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Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Revisiting the Arkansas Capital Gains Tax Cut: Is It Time to Reconsider?
January 14, 2013
In 1999, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 1005, legislation cutting the Arkansas capital gains tax. Since that time, recent events have dramatically altered the fiscal landscape at both the federal and state levels. In response to an Arkansas Supreme Court mandate, the Arkansas legislature enacted a large sales tax increase in 2004 to fund […]
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Property Tax Reform for Arkansas
January 14, 2013
Few people would dispute that the local property tax on real estate and personal property is the most unpopular tax in Arkansas.1 The long history of political controversy around the property tax – with its continual constitutional amendments changing previous amendments – dates back almost 50 years to Amendment 47, which abolished the longstanding state-level […]
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Raising the Sales Tax to Pay for Education: What Would Be the Impacts on Arkansas Families?
January 14, 2013
One of the major issues the Arkansas General Assembly will have to consider during its December special session is how to pay for education reform. According to a study adopted by the Joint Legislative Committee on Education, the cost of education reform will be $847 million annually. This estimate does not include the cost of […]
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Tax Options for Arkansas: Funding Education After the Lake View Case
January 14, 2013
The fiscal demands of the Lake View case represent a daunting short-term challenge to Arkansas policy makers—but these short-term needs also provide an opportunity for lawmakers to craft tax reform solutions that will ensure the long-term solvency of Arkansas state and local governments. We hope that this report will prove useful to the citizens and […]
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Capital Gains Tax Cuts Would Only Benefit Arkansas’ Super Rich
January 14, 2013
Cutting Arkansas’ already generous capital gains taxes would benefit only the super wealthy, with three quarters of the tax break going to the top 1 percent of taxpayers, according to an analysis by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
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