Publications by Date
Reports approved by vote of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations are labeled as such on their covers with the following banner at the top: Report of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. All other reports by Commission staff are prepared to inform members of the Commission and the public and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission. They are labeled Staff Report to Members of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on their covers. TACIR Fast Facts are short publications prepared by Commission staff to inform members and the public. For select reports, TACIR staff prepares one-page summaries, TACIR Insight, capturing the main findings and recommendations.
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - January 2024
Full Report
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - January 2024
Full Report
Insight
Striking a Balance Between Tennessee's Alcohol Regulation and the Hospitality Industry: A Tale of Public Health and Safety, Barriers to Entry and Staff Challenges, and Pathways to Improvement - Commission Report - November 2023
Full Report
Insight
Enhancing Safety and Security at Colleges and Universities in Tennessee - Commission Report - November 2023
Full Report
Insight
A Users' Guide to Fiscal Capacity in the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Funding Formula - Staff Report - September 2023
Full Report
The Effect of the COVID-19 Recession on Public Infrastructure Needs Phase Two: Effects of the Great Recession and COVID-19 Recession Compared - Staff Report - September 2023
Full Report
Managing Solar Energy Development to Balance Private Property Rights and Consumer Protection with the Protection of Land and Communities - Commission Report - September 2023
Full Report
Insight
Back on Track? Intercity Passenger Rail Options for Tennessee - Commission Report - June 2023
Report
Appendices
Insight
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - January 2023
Full Report
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - January 2023
Full Report
Insight
Comprehensive Litter Review: Strengthening and Coordinating Efforts to Reduce Litter and Illegal Dumping - Commission Report - January 2023
Full Report
Insight
Savings and Challenges with Reference-Based Pricing in Healthcare - Commission Report - January 2023
Full Report
Insight
Electric Vehicles and Other Issues Affecting Road and Highway Funding in Tennessee - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Insight
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2020-21 and 2021-22 - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Incremental Improvements to Tennessee's Childhood Obesity Problem are Possible - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Insight
Managing Tennessee's Public Waterways for Recreation: Balancing Access, Safety, and Protection of Natural Resources - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Insight
State Grants to Local Governments: Improving the Post-Award Phase So Funding May Be More Effectively Utilized - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Insight
Both Businesses and Local Governments Could Benefit from Improvements to Tennessee's Personal Property Tax - Commission Report - December 2022
Full Report
Insight
Dedications along Existing Public Rights-of-Way, Balancing Property Rights with Local Authority over Land Use Regulation - Commission Report - June 2022
Full Report
Insight
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - Commission Report - January 2022
Full Report
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - January 2022
Full Report
Insight
Expanding Opportunities for State Contracting through Enhanced Data Collection and Reporting - Commission Report - January 2022
Full Report
Insight
Exploring the Feasibility of a Gold Depository in Tennessee - Commission Report - December 2021
Full Report
Insight
The Effect of the COVID-19 Recession on Public Infrastructure Needs
Interim Report: Lessons Learned from the Great Recession (December 2007-June 2009) and Early Observations from Local Government Officials - Staff Report - September 2021
Full Report
Gains in Education Spending Equity Continue 20 Years After Fully Funding the Basic Education Program - Staff Report - February 2021
Full Report
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - January 2021
Full Report
Insight
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - Commission Report - January 2021
Full Report
Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee Four Years After the Broadband Accessibility Act (Public Chapter 228, Acts of 2017) - Commission Report - January 2021
Report
Appendixes
Insight
Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Public Rights-of-Way: Assessing the Effects of Public Chapter 819, Acts of 2018 - Commission Report - December 2020
Full Report
Insight
Cost Savings of Right to Shop Programs - Commission Report - December 2020
Full Report
Insight
Effects of Sharing of Resources among School Systems in Counties with More than One School System - Commission Report - December 2020
Full Report
Insight
Services Provided by Local Governments and the Sources of Revenue to Fund Them - Commission Report - December 2020
Full Report
Insight
