Economic Forum on Friday Another milestone of the 78th Legislative Session will be reached on Friday, May 1, when the Economic Forum meets to provide the final revenue forecast. This forecast must be used for the final budget approved by the Legislature for the 2015-2017 biennium. The Forum was established in 1993 (SB23, Chapter 528,… Read more

New Guinn Center Policy Brief Compares 2015 Tax Proposals Our new policy brief, Comparison of 2015 Nevada Tax Proposals, provides a comparison of the tax plans being considered by the Legislature. Based on our analysis and interviews with tax policy experts in other states that have implemented gross receipts taxes, the Guinn Center concludes by… Read more

  Upcoming Guinn Center Event (April 21, 2015) On Tuesday, April 21, the Guinn Center, in partnership with the UNLV Boyd School of Law, College of Southern Nevada, Accion Nevada, and the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, will host an open town hall meeting to review the current tax policy proposals (SB252, SB378, and AB464)…. Read more

Major Deadline Approaching Friday, April 10th, marks the 68th day of the 2015 Legislative Session and is the first major deadline on the 120-Day Calendar that affects the passage of bills and joint resolutions. Measures that are not passed out of the standing committees by the “First House Committee Passage” deadline are generally considered dead… Read more