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NPR: What Idaho Lawmakers Know – And Don’t – When Making Tough Tax Policy Decisions
February 25, 2013
(Original Post) February 25, 2013 | 6:30 AMBy Molly Messick A left-leaning tax policy group recently put out a short little report about the state corporate income taxes paid by IDACorp. That’s the holding company of Idaho’s largest electric utility, Idaho Power. The report claims IDACorp paid no state income taxes nationwide from 2007 through […]
The Fiscal Times: State Income Taxes- One Piece of a Complex Revenue Pie
February 25, 2013
(Original Post) By BRUCE BARTLETT, The Fiscal TimesFebruary 22, 2013 State taxes are once again making headlines. When California recently raised its top income tax rate to 13.3 percent, pro golfer Phil Mickelson threatened to leave the state for the no-income tax world of sunny Florida. Republicans in several states are pushing to abolish their […]
Associated Press: Walker’s income tax cut helps rich more
February 22, 2013
MADISON, Wis. – Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed income tax cut would give more money back to the rich than it would the poor, despite his billing it as targeting the middle class. Related Content The Wisconsin State Journal reported that the tax cut would save a family of four earning less than $21,000 just $2 […]
The Daily Iowan: Raise the gas tax to increase revenue
February 22, 2013
(Original Post) BY DI EDITORIAL BOARD | FEBRUARY 22, 2013 5:00 AM The Iowa Legislature has considered a proposal that would increase by 10 cents Iowa’s motor-fuel tax, more commonly called the gas tax. This proposal is politically unpopular, given that gases prices are relatively high and the economy has not fully recovered. However, as […]
Wisconsin State Journal: Experts see no big gain for economy, taxpayers in Scott Walker’s budget proposal
February 22, 2013
(Original Post) DEE J. HALL | Wisconsin State Journal | [email protected] | 608-252-6132 Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed income tax cut is likely too small to help individual taxpayers or the Wisconsin economy but could be large enough to harm the state’s future fiscal soundness, according to experts reacting Thursday to the governor’s 2013-15 budget. However, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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