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The Times-Picayune: Behind Jindal’s tax plan, an old debate that still rages

April 8, 2013

(Original Post) By Andrew Vanacore, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune In pushing for an end to income taxes in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling upon an economic theory about taxes and economic growth that is almost four decades old. So you might assume the case for or against “supply-side” or “trickle-down” economics would be about […]

The Plain Dealer: Ohio lawmakers to introduce revamped version of Kasich’s budget proposal

April 8, 2013

(Original Post) By Brandon Blackwell, The Plain Dealer on April 07, 2013 at 12:01 AM, updated April 07, 2013 at 12:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers have spent weeks poring over hundreds of proposed amendments to Gov. John Kasich’s “Jobs Budget 2.0” as they prepare to introduce on Tuesday what could be a vastly […]

The Huffington Post: Bait and Switch, CEO Style

April 8, 2013

(Original Post) Posted: 04/08/2013 8:12 am As the U.S. Commerce Department released a report late last month showing corporate profits at a 60-year high, suddenly the big news was about how cheating surely must be rampant in social security disability. Wait, what? Also late last month, a Washington Post investigation showed that the 30 companies […]

MSNBC: Jindal’s radical tax plan not yet dead

April 4, 2013

(Original Post) By Steve Benen – Wed Apr 3, 2013 11:45 AM EDT It’s been about three months since Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) unveiled his plan to eliminate all income taxes and corporate taxes in the state, replacing the lost revenue through a combination of spending cuts, higher sales taxes, and new business taxes. […]

The News-Herald: Senate Democrats blame GOP for increases in state income taxes

April 4, 2013

(Original Post) Published: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 “Governor Snyder and the Republican-led legislature have given away more than $1.8 billion in tax breaks for big businesses at the expense of hardworking individuals, which is a burden that is simply too much for most families to bear,” he said. “I’ve spoken with countless families around the […]

Fox News Latino: Potential Amnesty Program Requires That Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes

April 4, 2013

(Original Post) By Kacy Capobres Published April 04, 2013 The federal government wants everybody earning money in the country to file their taxes — whether they’re in the country legally or not. For undocumented immigrants who don’t have legitimate Social Security numbers with which to file, the best alternative has been to use an option […]

Southern Maryland Online: Business Owners Say They’ll Suffer with Higher Gas Taxes

April 2, 2013

(Original Post) Posted on March 31, 2013 By AMBER LARKINS ANNAPOLIS — Charlie Kidwell, who has owned FreeState Auto and Truck Service in Capitol Heights for nearly 25 years, said his business will be hurt by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s gas tax hike, which passed the Senate Friday. The Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, which passed […]

Arkansas Times Record: Arkansas Legislature: Bill To Cut State Income Tax Advances

April 2, 2013

(Original Post) 2:07 pm – March 26, 2013 — Updated: 12:14 am – March 27, 2013 By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau [email protected] LITTLE ROCK — A proposed $57 million state income tax cut cleared a House panel Tuesday. House Bill 1585 by Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, received a “do pass” recommendation from the House […]

The Times Picayune: Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax plan not ‘dead on arrival,’ House Ways and Means chairman says

April 2, 2013

(Original Post) By Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on April 01, 2013 at 9:17 PM, updated April 01, 2013 at 11:05 PM Gov. Bobby Jindal’s controversial tax swap plan shouldn’t be considered “dead on arrival,” the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Monday. Though the plan has been criticized by a […]

Toledo Blade: A fairer tax system

April 2, 2013

(Original Post) Published: 3/30/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposed changes to Ohio’s tax system, which include broadening the sales tax base and slashing income and business taxes, would reward Ohio’s wealthy but do little for poor and working-class families. Even if Mr. Kasich doesn’t get everything he wants in the next two-year budget, the tax plan […]

USA Today: Wyo. named most tax-friendly state; N.Y. worst

April 1, 2013

(Original Post) 24/7 Wall Street6a.m. EDT March 30, 2013 According to Census data released this week, state and local tax revenue rose in the U.S, for the 13th quarter in a row. With April 15 less than three weeks away, America’s business owners will complete their personal taxes along with the rest of the country. […]

The Sheridan Press: Who Pays?

