Historical Publications

Historical Publications (missing numbers indicate lost titles)
Number Title Date
-- Minnesota Taxes, Where they Come From And Where They Go April 1935
-- Getting Action On Taxes, County-by-County Tax Activities in Minnesota October 1938
-- Minnesota Taxes, for Legislative Session 1941 1941
-- Legislative Report, for Legislative Session 1941 1941
-- Taxpayers Manual 1942 (?)
-- Legislative Report, for Legislative Session 1943 1943
-- War -- Time Taxes in Minnesota, Minnesota Legislative Session 1943 1943
-- Minnesota Taxes, Minnesota Legislative Session 1945 1945
-- A Report of Citizen Action...TO SUPPORT CUTS IN FEDERAL SPENDING TO GET A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET...IN 1946-47 June 1946
-- Shall Dedicated Funds Be Removed from the Minnesota Constitution? Testimony Favoring Removal As Given Before the Constitutional Commission of Minnesota at St. Paul August 1948
39 Minnesota's Public Educational System October 1956
Series Fiscal Facts for Minnesotans, more recently "The Green Book" (every 2 years from 1957-2001, except for 1999) December
40 A Two Year Analysis of Minnesota's State Fiscal Operations March 1957
41 The Financial and Administrative Record of the 1957 State Legislature September 1957
-- A Factual Handbook on the Sales Tax January 1958
42 Financial and Administrative Review: 1959 Minnesota State Legislature April 1960
-- A Factual Handbook on the Sales Tax October 1960
43 Financial and Administrative Review: 1961 Minnesota State Legislature April 1962
-- A Replacement Sales Tax for Minnesota January 1963
44 Financial and Administrative Review: 1963 Minnesota State Legislature December 1963
45 Financial and Administrative Review: 1965 Minnesota State Legislature December 1965
46 Financial and Administrative Review: 1967 Minnesota State Legislature November 1967
Series How Does Minnesota Compare? (every year from 1969) Fall
47 Where the money comes from, and Where it goes, A Fiscal Review of the 1969 Minnesota Legislative Session December 1969
48 Where the money comes from, and Where it goes, A Fiscal Review of the 1971 Minnesota Legislative Session December 1971
49 Where the money comes from, and Where it goes, A Fiscal Review of the 1973 Minnesota Legislative Session (taken over by Senate Counsel and Research in 1975) December 1973
-- 1974 Supplement to Research Bulletin no. 49 Undated
Series MTA Newsletter (monthly newsletter) 1975-Oct. 1988
-- Analysis of Selected Minnesota Public Employee Pension Plans April 1976
51 Bonded Debt: St. Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area State of Minnesota August 1976
51-A Bonded Debt: Duluth--Overlapping Districts November 1976
52 State and Local Public Employment and Payrolls in Minnesota, 1965-1975 December 1976
53 Comparison of the Individual Income Tax Burden by State March 1977
54 Minnesota's Legislature, A State Comparison 1977
55 Federal Outlays in Minnesota, Fiscal 1976 October 1977
56 A Review of the 1978 Legislative Session April 1978
Series Legislative Bulletin (periodically during session) 1979-1991
Series Bulletin Board: Tax Freedom Day, 1979-1989 May
-- Special: Elementary and Secondary School Aids May 1979
-- How to Contest Homestead Property Taxes and Property Tax Valuations May 1979
61 A Review of the 1979 Legislative Session November 1979
62 Total -- 1978 Tax Collections in Minnesota December 1979
Series Summaries of Omnibus Tax Bills, annually, 1981-1989
-- MTA Tax Study Group 1984 Tax Recommendations November 1984
-- Comparison of the 1984 Individual Income Tax Burdens by State (Taken over by Revenue after 1984) November 1985
-- Classified: Minnesota's Property Tax System February 1987
Series Fiscal Focus (monthly newsletter, bi-monthly after 4/91) Nov. 1988--
-- Policy Statement on Corporate Income Taxation in MN November 1988
-- The Impact of State Aids and Credits upon the Local Property Tax Structure in Minnesota December 1988
-- How to Contest Homestead Property Tax Valuations April 1989
-- MTA Articles of Incorporation
Recent Publications
Title Date
Understanding Your Property Taxes, 1991 November 1991
Legislative Spotlight (replaced Legislative Bulletin, weekly or bi-weekly during session) 1992-present
Understanding Your Property Taxes, 1992 * August 1992
Reforming Minnesota's Local Property Tax and State Aid System ** December 1992
Property Tax Trends Taxes Payable 1990-92: Class Rates Down, Tax Rates Up (1993 and 1994 effective tax rates published in Aug., 1995 "Fiscal Focus") June 1993
Minnesota Homestead Property Tax Review 1993 (published jointly with Citizens League) September 1993
Understanding Your Property Taxes, 1993 October 1993
State Government Spending: A Taxpayers Guide to State Government Spending in Minnesota February 1994
Minnesota Homestead Property Tax Review 1994 (published jointly with Citizens League. Published in Sept. 1995 "Fiscal Focus" for 1995) September 1994
Minnesota Homestead Property Tax Review 1996-98 (published jointly with Citizens League) October each year
Understanding Your Property Taxes, 1994 (spending updated in "Fiscal Focus" Nov., '95) October 1994
Understanding Your Property Taxes, 1996-99 (available on this web site for the 2001 edition. See the Home Page) October each year
Budget in Brief (a two-page summary on fiscal issues published periodically as pertinent topics arise) Since 1996
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, Property Taxes Payable in 1995 June 1996
Minnesota Electric and Gas Property Tax Disparities and Competition in the Utility Industry January 1997
Public Employee Pensions in Minnesota: Issues of Taxpayer Accountability February 1997
The Fiscal Implications of Prevailing Wage Law on Minnesota School Districts November 1997
Competition and Electric and Gas Utility Industries in Minnesota, A Look at Alternative Solutions to Potential Non-competitiveness December 1997
Implications for State Spending of Minnesota's Projected Demographic Trends to 2030   September 1998
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, Payable 1998 Update January 1999
The Economic Impact of Single Factor Sales Apportionment for the State of Minnesota: Job Creation and Tax Revenue February 1999
Comparison of 1997 Individual Income Tax Burdens by State March 1999
Health Care Taxes in Minnesota February 2000
50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, Payable 2000 Update January 2001
The History and Future of the Income Tax (Individual and Corporate), the Property Tax, and the Sales Tax January 2001
Comparison of 1999 Individual Income Tax Burdens by State February 2001

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