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2018-19 and 2019-20 - Commission Report - September 2020
Full Report
Collaborating to Improve Community Resiliency to Natural Disasters - Commission Report - September 2020
Full Report
Insight
K-12 Public Education Funding and Services - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Insight
Closing Gaps in Tennessee's Waste Tire Program and Giving Local Governments More Flexibility to Prevent Illegal Tire Dumping - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Insight
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Improving Victim Safety with Global Positioning System (GPS) Monitoring as a Condition of Release for Defendants Accused of Domestic Violence - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Insight
e-Procurement by Local Governments in Tennessee - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Insight
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - January 2020
Full Report
Local Government Revenue in Tennessee and the Evolving Market for Cable Television, Satellite Television, and Streaming Video Services - Commission Report - September 2019
Full Report
Insight
Timing of Municipal Elections in Tennessee: Continue to Authorize, Not Require, Election Consolidations - Commission Report - September 2019
Full Report
Insight
Public Chapter 952, Acts of 2018: Proposed Shippers' Franchise and Excise Tax Liability Credit Does Not Appear to be Necessary - Commission Report - September 2019
Full Report
Insight
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report - February 2019
Full Report
Leveling the Playing Field: Internet Sales Tax in Tennessee - Commission Report - February 2019
Full Report
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report - February 2019
Full Report
Improving Management of Government-Owned Real Property in Tennessee - Commission Report - January 2019
Full Report
Insight
Access to Affordable Healthy Food - Commission Report - January 2019
Full Report
Refining Tennessee's Criminal Statutes of Limitations - Commission Report
December 2018
Full Report
Insight
Tennessee's Election Security: A Staff Update - Staff Report
December 2018
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2016-17 and 2017-18 - Commission Report
September 2018
TACIR Presentation to Speaker's Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives - Presentation
May 2018
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
January 2018
Protecting Boat Owners and Purchasers from Fraud - Commission Report
January 2018
Encouraging More Cooperation and Accountability in Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreements - Commission Report
January 2018
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report
January 2018
Growth Policy, Annexation, and Incorporation Under PC 1101 of 1998: A Guide for Community Leaders - Staff Report
December 2017
Housing Tennessee's Convicted Felons: Improving Outcomes while Balancing State and County Needs - Commission Report
August 2017
Tennessee's 911 System: Functionality and Funding Adequacy - Commission Report
August 2017
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
May 2017
Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee - Commission Report
Appendixes
January 2017
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report
January 2017
Tennessee's Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts Fairly- Commission Report
Summary of Report
January 2017
Legislative Compensation: Comparing Tennessee to Contiguous and Peer States - Commission Report
December 2016
Professional Privilege Tax in Tennessee: Taxing Professionals Fairly - Commission Report
December 2016
The Economic Impact of Open Space on Residential Property Values in Tennessee - Prepared for TACIR by the University of Tennessee Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
September 2016
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2014-15 and 2015-16
August 2016
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
August 2016
Just How Rural or Urban are Tennessee's 95 Counties? - Staff Report
August 2016
Education Spending Equity Improvements Level Out— Fifteen Years After Fully Funding the BEP Formula - Staff Report
June 2016
Tennessee's Homestead Exemptions: Adjusting Them to Reflect the Cost of Living - Commission Report
January 2016
Structuring Lodging Taxes to Preserve the Economy and Encourage Tourism - Commission Report
January 2016
County Employees Serving on their County Commissions: Managing Conflict of Interest to Maintain Integrity and Trust- Commission Report
January 2016
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Annual Report to the Tennessee General Assembly - Commission Report
January 2016
Community-based Land-use Decisions: Public Participation in the Rezoning Process - Commission Report
October 2015
Transportation Needs from Tennessee's Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory - Presentation to Tennessee Infrastructure Conference
October 6, 2015
System-level Fiscal Capacity—Observations & Challenges Redux - Presentation to Governor Haslam's Basic Education Program Task Force
September 17, 2015
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
June 2015
Dealing with Blight: Impediments Caused by Foreclosure - Staff Report
April 2015
Uninsured Motorist Identification and Enforcement Legislation - Commission Memorandum
