibility, and most importantly his commitment to helping the next generation leaves not just our organization in a stronger place, but our entire nation.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>USMCA Is Up For Review. The US Would Be Foolish Not to Extend It</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/oped/usmca-trump-trade-canada-mexico/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Durante]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 3, 2026 15:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Burden]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has decided against a clean extension of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), allowing the bloc of countries to enter a prolonged period of annual reviews, renegotiations, and, possibly, a shift to bilateral deals.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>What 250 Years of Tax History Reveal About the US Tax Code</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate Scherer, William McBride]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>July 1, 2026 14:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget and Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Burden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Reform Act of 1986]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Short Form]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just as many parts of American life have transformed over the past 250 years, so too has the federal tax system. While most taxes levied in the 18th century are still levied in some form today, the federal government's reliance on them, the complexity of the tax code, and Americans’ overall tax burdens have shifted considerably. ]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Is the European Commission’s Tax Omnibus Proposal a Step in the Right Direction?</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/is-the-european-commissions-tax-omnibus-proposal-a-step-in-the-right-direction/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Caziero]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 30, 2026 19:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Tax Proposals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Tax Deal]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission’s new Tax Omnibus proposal marks a notable step towards improving the simplicity and competitiveness of the EU Single Market.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Carbon Taxes in Europe, 2026</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/carbon-taxes-europe/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Mengden]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 29, 2026 18:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[In recent years, several countries have taken measures to reduce carbon emissions, including instituting environmental regulations, emissions trading systems (ETSs), and carbon taxes. ]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>What Pennsylvania’s Digital Ad Tax Proposal Would Actually Do</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/pa-digital-tax-advertising-proposal/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Fox]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 26, 2026 17:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Digital Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Tax Trends]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to impose the Commonwealth’s existing telecom gross receipts tax (GRT) on companies providing digital advertising services in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Three Questions to Ask About New Tax Transparency Regimes</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/company-tax-disclosures-tax-transparency-requirements/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Bunn]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 25, 2026 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[100 Percent Bonus Depreciation (Full Expensing)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new data disclosures will draw significant attention in 2026 and beyond. However, because the data is rooted in financial accounting concepts, affected by timing issues, and shaped by inconsistent reporting regimes, it is poorly suited for drawing strong conclusions about tax policy or corporate behavior.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Back to School: Bringing Tax Literacy to the Classroom</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/event/back-to-school-tax-literacy-webinar/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 24, 2026 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Opinion Polling]]></category>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://taxfoundation.org/?post_type=event&#038;p=198298</guid>

            <description><![CDATA[Join Tax Foundation's TaxEDU for a webinar on why tax literacy matters and how to build it—in your classroom, your home, or your own understanding—ahead of the new school year. You'll leave with practical ways to connect current tax policy to the classroom and ready-to-use approaches for making the subject click.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Uncapping the Payroll Tax Would Be the Largest Tax Increase in Decades—and Still Wouldn’t Save Social Security</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/save-social-security-payroll-tax-cap-proposal/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Durante]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 24, 2026 16:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is good to see senators talking about the Social Security crisis that is rapidly unfolding. But any serious proposal has to grapple with the trade-offs of different reforms and accept that the fix will come from both sides of the ledger: taxes and expenditures. ]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>America’s 250th: The Evolution of Excise Taxes</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/america-250-excise-tax-history/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zoe Callaway, Jacob Macumber-Rosin]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 24, 2026 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[The Short Form]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[British taxation on the American colonies was a major catalyst for the American Revolution, but most of the tax revolts leading up to the war were in response to one tax type: excise taxes.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Failing to Renew the USMCA Would Increase Tariff Uncertainty and Harm Americans</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/blog/usmca-tariff-trade-agreement/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Durante, Guy Cardwell]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2026 20:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[With nearly 2 million US jobs tied to trade with Canada and Mexico, stalling renewal — or withdrawing outright — would compound tariff uncertainty at exactly the wrong time.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Testimony: Are Digital Services Taxes a Viable Solution for the EU Budget?</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/digital-taxes-eu-budget/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Enache]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2026 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Digital Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Tax Proposals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Tax Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testimony]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Digital services taxes address a real concern—the need to adapt taxation to the digital economy—but they are not the right solution. They raise limited revenue, are often passed on to consumers rather than large digital firms, create economic distortions, increase complexity and compliance costs, negatively impact innovation and competitiveness, and risk international retaliation.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Wine Taxes by State, 2026</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/wine-taxes-by-state/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Macumber-Rosin, Adam Hoffer]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 22, 2026 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Wine Taxes]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Whether a sommelier or a casual enjoyer, wine drinkers may not be aware of just how much they are paying in taxes to uncork their drink of choice.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Are Digital Services Taxes a Viable Solution for the EU Budget?</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-eu-budget/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Enache]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 18, 2026 08:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Digital Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Tax Proposals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Tax Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations (UN)]]></category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Since digital services taxes generate little revenue, place the cost on European consumers and not on large digital companies as intended, and risk escalating trade disputes, policymakers should rethink their strategy.]]></description>
      
      
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      <title>Floridians Should Think Twice Before Embracing Property Tax Elimination</title>
      <link>https://taxfoundation.org/oped/florida-property-tax-elimination/</link>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Fox]]></dc:creator>
      <pubDate>June 17, 2026 15:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
      		<category><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local Budgets and Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local Tax Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Tax Trends]]></category>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://taxfoundation.org/?post_type=oped&#038;p=198233</guid>

            <description><![CDATA[Voters beware: lower property taxes may sound good, but they come with significant trade-offs.]]></description>
      
      
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