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Archive record · Original report dated July 17, 2012 · Domain captures 2013–2015

Big Idea, Bad Idea: Texas Tax Policy Report

What this page is

The Internet Archive captures show that this domain hosted a page for the report during 2013–2015. The original file paths and their recorded capture dates are listed below. In the current edition, those legacy paths resolve by redirect to contextual archive pages; the original PDF files are not currently hosted here.

The record

Original paths recorded by the Internet Archive. These legacy paths currently redirect to contextual archive pages on this domain.
Original pathFirst captureDocument
/files/07-17-12-Big-Idea-Bad-Idea-Texas-Tax-Policy-Report.pdf 2013-12-05 Full report, PDF
/files/07-17-12-PR-Big-Idea-Bad-Idea-Texas-Tax-Policy-Report.pdf 2015-02-21 Press release accompanying the report, PDF
/files/comptrollers-office-provides-sales-tax-rate-estimate-for-proposed-tax-swap.pdf 2015-02-21 Comptroller sales tax rate estimate for the proposed swap, PDF
/files/measuring-the-true-costs-of-a-property-tax-sales-tax-tradeout.pdf 2015-02-21 Cost measurement of the property/sales tax trade-out, PDF
/files/tax-list-document.pdf 2015-02-21 Supporting tax list document, PDF

The file names carry the date 07-17-12 — July 17, 2012 — before the 83rd Legislature convened in January 2013. The domain's preserved archive captures begin in September 2013 and show the earlier site's presentation and file references.

Status of the full text The report text is not reproduced here because the original PDFs have not been recovered and checked. The five historical PDF paths currently redirect to these contextual pages rather than serving the original documents. We will only republish a recovered file after checking the document and confirming that republication is appropriate. No findings are attributed to the report on this page.

Why the subject still matters

The property-tax-for-sales-tax swap remains a recurring question in Texas tax policy. The current guide examines the question using published rate data and current legal sources. It is separate from the 2012 report in the archive; it does not claim to reproduce or summarize that report's findings. The local combined sales-tax limit is 2%, and many urban taxing areas already reach the 8.25% total rate. Read the current analysis of the trade-off.

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