Using data from the 2005 American Community Survey, this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by David Baer provides estimates of how residential property tax burdens for all 50 states and the Dis ... More

The "graying" of America has alarmed many experts who foresee the future cost of federal health and retirement programs creating huge federal deficits and jeopardizing long-term economic growth. In t ... More

A brief summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Issue Paper in which John Gist and Satyendra Verma take a fresh look at some old assertions about federal budget entitlements, and find that ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by David Baer estimates awareness and participation rates of state property tax relief programs and provides reasons why some households choose not to par ... More

The complexities of how state laws, practices, and programs reduce property taxes for residential homeowners (owner-occupied households) and renters are explained in this AARP Public Policy Institute ... More

The pros and cons of taxing electronic commerce sales, and some of the more prominent current proposals for addressing these issues are analyzed by Alison Shelton in this AARP Public Policy Institute ... More

Long-term economic forecasts project exploding government debt due to entitlement spending combined with the aging of the population. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper, John Gist and Sa ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Thomas Neubig, Anne Kerttula and Michael Pyatski of Ernst and Young, LLP attempts to estimate how reform of the income tax or its replacement with a co ... More

Several tax proposals, introduced in 2002, have been targeted at midlife and older persons. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest, John Gist examines how many age 65+ persons file tax retur ... More

The Bush Administration has suggested that its plan to repeal the tax on dividends would greatly benefit 'elderly' persons. Although those aged 65+ receive a disproportionate share of dividends, this ... More