March 2015
Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Annual Report to the Tennessee General Assembly - Commission Report
January 2015
Assessing the Value of Low-Income Housing for Property Tax Purposes: Whether and How to Consider the Value of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits - Commission Report
January 2015
Civil Remedies for Invasion of Privacy: Updating the Law to Reach New Technology - Commission Report
January 2015
Protecting the Interests of Homeowners in Planned Developments: Insuring and Maintaining Common Property, Completing Infrastructure, and Providing Fair and Adequate Regulation - Commission Report
January 2015
Tennessee School Budgets: Authority and Accountability for Funding Education and Operating Schools - Commission Report
January 2015
Municipal Boundaries in Tennessee: Annexation and Growth Planning Policies after Public Chapter 707 - Commission Report
January 2015
Intergovernmental Finance in Tennessee Part I: The BEP and the Financing of K-12 Education - Presentation
January 2015
Fire Sprinkler Requirements for Places of Worship: Protecting People and Property - Commission Report
November 2014
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2012-13 and 2013-14
September 2014
Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
June 2014
Fiscal Capacity in the BEP Formula—the TACIR Model - Presentation to Governor Haslam's Task Force on Education Funding
May 7, 2014
Annexation and Growth Planning in Tennessee—Proposed Changes - Presentation to the Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association Winter Seminar
February 21, 2014
Ensuring Fair and Equitable Water and Wastewater Rates for Non-resident Customers of City Utilities - Commission Report
January 2014
Insurance as an Alternative to Surety Bonds for Public Officials - Commission Report
January 2014
Tennessee Valley Authority’s Payments in Lieu of Taxes—Annual Report to the General Assembly - Commission Report
January 2014
Municipal Boundary Changes and Growth Planning in Tennessee—An Interim Report on Public Chapter 441, Acts of 2013 - Commission Report
December 2013
Government Transparency: Can One Size Fit All? - Commission Report
October 2013
Human Capital—Status and Momentum of Tennessee’s Counties - Fast Facts
August 2013
Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
July 2013
Land Use in Tennessee—Striking a Balance - Commission Report
June 2013
Fire Service in Tennessee - Commission Report
June 2013
The Recession and Employment in the US and Tennessee: A Long Road Back to Normal? - Staff Report
May 2013
Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes—Annual Report to the Tennessee General Assembly - Commission Report
February 2013
Charting a Course to Tennessee’s Future - Staff Report
February 2013
Eminent Domain in Tennessee - Commission Report
February 2013
Dealing with Blight: Strategies for Tennessee's Communities - Commission Report
November 2012
Facts, Fear, and the Future - Presentation for the Tennessee County Services Association Annual Conference
October 2012
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report Fiscal Years 2010-11 and 2011-12
September 2012
Increasing Voter Access: Exploring Options - Staff Report
September 2012
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
August 2012
Canvassing for Votes: Safety on the Campaign Trail - Commission Report
June 2012
Appointment v. Election of Utility District Commissioners - Staff Report
January 2012
County Veterans Service Officer Compensation Study: A Study of SB 1336/HB 895 - Staff Report
January 2012
North Central Tennessee Regional Water Resources Planning Study - Produced by TDEC's Water Resources Technical Advisory Committee (co-written by TACIR staff)
December 2011
Potential for Changes in Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes to Tennessee and Its Local Governments - Commission Report
December 2011
Transportation's Share of Tennessee's GDP Matches Transportation's Share of the U.S. Economy - Fast Facts Vol. 7 Iss. 1
December 2011
Evidence from Current County Reappraisals of the Impact of Recent Property Value Declines on Future Reappraisals and Taxable Assessments - Web Publication
December 2011
Getting There: Increasing Access to Destinations - Part IV: Land Use and Transportation Planning - Staff Report
December 2011
The Public Safety Impact of Public Safety Answering Points Not Affiliated with an Emergency Communications District - Commission Report
September 2011
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
June 2011
South Cumberland Regional Water Resources Planning Study - Produced by TDEC's Water Resources Technical Advisory Committee (co-written by TACIR staff)
June 2011
The Residual Impact of the Recession on Local Government Taxes - Web Publication
June 2011
Are We There Yet? - Part III: Land Use and Transportation Planning - Staff Report
March 2011
Land Use and Planning in Tennessee - Part II: Land Use and Transportation Planning - Staff Report
February 2011
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 2009 and FY 2010 - Commission Report
February 2011
Moving Forward: Public Transportation in Tennessee - Part I: Land Use and Transportation Planning - Staff Report
January 2011
Regional Jail Feasibility Study - Prepared for TACIR by CRS, Inc.
