Useful Tax and Budget Sites
State and Federal Budgets
Maryland General Assembly. See the "90-day report" (for the 2000 legislative session) and the Joint Chairman's Report on the Operating Budget (for FY 2000).
Maryland Department of Budget and Planning. Includes summary of governor's budget proposal.
Congressional Budget Office. Analysis of pending federal legislation and major tax and budget issues.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The President's budget office. Includes links to federal budget documents.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Information on budget, tax, and welfare policy at the federal and state level.
Taxes & Finance
Comptroller of the Treasury. Information on Maryland taxes.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy/Good Jobs First. Information on state tax systems and corporate subsidies.
Internal Revenue Service -- Statistics of Income. Data on federal taxes and income.
National Conference of State Legislatures. Includes 50-state analyses of a number of tax and budget issues.
U.S. Census Bureau Governments Division. Data on state and local government finance in the United States.
Who Pays? Analysis by Citizens for Tax Justice of who bears the burden of Maryland taxes by income level.
Poverty, Income, Employment and Welfare
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data on wages, prices, and employment.
Center for Law and Social Policy. Explanation of federal welfare law and policy.
Economic Policy Institute. Information on wage trends and living standards.
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Data on employment and wages by county.
U.S. Census Bureau. Poverty, income, and other data from the annual Current Population Survey as well as from the 1990 and (soon) 2000 census
Advocates for Children and Youth's KidsCount factbook. Data on child well-being in Maryland.
For more links, see our Frequently Asked Questions About Poverty in Maryland and links to information on federal welfare reform.
The Nonprofit Sector
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations.
Independent Sector. Policy research on nonprofits nationwide.
Center for Civil Society Studies of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies