State tax and budget issues are a major focus of AACF’s State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) project. We conduct analysis and public education to promote a balanced tax system that meets the needs of our state and our low- and middle-income families.
Current Issues
Arkansas Losing $113 Million Each Year on Internet Sales
November 1st 2011
Tax Day 2011: Pooling Our Resources for the Common Good
April 15th 2011
Recession’s Toll on Arkansas Workers Hardest on Low-Income Families
April 13th 2011
The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Refund Anticipation Loans on Low-Income Families
January 2011
Capital Gains Tax Cuts Would Only Benefit Arkansas' Super Rich
December 15th 2010
Health Program Unfunded Despite Robust Tobacco Tax Revenue
December 1st 2010
Poverty Task Force Releases Recommendations on Economic Security
November 29th 2010
Arkansas Schools Stockpiling Millions Intended for Poor Students
November 16th 2010
Arkansas Taxes Hit Poor Twice as Hard as Wealthy
November 18th 2009
Arkansas and Its Working Families Miss Out on up to $110 Million a Year in Unclaimed Federal Tax Credits
November 2nd 2009
Payday lending is history in Arkansas
August 11th 2009
Welfare Reform Redux: ARRA's Potential to Help Arkansas Families in Financial Crisis (July 2009)
Background on TANF in Arkansas (July 2009)
Open Letter to the Arkansas Lottery Director (July 2009)
Unemployment Insurance and ARRA: An Overdue Win for Arkansas Families (July 2009)
Advocate's Guide to State Tax and Budget System (June 2009)
AACF Tax and Budget Update (April 2009)
ARRA Funding for Education in Arkansas: A Jumpstart for Moving from Adequacy to Excellence (April 2009)
PRESS RELEASE: Single Working Moms Getting Mixed Tax Day Message (April 2009)
Meeting Notes: The Stimulus Package: What in it for Low-Income Children and Families? (March 2009)
Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes: Tax Fairness for Families and Small Businesses (March 2009)
PRESS RELEASE: Faith Leaders sign “Ca
ll to Fairness,” urge anti-poverty legislation (March 2009)
State of Working Arkansas Report (September 2008)
Rebuilding Our Fiscal Foundation: Seven Steps to Overcoming Arkansas' Structural Budget Deficit (July 2008)
Press Release: AACF Statement on Proposed Severence Tax Increase (March 2008)
Tax Relief for Low-Income Arkansans: What Are the Options? (January 2007)
The Defecit Reduction Act of 2005: The Effects of Citizenship Verification for Medicaid Eligibility in Arkansas (December 2006)
PRESS RELEASE: The 2005 State of Working Arkansas - Families Experience Economic Roller Coaster (January 2006)
State of Working Arkansas Report 2005 (December 2005)
PRESS RELEASE: Arkansas's tax burden skewed by methodological errors in report (April 2005)
Moving Families Forward newsletters
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2008: April, May, June, September, October
Paycheck$ and Politics newsletters
2010: Issue 49
2009: Issue 48
2006: Issue 36 Issue 37 Issue 38 Issue 39 Issue 40 Issue 41
2005: Issue 29 Issue 30 Issue 31 Issue 32 Issue 33 Issue 34 Issue 35
2004: Issue 24 Issue 25 Issue 26 Issue 27 Issue 28
2003: Issue 16 Issue 17 Issue 18 Issue 19 Issue 20 Issue 21 Issue 22 Issue 23
2002: Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12 Issue 13 Issue 14 Issue 15
2000: Issue 5