November 2010
Safe Digging! Working Together to Prevent Damage to Underground Utilities - Commission Report
October 2010
The Property Tax in Tennessee—A Summary of TACIR Reports on the Property Tax and Property Tax Issues: 1999-2010 - Staff Research Brief
October 2010
E-911: Emergency Communications Funding in Tennessee - Staff Report
September 2010
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
July 2010
The Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative Act of 2009 and Its Possible Impact on The Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Commission Report
June 2010
County Revenue Partnership Fund - Commission Report
June 2010
Statewide Water Resources Planning: A Nine State Study - Prepared by Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
April 2010
The Cost of a Property Tax Circuit Breaker Program in Tennessee - Staff Research Brief
March 2010
High Growth, Low Pressure Counties - Staff Report
March 2010
Personal and Family Economic Well-Being: Status and Momentum of Tennessee Counties (Vol. 6, Issue 1) - Fast Facts
February 2010
Regional Governance Districts - Staff Report
February 2010
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 2007-2008
December 2009
Taxing Utilities in Tennessee: Ongoing Challenges in Providing a Level Playing Field for Telecommunication Businesses - Staff Research Brief
October 2009
Capital Expenditures for Public Schools - Staff Education Brief
October 2009
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
September 2009
Gains in Education Spending Equity—Ten Years After Fully Funding the BEP - Staff Education Brief
August 2009
Population Projections for the State of Tennessee 2010-2030 - Joint Publication of TACIR and UT CBER
June 2009
The Importance of the Property Tax Among Tennessee Counties - Staff Research Brief
May 2009
Economic and Fiscal Impact Analyses - Staff Research Brief
May 2009
Tracking the Tennessee Economy - Web Publication
May 2009
Property Tax Disparity Among Tennessee Counties - Staff Research Brief
March 2009
Greenbelt Revisited - Staff Report
February 2009
Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Presentation
February 2009
Financing Transportation in the 21st Century
Presented by Senator Mark Norris at the September 2008 TACIR Commission Meeting
September 2008
The Local Government Response to the Basic Education Program: Equity, Spending, and Local Tax Effort - Joint Publication of TACIR and UT CBER
September 2008
Growth Concentration in Tennessee Regions - Staff Report
September 2008
Keeping the List: Voter Registration and Eligibility - Staff Report
September 2008
Telecommuting: Saving Energy and Promoting Progress - Brief
September 2008
Fiscal Capacity and Fiscal Equity - Brief
August 2008
Local Economic Activity: Status and Momentum of Tennessee Counties (Vol. 5, Issue 2) - Fast Facts
August 2008
Personal and Family Economic Well-Being: Status and Momentum of Tennessee Counties (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Fast Facts
May 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Corroding and Failing Sewer Lines: How Big a Problem? - Brief
March 2008
Tax Increment Financing - Presentation
March 2008
Local Realty Transfer Taxes - Staff Report
February 2008
Dickson County Peer Evaluation - Presentation
February 2008
Tennessee's Water Resources: Balancing Resources - Presentation
February 2008
Trust But Verify: Increasing Voter Confidence in Election Results - Brief
January 2008
Trust But Verify: Increasing Voter Confidence in Election Results - Staff Report
January 2008
Getting It Right: The Effect on the Property Tax Base of Economic Development Agreements and Property Tax Incentives for Businesses - Brief
January 2008
Tennessee's Water Resources: A Regional Concern If Ever There Was One - Presentation
December 2007
Tennessee's Water Resources: A Regional Concern - Presentation
December 2007
Changing Nature of the Property Tax in Tennessee - Presentation
November 2007
Tennessee's Water Resources: Managing Current and Future Challenges - Presentation
October 2007
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow - Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
September 2007
Who Pays More? Local Tax Burdens on Tennessee Households by County - Staff Report
August 2007
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 2005-2006
August 2007
