University of Kentucky UKnowledge Law Faculty Scholarly Articles Law Faculty Publications 1997 State and Local Taxation: When Will Congress Intervene? Kathryn L. Moore University of Kentucky College of Law,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/law_facpub Part of the Taxation-State and Local Commons, and the Tax Law Commons Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Kathryn L. Moore, State and Local Taxation: When Will Congress Intervene?, 23 J. Legis. 171 (1997). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Faculty Publications at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Faculty Scholarly Articles by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. State and Local Taxation: When Will Congress Intervene? Notes/Citation Information Journal of Legislation, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1997), pp. 171-213 This article is available at UKnowledge: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/law_facpub/476 ARTICLES STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION: WHEN WILL CONGRESS INTERVENE? Kathryn L. Moore* I. INTRODUCTION Our current system of fiscal federalism grants each of the fifty states plus the District of Columbia autonomy to design its own taxing system. Although this system has its advantages, it imposes an extraordinary burden on the interstate taxpayer, and few outside academia dispute that more uniformity is needed in state and local taxation of interstate and foreign commerce.' In theory, uniformity could be achieved in one of three ways: (1) by the United States Supreme Court's interpretation of the dormant Commerce Clause; (2) by the voluntary, joint action of the states; or (3) by congressional action.