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Charlotte Observer: Will reform unfairly target the vulnerable?
February 21, 2013
By Meg Wiehe Special to the Observer Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 By all accounts, North Carolina’s tax system will come under heavy scrutiny this year. Gov. Pat McCrory and House and Senate leadership have signaled their intentions to overhaul the way the state collects revenues necessary to pay for public investments. But while there […]
Charlotte Observer: State Sen. Bob Rucho says North Carolina tax system needs an overhaul
February 21, 2013
By Jim Morrill [email protected] Posted: Saturday, Feb. 02, 2013 RALEIGH Republican state Sen. Bob Rucho is screening his PowerPoint to yet another audience, watching slide after slide build a case for changing North Carolina tax law. All the charts and numbers add up to one conclusion: A tax system built during the Great Depression doesn’t […]
WFAE: As N.C. Considers Tax Overhaul, How Does Current System Work?
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) By Michael Tomsic Governor Pat McCrory and state lawmakers are considering major changes to North Carolina’s tax structure. So we decided to take a closer look at a report released Wednesday detailing the effective tax rates currently in place. It’s from the liberal-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C. […]
The Star-Ledger: Sticking to the Republican playbook
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) By Star-Ledger Editorial Boardon February 15, 2013 at 6:30 AM, updated February 15, 2013 at 10:58 AM New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (left) with then-Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich as they sit at a lunch counter during a live webcast Q&A session at a campaign stop for Kasich outside Cincinnati. Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger […]
VT Digger: Hoffman- Who pays?
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) by Opinion | February 20, 2013 Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Jack Hoffman, a senior policy analyst at Public Assets Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan organization focusing on state fiscal issues and based in Montpelier. It was first published in the Burlington Free Press on Feb. 14. Vermont has long been known for […]
Reno News & Review: Enough with myths. Here are some facts.
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) By Sheila Leslie This article was published on 02.21.13. “There’s a woman in Chicago. She has 80 names, 30 addresses, 12 Social Security cards and is collecting veteran’s benefits on four non-existing deceased husbands. And she is collecting Social Security on her cards. She’s got Medicaid, getting food stamps and she is collecting […]
Moorcroft Leader: Tax Report for Wyoming Inspires proposed Gas Amendment
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) Tax season is getting underway, and a new report lays out the percentages taxes take out of family incomes in Wyoming. The “Who Pays?” study shows that taxes a percentage of income are the lower for the reich and highest for the poorest. With that report in hand, the executive director of the […]
The Commonwealth Institute: Senate’s Version of HB2313 Still Lacks Offsetting Relief Measures
February 21, 2013 • By ITEP Staff
While the Senate’s version of Governor McDonnell’s transportation bill looks very different from the bill passed by the House – and it is – the two versions have one major problem in common: they rely on regressive tax increases that will have low-income Virginians paying a greater share of their income towards funding transportation. As […]
Oklahoma Policy Institute: Governor Fallin’s tax cut would do little to nothing for the average Oklahoman
February 19, 2013 • By ITEP Staff
In her State of the State address, Governor Fallin unveiled yet another proposal to cut Oklahoma’s income tax. Her plan is drastically scaled back from last year’s proposal, which attempted to stretch out Oklahoma’s tax brackets, cut the top rate in half, and eliminate dozen of tax credits, exemptions, and deductions. This year, the Governor […]
Toledo Blade: Regressive taxes
February 19, 2013
(Original Post) When he delivers his State of the State message in Lima tonight, Gov. John Kasich is likely to argue that Ohio’s tax code is not keeping up with changes in the state’s economy. But the governor’s new budget proposal would make the Ohio tax structure more regressive, while doing too little to close […]
Times Argus: Jack Hoffman- Who pays?
