Policy Reports by Subject: Fiscal Policy

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All the reports of Citizens League study committees -- as well as many additional policy statements, tax studies, and other documents -- are available in this online library. The reports are in pdf format with searchable text.

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Assessing Minnesota's Property Tax: Improving Affordability for Homeowners (August 2000)
Building a Legacy of Better Value: Choose Reform, Not Declining Quality (August 1995)
Minnesota Homestead Property Tax Review 1994 (August 1994)
Minnesota's Budget Problem: A Crisis of Quality, Cost and Fairness (Juily 1993)
Minnesota Property Tax Review: 1991 (June 1991)
Summary: Remaking the Minnesota Miracle -- Facing New Fiscal Realities (October 1990)
Cut Tax Exemptions, Boost Equity and Accountability (October 1988)
Statement: Changing the Fiscal Disparities Law (January 1988)
Statement: Governor's Current Budget (April 1987)
A First Class Property Tax System (March 1987)
"It's Only a Game:" A Lottery in Minnesota (February 1986)
Statement: Fiscal Disparities(October 1985)
Statement: Preserving Metro Tax-Base Sharing (September 1985)
Statement: State's Budget Crisis (August 1984)
Statement: Taxes and the Economy (November 1983)
Statement: Citizens League Opposes Unfunded Shifts to Balance Budget (December 1982)
Thought Before Action: Understanding and Reforming Minnesota's Fiscal System (October 1982)
Amicus Curiae Brief: McCutcheon v. Minnesota (1981)
Statement: State Expenditures and Taxation for 1981-1983 (April 1981)
Statement: State Budget and Property Tax Issues in 1981 (March 1981)
Statement: Status Report on Spending-Tax Decisions in 1981 (December 1980)
Statement on Property Tax Relief (March 1980)
Background Report to: A More Rational Discussion of Taxes and the Economy (October 1979)
Statement on Regional Financing (April 1979)
Local Discipline, Not State Prohibition (October 1978)
Statement: Circuit-Breaker Monitoring (January 1976)
Reducing Property Tax Inequities Among Taxpayers and Cities (March 1975)
Amicus Curiae Brief: Burnsville v. Onischuk (1973)
State Fiscal "Crises" are Not Inevitable: 3 Basic Proposals To Help Minnesota's Governor and Legislature Cope with Complex, Rapidly-Changing Issues (June 1972)
Supplemental Statement on Revenue Distribution (August 1971)
Statement to Senate and House Tax Committees (June 1971)
New Formulas for Revenue Sharing in Minnesota: To Balance Local Government Needs with Overall State Fiscal Objectives (September 1970)
Statement on Proposed Non-Property Taxes for Minneapolis (April 1970)
Organizing Fiscal Information for Public Policy Purposes (January 1970)
Statement: Non-Property Revenue for Local Government (May 1969)
Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
Dissent: Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
Letter to Stafford King, State Auditor (November 1968)
Tax Relief and Reform Proposal (May 1967)
Statement on Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 20: An Amendment Increasing the Taxing Authority of the Minneapolis Library Board (August 1966)
City of Minneapolis Financial Condition and Structure: Proposed Charter Amendments 20 and 21 (April 1966)
Property Tax Assessment Reform (May 1965)
Core City-Subruban Subsidies: Parts of the Banovetz Thesis Summarized (December 1964)
Minnesota Property Tax Assessment Procedures (April 1963)
Recommendations to Improve the Public Employees Retirement Association (March 1961)
Proposed Legislation to Enable a Levy of City Income Tax or Earnings Tax (March 1961)
Equalization of Property Assessments (December 1960)
Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 18: Tax on Local Telephone Service (October 1960)
Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 17: Prohibiting Borrowing for Current Expenses (October 1960)
City of Minneapolis Budget Committee: First Progress Report (August 1958)
Reply to the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation on Borrowing Policy (June 1958)
City of Minneapolis 1958 Budget Review (November 1957)
State and Local Taxes in Minnesota (October 1957)
Resolution on Proposed Property Tax Increase for Minneapolis (March 1957)
Resolution on Rules Application to Liquor Licenses in Minneapolis (March 1957)
State of Minnesota Constitutional Amendment 2: Redistribution of Highway User Revenues (October 1956)
Constitutional Amendment 3: Iron Ore Occupation Tax (August 1956)
State and Local Taxation in Minneapolis vs. Comparable Cities Throughout the US (May 1956)
Assessment Law and Practice in Minneapolis, Hennepin County and the State of Minnesota (June 1956)
Statement: Taxation and Borrowing Policy for Minneapolis (December 1954)
Review of the Suburban and Rural Hennepin County Property Assessment System (December 1954)
Proposed Charge on Power Lines in Minneapolis (June 1954)
Resolution on Current Expense Millage Limitation Charter Amendment (October 1953)
Citizens League Position on the Proposed Amendment to Change the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation (July 1953)
Recommendation to Minneapolis Increasing Tax Levy by 4 Mill (February 1953)
Position on Minneapolis Tax Levy of 3.75 (February 1953)

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