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Article 9, Section 16 of the Alaska State Constitution created a tax and expenditure limit for the state. This amendment was enacted in 1982 by legislative referendum. This TEL is tied to population + inflation growth but can be overridden by voter approval or in case of disaster. It is limited only to appropriations, limited to $500,000 in additional spending.

 
The base year represents the year the hypothetical Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) would have been enacted. Selecting a base year changes how the state’s TABOR is calculated because the annual growth rates of inflation and population change depending on when TABOR is enacted.
  • Year Inflation-adjusted Actual Spending
    1992 6,824,176,277
    1993 6,187,906,259
    1994 7,016,254,676
    1995 5,799,934,129
    1996 5,397,793,394
    1997 5,345,677,474
    1998 5,312,960,553
    1999 5,943,381,463
    2000 5,798,850,267
    2001 5,686,927,944
    2002 5,617,234,948
    2003 6,222,701,195
    2004 6,611,285,761
    2005 8,219,178,082
    2006 9,324,362,339
    2007 11,439,890,730
    2008 12,157,385,440
    2009 12,495,439,000
    2010 8,764,052,002
    2011 13,528,194,010
    2012 10,767,807,790
    2013 11,428,504,970
    2014 10,387,423,400
    2015 12,512,713,890
    2016 7,975,858,367
    2017 6,926,565,065
    2018 7,591,711,240
    2019 8,302,521,596
    2020 7,899,574,811
    2021 7,257,355,449
    2022 7,793,800,000
*All spending figures are in inflation-adjusted 2022 dollars.