March 29, 2013

(PDF of Original Post) National study examines tax system in all 50 States: Wyoming rates comparatively low

Governing: The Risks of Relying on User Fees

March 29, 2013

(Original Post) In the past three years, states and cities have brought in billions of dollars in additional user fees. But there are pitfalls to this form of revenue boost. BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene | April 2013 The political debate that pits the desire to generate new revenues against the drive to cut […]

Albuquerque Journal: Tax package came out of thin air at last minute

March 29, 2013

(Original Post) By Stephanie S. Maez / Executive Director, Center for Civic Policy on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 Shock and awe would be a fair description of the surreal feeling experienced by those who witnessed the waning moments of the 2013 legislative session. That’s when a multi-million dollar tax package suddenly materialized and, with no […]

Governing: How to Talk About Tax Expenditures

March 29, 2013

(Original Post) There are ways to take some of the partisan heat out of the discussion. BY: Justin Marlowe | April 2013 Tax reform is, with apologies to Twitter, a trending topic this legislative season. A few governors have grabbed headlines with bold proposals like ending their state income tax. Others want to streamline their […]

The State: How SC taxes balance out each other

March 27, 2013

(Original Post) Published: March 27, 2013 By CINDI ROSS SCOPPE — Associate Editor Columbia, SC — WHEN THE liberal Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy released its latest “Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States” earlier this year, Republican tax guru Burnie Maybank sent out a blast email proclaiming that “SC fares […]

Associated Press: Ark. panel advances income, capital gains tax cuts

March 27, 2013

By Andrew De Millo on March 27, 2013 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Proposals to cut Arkansas’ income and capital gains taxes won a House panel’s support Tuesday, as legislative leaders say they’re nearing agreement on a $100 million package of reductions that may depend in part on approving an expansion of health insurance for […]

Kalamazoo Gazette: Michigan tax increases hitting more Kalamazoo-area families this April

March 26, 2013

(Original Post) By Yvonne Zipp | [email protected] on March 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, updated March 26, 2013 at 8:57 AM KALAMAZOO, MI – As Kalamazoo-area residents fill out their Michigan income tax returns ahead of the April 15 filing deadline, many are getting an unwelcome surprise: The amount they owe has gone up. A […]

The Reading Eagle: Pa. tax policies skewed against poor

March 26, 2013

(Original Post) The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently released a study of taxing policies in all 50 states. It found that the tax system in every single state is unfair. It also concluded that some states are more unfair than others. Guess which one comes up in what the institute calls, “The Terrible […]

The Lens: If everyone wins, as Jindal claims, his tax plan math is bogus

March 22, 2013

(Original Post) By Tyler Bridges, Staff writer Gov. Bobby Jindal says everyone wins under his plan to eliminate personal income and corporate taxes in Louisiana and jack up the state’s annual take from sales taxes. He also insists the tax revamp will be “revenue-neutral,” meaning the state’s annual tax haul will neither rise nor fall. […]

Toledo Blade: Taxing services

March 22, 2013

(Original Post) Published: 3/21/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to expand Ohio’s sales tax is provoking a high degree of bipartisanship in Columbus. Unfortunately for the governor, most of it is in opposition to his plan. The governor wants to lower the sales tax rate from 5.5 to 5 percent. At the same time, he wants […]

Public News Service: Pump Prices Could Increase By Summer

March 21, 2013

(Original Post) March 21, 2013 ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Proposals to increase the gas tax in Maryland appear to be gaining steam. The House of Representatives is debating legislation this week that could increase the tax by nearly four cents a gallon by this summer. Tax policy analyst Carl Davis is with the Institute on Taxation […]

The Washington Post: Paul Ryan wants to cut income taxes. Bobby Jindal wants to kill them dead.

March 20, 2013

(Original Post) Posted by Dylan Matthews on March 20, 2013 at 11:45 am Most conservative policymakers at the federal level just want to sharply reduce the income tax, not eliminate it entirely. But more and more Republican-controlled states are deciding to go big or go home. So far, Govs. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Dave Heineman (R-NE), […]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri Senate declares class war against citizens

March 20, 2013

(Original Post) By the Editorial Board Midway through the first session of the 97th Missouri General Assembly, the state Senate — in the name of tax “reform” — has declared class war on at least 80 percent of the state’s 6 million citizens. The Senate has done this by proposing a massive shift in the […]

March 20, 2013 • By ITEP Staff