GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR'S TAX STUDY COMMISSION

Meeting Notes: March 24, 2008

Below is a listing of the information distributed to the members of the Tax Study Commission at their initial meeting held March 24, 2008 in the Woolfolk State Office Building.

Mississippi’s Tax Structure: A Comparison of Tax Collections, Diversions, Credits and Rates

(Presented by Commissioner Joe Blount, Chairman and Commissioner of Revenue, Mississippi Tax Commission)

Special Report: An Opportunity to Improve Mississippi’s Tax Climate

(Presented by Joseph Henchman, Tax Foundation)

Growth and Taxes

(Presented by Richard Greene, Pew Center on the States and Governing Magazine)