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Over the past five years, many profitable Fortune 500 corporations, including several based in Illinois, paid little or no state income taxes to any of the states in which they do business thanks to copious loopholes, lavish giveaways, and crafty accounting. That’s the conclusion of a new report, released by Citizens for Tax Justice and […]

  A number of large, profitable corporations in Wisconsin pay little or nothing in state corporate income tax, according to a new report. Loopholes, tax credits, and creating accounting keep the amount these corporations pay in income tax to a minimum. A study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Citizens for Tax […]

State lawmakers are considering a change that would provide a tax cut to a handful of corporations and no guarantee of job creation, says a report released this morning by the Budget & Tax Center, a project of the NC Justice Center. It would also reduce available revenue for public investments by $90 million over […]

The Hill: Our great nation of immigrants

March 20, 2014

(Original Post) March 17, 2014, 09:00 am By Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) This month I, along with 34.5 million Americans of Irish descent, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It was Irish immigrant Annie Moore who was the first to pass through Ellis Island when it officially opened on New Year’s Day 1892. Today, Irish is the […]

The Hill: Corporations avoid state taxes

March 20, 2014

(Original Post) March 19, 2014, 10:01 pm By Bernie Becker Dozens of Fortune 500 companies paid no state corporate taxes in at least one recent year, according to a new report from liberal groups. The study, from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, found that 269 companies in all […]

The Oregonian: 24 Oregon companies turned a profit but paid no income tax in 2011

March 20, 2014

(Original Post) By Christian Gaston | [email protected] on March 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM, updated March 19, 2014 at 7:08 PM At least two dozen profitable corporations paid no Oregon income taxes in 2011, according to a new study by the Oregon Center for Public Policy. The Silverton-based think tank sifted through data from the […]

Politico: Study Finds Nearly 100 Companies Don’t Pay State Income Taxes

March 20, 2014

(Original Post) Some of the country’s most famous Fortune 500 companies are using tax code giveaways and breaks to avoid paying state income taxes, a new study by Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, two left-of-center advocacy groups, found. The study examined 269 Fortune 500 companies that posted profits […]

Public News Service: Report Highlights Illinois Companies Dodging State Taxes

March 20, 2014

(Original Post) March 20, 2014 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois may have the fourth highest corporate tax in the nation, but it turns out that not all businesses are actually paying it. Several Illinois-based companies are on a list of profitable Fortune 500 companies that paid zero state income tax in at least one year from […]

On the immediate heels of significantly cutting taxes for corporations and high income individuals, lawmakers are close to making a deal to deliver additional tax breaks to some businesses including very profitable multi-national corporations. Read the Full Report

Gov. John Kasich’s new tax proposal would deliver annual tax cuts averaging more than $2,800 to the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers while those in the bottom two-fifths would pay more on average than they do now. Read the Full Report

Economic Policy Institute: The ‘Better Off Budget’

March 18, 2014 • By ITEP Staff

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) has unveiled its fiscal year 2015 (FY2015) budget, titled the “Better Off Budget.” It builds on recent CPC budget alternatives in prioritizing near-term job creation, financing public investments, strengthening the middle and working classes, raising adequate revenue to meet budgetary needs while restoring fairness to the tax code, protecting social […]

Burnt Orange Report: The Texas Miracle – The Devil in the Details

March 18, 2014

(Original Post) by: Joe Deshotel Fri Mar 14, 2014 at 02:00 PM CDT As the American economy begins to gain traction and the national dialogue addresses the subject of income equality it is a good time to reflect on merits of “The Texas Miracle.” The narrative is simple — Low taxes, low services, and low […]

The Gazette: Potential benefits of a community ID

March 18, 2014

(Original Post) The Gazette Editorial Board Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa and others are proposing a community ID program for Iowa City and Johnson County. It’s the first Midwest location to seriously discuss implementation. The aim is to help a substantial number of people who cannot access basic services without an ID, one […]

Accounting Today: Multinationals Pay Higher Tax Rates Abroad than in U.S.

