Executive Summary

Expenditures

• How Oklahoma Spending Compares
• Oklahoma State and Local Spending
• State Government Expenditures
  • State Spending and Services
    • Assessing Our Educational Accomplishments
      • Education Agencies and Services
    • Assessing Our Health and Social Services Structures
      • Health and Social Services Agencies and Services
    • Assessing Public Safety in Oklahoma
      • Public Safety Agencies and Services
    • Evaluating Our Transportation Structures
      • Transportation Agencies and Services
    • Assessing General Government in Oklahoma
      • General Government Agencies and Services
    • Measuring Natural Resources and Regulatory Achievements
      • Natural Resources and Regulatory Agencies and Services
    • Insurance Trusts
  • Appropriations by Agency
  • Appropriations History
• Local Government Expenditures
  • Oklahoma Local Governments
  • Local Government Services
    • Local Government Types and Services

Revenues

• Total Revenues of Oklahoma Governments
• An Overview of Our Tax System
  • Characteristics of an Effective Tax System
  • Oklahoma's Tax Mix
  • How Oklahoma Taxes Compare
  • Oklahoma Tax History
  • State and Local Tax Distribution
  • Oklahoma's Major Taxes
    • Individual Income Tax
    • Corporate Income Tax
    • Severance Tax
    • Sales Tax
    • Motor Vehicle Tax
    • Motor Fuel Tax
    • Tobacco Tax
    • Alcoholic Beverage Tax
    • Property Tax
      • Calculating property Tax
    • Other Taxes
• Non-Tax Revenue
  • User Charges
  • Federal Funds
    • Federal Grant Programs
• Local Government Revenues

Budget Process

• Essentials of Public Budgeting
  • Limits on the Budget
  • Rainy Day Fund
  • Revenue Certification
• Budget Process
  • Agency Requests
  • Governor's Budget
  • Legislative Process
  • Implementing the Budget
  • Audit and Evaluation

Policy Challenges We Face

• The Long-Term Fiscal Gap
  • Causes of the Fiscal Gap
  • Options for Closing the Fiscal Gap
    • Revenue Options for Closing the Fiscal Gap
    • Expenditure Options for Closing the Fiscal Gap
• Tax Fairness
  • Progressive Features of the Tax System
  • Regressive Features of the Tax System
  • Making Taxes Fairer

Next Steps

• State and Local Information
• Comparative Information
• OK Policy Information
• Other Oklahoma Policy Organizations
• Getting Involved

Glossary

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