Red for Ed flag at a protest hosted by the Arizona Education Association at the Arizona State Capitol on April 30, 2018. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr
The 2019 legislative session kicks off in less than two weeks, and the most urgent matter on legislators’ plates is also likely to be the most explosive.
The issue? Tax conformity.
While it sounds complicated (and boring), it’s a fairly straightforward policy. When Congress makes changes to the federal tax code, states generally conform their tax codes to match the feds.