March 18, 2014

(Original Post) WASHINGTON, D.C. (MARCH 17, 2014) BY MICHAEL COHN Most U.S.-based multinational corporations paid lower U.S. taxes on their domestic profits than they paid to foreign governments on their foreign profits, according to a recent study. The study, released late last month by the advocacy groups Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on […]

The Digital Journal: Customers will pay for ash pond cleanup, Duke Energy CEO says

March 13, 2014

(Original Post) BY KELLY FETTY Charlotte – Duke Energy expects its customers to pay for the cleanup and removal of hazardous coal ash ponds in North Carolina, CEO Lynn Good said last Friday. Good made the remark in a brief interview after she accepted the BusinessWoman of the Year award at Queens University of Charlotte […]

Allowing current state income tax rates to expire will cause a revenue collapse that would threaten Illinois’ economic recovery, curtail the ability to support vital investments, and create more uncertainty over how the state will meet its many obligations, a new FPC report released today finds. Read the Full Report

USA Today: Needing money for roads, states mull gas tax hikes

March 11, 2014

(Original Post) Larry Copeland, USA TODAY 10:13 a.m. EDT March 11, 2014 The federal gas tax hasn’t been raised in more than two decades The federal gas tax, long used to help states pay for roads and bridges, hasn’t been raised since Bill Clinton was president. The prices of asphalt, steel and heavy machinery — […]

Salon: The “Texas Miracle” fraud

March 10, 2014

(Original Post) FRIDAY, MAR 7, 2014 01:56 PM EST Yes, Texas has seen a lot of growth — but should conservatives really be bragging about it? ALEX PAREENE Remember “The Texas Miracle”? It was the story of how Rick Perry was going to be president because his state, Texas, was doing so much better than […]

The Huffington Post: Why Rick Perry Is So Wrong About California And New York

March 10, 2014

(Original Post) Posted: 03/08/2014 10:20 am EST Updated: 03/08/2014 10:59 am EST Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) was the standout star at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year, in no small part because of his impassioned plea for Americans to recognize that the fate of the U.S. comes down to a battle of visions […]

Buenos Aires Herald: The US – the poorest rich country on earth

March 10, 2014

(Original Post) By Gabriela Esquivada For The Herald in US The United States is often referred to as the “land of opportunity.” But an increasing number of US citizens are feeling the pinch, struggling to makes ends meet as inequality in the country rises. From New York, Gabriela Esquivada looks at how the richest nation […]

The Buffalo News: Democrats ought to embrace budget

March 10, 2014

(Original Post) By Douglas Turner | News Washington Columnist on March 10, 2014 – 6:17 AM WASHINGTON – Sophisticates speaking for the real power here have already blown off President Obama’s 2015 budget. The group includes almost the entire Congress and sadly, the corps of journalists, some who are world weary, but include all who […]

Stateline: Hunting Lost Revenue in Offshore Tax Havens

March 10, 2014

(Original Post) By Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer Some states are going after multinational corporations which avoid state taxes by stashing some of their earnings in offshore tax havens, an effort aimed at recouping some of the more than $20 billion states lose to such gimmicks each year. Shifting income to subsidiaries in places like […]

Massachusetts Tax Fairness Commission: Report

March 7, 2014 • By ITEP Staff

The Tax Fairness Commission was established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2013 as part of the Act Relative to Transportation Finance. The Commission was charged with analyzing a broad array of the Commonwealth’s tax laws and focused on the equity of current tax policies. The fifteen member bipartisan Commission met publicly eight times from September […]

CNBC: Raise the gas tax?

March 7, 2014

(Original Post)     Transcript:  state governments can raise their gas taxes anytime they want to fund their own highways. there’s nothing stopping them. we also need to look at privatization. so in northern virginia where i live, they just widened the capital beltway, a $2 billion project. it’s been a huge success. the money […]

The News Tribune: MoDOT sales tax petition withdrawn

March 6, 2014

Supporters of a ballot initiative that would raise the state sales and use taxes to fund transportation projects have withdrawn their petition from the Secretary of State’s Office. Missourians for Safe Transportation and New Jobs submitted a proposal last October to place an initiative increasing the sales and use taxes by 1 percent on the […]