Local Taxing Authority - Staff Report
July 2007
Property Tax Reduction and Relief Programs - Brief
June 2007
Fiscal Effort, Fiscal Capacity, and Fiscal Need: Separate Concepts, Separate Problems - Staff Report
June 2007
Trust But Verify: Toward Increasing Voter Confidence in Election Results - Presentation
May 2007
Tax Increment Financing: Opportunities and Concerns - Brief
March 2007
Beyond Capacity: Issues and Challenges Facing County Jails - Commission Report
March 2007
Fiscal Federalism: The Looming Federal Fiscal Crisis and Its Effect on Tennessee - Staff Report
March 2007
Analysis of Pole Attachment Rate Issues in Tennessee
March 2007
Free and Fair Elections: Twenty-first Century Challenges - Presentation
February 2007
Fiscal Flexibility: Low Growth/High Pressure - Staff Report
January 2007
A Primer on the Prototype Developed by Staff Working Group - Presentation
November 2006
Searching for a Fiscal Capacity Model: Why No Other State is Comparable to Tennessee - Brief
September 2006
Equalizing Education Funding: The Average Tax Rate Approach - Brief
August 2006
Growth Plans and Infrastructure Needs in Tennessee: A Nine-County Analysis - Joint Report with UT EERC and TACIR
August 2006
Growing Pains: Fiscal Challenges for Local Governments - Staff Report
August 2006
Local Government Property Tax Revisited: Good News and Bad News - Brief
July 2006
Improving the Achievement of Tennessee Students: Analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress - RAND Technical Report
May 2006
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements: Twenty-five Years in Review - Brief
April 2006
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 2003-2004
February 2006
Emergency Challenge: A Study of E-911 Technology and Funding Structure in Tennessee - Commission Report
February 2006
Planning for Growth and Paying for It: TACIR Recommendations on 2005 Growth-Related Bills - Staff Report
February 2006
Cost of Community Services Study - Prepared by American Farmland Trust
2006
School System Consolidation - Brief
November 2005
A Prototype Model for School-System-Level Fiscal Capacity in Tennessee: Why & How - Staff Report
October 2005
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow - Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
October 2005
State Highway Aid to Local Governments in Tennessee - Staff Report
February 2005
State-Shared Tax Findings - Letter to General Assembly
February 2005
Three Interrelated and Frequently Confused Concepts That Affect Local Funding Requirements for Education. Vol. 4, Issue 1 (Update of Fast Facts Vol. 2, Issue 2) - Fast Facts
January 2005
A Users' Guide to Fiscal Capacity in the Basic Education Program - Staff Report
November 2004
State-Shared Taxes and Cities Without Property Taxes: A Source of Inequity - Staff Report
October 2004
State Tax Sharing with Cities: Premier Type Tourist Resort Cities as Models - Staff Report
September 2004
Financing Growth in Tennessee: Local Development Taxes and Impact Fees - Brief
August 2004
TACIR's Fiscal Capacity Model: Equalizing Funding for Education, Volume 3, Issue 1 - Fast Facts
May 2004
Hall Income Tax Distributions and Local Government Finances - Staff Report
April 2004
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
March 2004
Property Tax Abatements and Payments in Lieu of Taxes: Impact on Public Education - Commission Report
February 2004
State Tax Sharing, Fairness, and Local Government Finance in Tennessee - Staff Report
(Report) (Appendices)
January 2004
Population Projections for the State of Tennessee: 2005-2025 - Joint Publication TACIR and UT CBER
December 2003
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 2001-2002
December 2003
Three Interrelated and Frequently Confused Concepts That Affect Local Funding Requirements for Education. Vol. 2, Issue 2 - Fast Facts
October 2003
Gains in Education Spending Equity Continue Four Years After Fully Funding the Basic Education Program - Brief
September 2003
Forming a Metropolitan Government: The Hows and Whys of Local Government Consolidations - Staff Report
September 2003
TACIR's Fiscal Capacity Model Helps Determine Funding for Education, Volume 2, Issue 1 - Fast Facts
June 2003
The Funding of Higher Education in Tennessee - Staff Report
April 2003
Directory of Select Reports and Studies on Tennessee's Tax System
March 2003
