NCSL Foundation Fiscal Partners

About the partners

Several members of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Foundation for State Legislatures convened in 1991 to discuss how they could assist in the development of sound state fiscal policy. They concurred that they could pool their resources to examine specific areas of state fiscal policy and then make recommendations on these state fiscal policy issues. This group, known as the Foundation Fiscal Partners, supports the NCSL Fiscal Affairs Program in an ongoing effort to improve the quality of fiscal information available to state policymakers.

A key goal of the partnership is to improve the dialogue among state legislators, business representatives and other organizations interested in state fiscal policy decisions. By increasing awareness among the participants, these groups have developed an effective partnership to address such concerns as fair and stable tax systems and strengthening the budget process.

For information on Foundation Partners projects and participants, click on any of the project publications below.

Foundation Fiscal Partners’ projects include:

A Guide to Property Taxes, in three parts: An Overview (May 2002), Property Tax Relief (November 2002), and The Role of Property Taxes in State and Local Finance (August 2004).

The Appropriate Role of User Fees in State and Local Finance (July 1999)

Critical Issues in State-Local Fiscal Policy: A Guide to Local Option Taxes (November 1997)

Critical Issues in State-Local Fiscal Policy: Sorting Out State and Local Responsibilities (July 1997)

State Strategies to Manage Budget Shortfalls (December 1996)

Fundamentals of Sound State Budgeting Practices (May 1995)

Principles of a High Quality State Revenue System (November 1992, updated in 1999)

Updated 2 September 2004
Email statebudget-info@ncsl.org for more information.
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