February 1 By MATTHEW GARDNER After a presidential election campaign during which tax fairness debates figured prominently, the battle has now emphatically shifted to the states. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal,…
(Original Post) February 1, 2013 5:33 AM By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new study on taxes shows Pennsylvania has the distinction of being in the “Terrible Ten”, the…
(Original Post) January 31, 2013By: James Jordan A study by a non-partisan research group says the poorest Kansans pay a higher percentage of their income in state and local taxes…
(Original Post) Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:29 AM CSTIt’s hardly new information, but it bears repeating from time to time to make sure we don’t forget: Tennessee’s tax system…
(Original Post) When everybody comes out to vote, (i.e. presidential elections) Pennsylvania’s a blue state. And at least in certain pockets, it behaves much like the northeastern liberal states the…
(Original Post) Megan Durisin | Jan. 31, 2013, 3:43 PM Why does the wealthiest man in America live in Washington? The answer is in a report released this week by…
(Original Post) Jan 31, 2013, 2:21pm CST Staff Birmingham Business Journal Alabama has one of the nation’s 10 most regressive tax systems, according to a new report from the Institute…
(Original Post) By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 01/31/2013 11:23 am EST Don’t need another reason why it’s so good to be rich? We’re giving it to you anyway. State and local…
Nashville, Tennessee – Like most state tax systems, Tennessee takes a much larger share from middle- and low-income families than from wealthy families, according to the fourth edition of Who…
Jan 31, 2013 Written by Mike Hasten BATON ROUGE — Like many states, Louisiana’s current tax structure is unfair to low- and middle-income families, a study examining tax structures released…
(Original Post) Capitol news bureau January 31, 2013 Louisiana’s tax system takes a much-larger share from middle-and-low income residents than the wealthy just like most states, according to a national…
Written by Bobby Allyn The Tennessean Tennessee is often championed as a low-tax state. But for struggling families, it might not be among the fairest. As a percentage of income,…
(Original Report) By Tyler Bridges, Staff writerJanuary 30th, 2013 The poor in Louisiana pay twice as much of their income in state and local taxes as do the rich, a…
(Original Post) By Deborah Solomon Jan 31, 2013 10:37 AM ET Republican governors across the U.S. are engaged in an income tax-cutting frenzy, moving to reduce or even eliminate individual…
(Original Post) Thu Jan 31, 2013 at 05:44 AM PST I am sure that Kansas is a wonderful place, but if Leavenworth Penitentiary is your best known landmark and a…
(Original Post) By Laura Conaway – Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:05 PM EST Just about every state’s tax system treats the rich better than the poor, writes the nonpartisan Institute on…
Jan. 30, 2013 4:27 PM, | Written by MIKE HASTEN Gannett Louisiana BATON ROUGE – Like many states, Louisiana has a tax structure that is unfair to low- and middle-income…
(Original Report) Posted by Charles Maldonado on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM A national survey of state and local tax codes by Washington think tank the Institute on…
(Original Post) Jan 30, 2013, 12:17pm HST Staff Pacific Business News Low- and middle-income families in Hawaii pay a larger share of taxes than the top 20 percent of earners…
(Original Post) 4:51pm Wed January 30, 2013 By Kenny Colston, KPR-Frankfort A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows a big gap between Kentucky’s income levels…
(Original Post) Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:56 AM Arkansas is on the cusp of a Republican-led charge to reshape taxation. Where they don’t want…
(Original Post) Jan. 30, 2013 10:18 AM Written byJOHN S. ADAMSTribune capital bureau HELENA — The Senate Taxation committee on Wednesday heard testimony on a measure that would reduce the…
(Original Post) By Erika Engle POSTED: 08:07 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013LAST UPDATED: 08:07 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013 Hawaii has been declared one of the “Terrible Ten” most regressive…
(Original Post) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Low and middle-income Alabamians pay more than twice as much of their incomes in state and local taxes as the state’s richest households pay,…
State not alone: ‘Virtually every state’s tax system is fundamentally unfair’ Written by Brian Lyman Jan. 30, 2013 11:17 AM, | Alabama’s tax system ranks as one of the ten…