Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
2/1/2005
Our Vanishing Budgets
Iowa's Response to the Fiscal Crisis in the States

Our Vanishing Budgets is a compilation of the executive summaries of our five recent reports on Iowa's response to the 2001-2005 fiscal crisis.

Our Vanishing Budgets includes executive summaries of these reports:

A Chronic Budget Crisis: Can Iowa Keeps its Promises?
Iowa's State Fiscal Crisis and Its Impact on Local Government
Iowa's State Fiscal Crisis and Its Impact on Human Services
Iowa's State Fiscal Crisis and Its Impact on Education
The State Fiscal Crisis: Comparing Responses of Iowa and Other States