IDAHO CENTER FOR FISCAL POLICY REPORTS
These are products of the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy, done either in-house, in collaboration with other agencies, or by volunteer authors as in-kind contributions. The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy takes full responsibility for the content in this section. Three are in development and will be released in the weeks and months ahead:
IDAHO PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING – 1980 TO 2013
This report examines Idaho’s funding of its public schools over the past three-plus decades. It looks at the level of overall funding effort and finds a significant decline has occurred since 2000. It also looks at the role of property taxes in funding public schools in Idaho and finds a significant increase has occurred in the use of unequalized property taxes. Click on the following link to download a pdf version of Idaho Public School Funding – 1980 to 2013.
IDAHO BUDGET PRIMER
The IDAHO BUDGET PRIMER is a citizens’ guide to Idaho public finance, with a particular focus on the Idaho state budget: What is it? How does it work? How does it impact me? You’ll be able to answer these questions with ease once you’ve read this clear, simplified guide to how state policy makers handle the collection and spending of a few billion dollars of our collective financial resources. The IDAHO BUDGET PRIMER is forthcoming…
IDAHO PUBLIC FINANCE: A POST-WWII HISTORY
Big changes are being made to state budgets across the country, and Idaho is no exception. What are the forces that shaped the public sector in Idaho over the last half of the 20th century? As we deal with the lingering effects of the Great Recession, this report hopes to put today’s budget decisions into a larger historical context. The report IDAHO PUBLIC FINANCE: A POST-WWII HISTORY is forthcoming…
IDAHO’S TAX STRUCTURE: EXAMINING EQUITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
Everyone knows Idaho has a long and proud record of fiscal frugality. What everyone may not know is Idaho also has a long and enviable record of tax equity. Some of this is attributable to Idaho’s three-legged revenue stool, whereby Idaho balances its state and local revenue between income tax, sales tax, and property tax. The report IDAHO’S TAX STRUCTURE: EXAMINING EQUITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE is forthcoming…