February 19, 2013
February 18,2013 Vermont has long been known for its progressive income tax system. For a couple of reasons, it makes sense to tax higher incomes at higher rates. Those who benefit most from society have a responsibility to contribute more, and those with more discretionary income — what’s left after covering taxes and necessities — […]
MSNBC: The ‘47%’ pay more of their income in taxes
February 15, 2013
(Original Post) Ned Resnikoff, @resnikoff3:51 PM on 02/15/2013 “There are 47% who are … dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.” So said Mitt Romney […]
Burlington Free Press: Who pays in Vermont? The bottom
February 15, 2013
Lowest-income Vermonters bear heavier tax burden by percentage, despite progressive income tax system Feb 14, 2013 Written by Jack Hoffman Vermont has long been known for its progressive income tax system. For a couple of reasons, it makes sense to tax higher incomes at higher rates. Those who benefit most from society have a responsibility […]
The Economist: The price isn’t right
February 15, 2013
(Original Post) Corporate profit-shifting has become big businessFeb 16th 2013 DURING THE TAX-EVASION trial of Leona Helmsley, a flamboyant hotelier, a former housekeeper testified that she heard her employer say: “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” These days, multinational companies stand accused of taking a similarly haughty attitude to their fiscal […]
New York Times: The Alluring Myth of the Tax-Fleeing Millionaire
February 15, 2013
(Original Post) By JAMES B. STEWARTPublished: February 15, 2013 Last month, Vladimir V. Putin hugged his newly minted fellow Russian citizen, the actor Gerard Depardieu, posing for cameras at the Black Sea port of Sochi. “I adore your country,” Mr. Depardieu gushed — especially its 13 percent flat tax on personal income. Sochi may not […]
The Daily Nebraskan: Legislators stall Gov. Heineman’s tax reform plans
February 14, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:00 am Daniel Wheaton Gov. Dave Heineman thought tax reform could be realized by the end of this year’s legislative session. Now, legislators aren’t so sure. Heineman announced in January his plans to overhaul the Nebraska tax system by cutting billions of dollars of tax exemptions, with the […]
NP Telegraph: Neb. tax overhaul- Who wins?
February 11, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 9:30 am, Mon Feb 11, 2013. By Martha Stoddard World-Herald News Service LINCOLN – Gov. Dave Heineman has pitched his tax overhaul proposal as a way to make Nebraska a winner and help out ordinary taxpayers. But his proposal wouldn’t make all Nebraskans winners. […]
Goshen News: Sen. Carlin Yoder discusses immigration bill
February 11, 2013
(Original Post) Tax cut proposal Among many other issues discussed at Saturday’s Third House was Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed 10 percent cut in the state income tax. Jeremy Bernstein, an organizer for Americans for Democratic Action, spoke out against the cut. He said a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranked […]
Twin Cities Daily Planet: National report confirms- Minnesota has more work to do on tax fairness
February 11, 2013
(Original Post) By Nan Madden, Minnesota Budget BitesFebruary 08, 2013 A national report confirms what many Minnesotans already know: Minnesota’s tax system does not share the responsibility for funding public services fairly. The Minnesotans with the highest incomes pay the smallest share of their incomes in state and local taxes. Who Pays? by the Institute […]
The Business Insider: 10 States With The Best Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) There’s no better evidence of the growing chasm between America’s rich and poor than state tax rates. On average, the nation’s lowest-income residents pay tax rates that are twice as high as the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers, according to a new report by The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That includes […]
The Atlantic: Do D.C. Residents Pay More Taxes Than Their Neighbors?
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) Katherine Toran11:55 AM ET I recently had a conversation with a friend who was moving and said she preferred to live in Maryland than in D.C. because D.C. residents pay higher taxes. She wasn’t the first local to tell me that. But is this claim true? It appears in this case, conventional wisdom […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich tax proposal would further tilt tax system in favor of Ohio’s affluent
February 7, 2013 • By ITEP Staff
Income tax cuts will increase inequality in Ohio and do little for our economy. The Kasich administration proposal to broaden the sales tax base, if done carefully, is helpful because our economy has shifted to services, many of which have been untaxed. However, this will disproportionately affect low- and middle-income Ohioans, so steps should be […]
Bristol Herald Courier: Non-wealthy Tennessee families face high tax burdens, report says
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:02 pm | Updated: 2:27 pm, Wed Feb 6, 2013. BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Posted on February 6, 2013 by Roger Brown BRISTOL, Tenn. – Poor and middle-class families in Tennessee spend nearly 12 percent and 9 percent, respectively, of their total income on taxes, according to a new […]
The Stranger: We’re Number One at Taxing the Poor
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) Study Finds Washington State Maintains Nation’s Most Regressive Tax System by Goldy Washington State may be progressive when it comes to gay marriage, pot, and electing Democratic governors, but when it comes to our tax system, not so much. According to a new report from a DC-based think tank, Washington continues to boast […]
Dayton Daily News: Governor coming to Dayton to discuss plan to lower taxes, but expand what can be taxed
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) Updated: 11:43 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 | Posted: 6:25 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 By Jackie Borchardt COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be in Dayton on Thursday to have a panel discussion with small business owners and economic policy experts about his plan to cut income and sales tax rates. […]
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