Issues Relating to the Appointment of Utility Districts Boards of Commissioners (Interim Report)
March 2003
The Office of the Property Assessor in Tennessee - Commission Report
March 2003
The Structure of State Taxes in Tennessee: A Fiscal Primer - Joint Publication with TACIR/UT CBER
February 2003
Do K-12 School Facilities Affect Education Outcomes? - Staff Report
January 2003
Highway Finance in Tennessee - Staff Report
October 2002
The Local Government Finance Series Volume III, Miscellaneous Local Taxes and Fees - Staff Report
August 2002
Infrastructure Finance Brief: Local Financing Techniques for Capital Projects - Brief
August 2002
Tennessee's Growth Policy in 2001: Promises and Progress
June 2002
The Local Government Finance Series Volume II, The Local Option Sales Tax in Tennessee - Staff Report
Local Option Sales Tax Update
Map of State and Local Option Sales Tax Rates (Jan 2005)
June 2002
Paying for Growth: General Assembly Authorizations for Development Taxes and Impact Fees - Brief
April 2002
An Analysis of the Fiscal Structure of Non-Income Tax States - Staff Report
April 2002
The Sales Tax Bite in Tennessee Approaches One and One-half Times the National Average Volume 1 Issue 5 - Fast Facts
April 2002
Tennessee Should Close the Education Gap: Everyone's Financial Well-being Depends on it! Vol. 1 Issue 4 - Fast Facts
March 2002
Understanding Budget Growth, Volume 1, Issue 3 - Fast Facts
March 2002
How Does Tennessee's Budget Work? Volume 1 Issue 2 - Fast Facts
March 2002
Minimizing Risk Factors Key to Kindergarten Success. Volume 1, Issue 1 - Fast Facts
March 2002
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: Anticipating the State's Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
March 2002
The Citizens' Guide to the Tennessee Budget - Staff Report
February 2002
The Local Government Finance Series Volume 1, The Local Property Tax in Tennessee - Staff Report
February 2002
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 1999-2000
November 2001
Potential Impacts of Electric Utility Restructuring on Local Governments in Tennessee - Technical Report
October 2001
RAND Reports - Money Matters in Education: Depending on How It's Spent - Staff Report
May 2001
Tennessee and the Knowledge Economy - Staff Report
May 2001
Why Pre-K? - A Legislative Staff Briefing Paper by the Office of Education Accountability Comptroller of the Treasury and TACIR
March 2001
Accountability Through Performance-Based Budgeting (HB 253/SB 1504) - Presentation
March 2001
Building Tennessee's Tomorrow: A Survey of Infrastructure Needs - Commission Report
February 2001
Implementation of Tennessee's Growth Policy Act in CY 2000: A Year of Progress - Commission Report
January 2001
Planning for Rural Areas in Tennessee Under PC 1101 - Staff Report
January 2001
Intergovernmental Challenges and Achievements - Biennial Report FY 1997-1998
January 2001
Gains in Education Finance Equity: How Has the BEP Changed Things? - Brief
October 2000
Tennessee's Growth Policy Act: A Vision for the Future - Staff Report
April 2000
State Shared Taxes in Tennessee - Staff Report
(Report) (Appendices)
March 2000
Joint Economic and Community Development Boards: A Guide for Future Action - Staff Report
February 2000
Teacher Mobility Among Tennessee's School Districts: A Survey of Causes - Brief
February 2000
Taxation of Services in Tennessee - Staff Report
January 2000
Sales Tax on Food: Targeting Relief to the Working Poor and Elderly Poor - Staff Working Paper
May 1999
Growth Policy, Annexation, and Incorporation Under PC 1101 of 1998: A Guide for Community Leaders - Joint Publication with UT Institute for Public Service and TACIR
May 1999
Classroom Teacher Salary Disparity Among Tennessee's School Systems - Staff Working Paper
April 1999
Implementation of Tennessee's Growth Policy Act: The History of PC 1101 and the Early Stages of Its Implementation - Staff Report
March 1999
Tennessee Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory Assessment for FY 1998- Commission Report
January 1999
Financing Tennessee Government in the 21st Century - Commission Report
January 1999
Local Government Tort Liability Issues in Tennessee - Commission Report
January 1999
Annexation Issues in Tennessee - Commission Report
February 1995
Funding, Creation & Management of E-911 Districts - Commission Report
January 1995