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The Dartmouth: Experts debate how to solve state budget issue
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Joseph Singh Published on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Choices must be made regarding New Hampshire’s taxation and spending priorities to combat rising state deficits, according to a panel of experts and community leaders who spoke in a discussion called “Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is: New Hampshire’s Priorities and […]
Concord Monitor: Making unfairness official state policy
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Monitor staffCreated 02/14/2011 – 01:00Monitor editorial Republican Rep. Paul Mirski is leading a drive to amend the state Constitution to prohibit any new tax on personal income. House Speaker Bill O’Brien is on board, and, given the makeup of this Legislature, it’s easy to imagine that 60 percent of the […]
Silver Pinyon Journal: Nevada in top ten for most regressive tax policies
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Written by Dee Holzel Thursday, November 19 2009 06:06 WINNEMUCCA — The problems with Nevada’s tax structure was best described during the last legislative session as such: we’re playing kick the can with tax policy – kicking the daunting task of restructuring the tax system to the next session. And that […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Study: Tax burden unfair to poor
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Group blames Nevada’s lack of personal income tax By ED VOGEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY — In Nevada, the poor pay more of their income on taxes than the rich largely because the state does not levy a personal income tax, a national study concluded Wednesday. “The most […]
Reno News & Review: Gibbons’ headlong ‘race to the bottom’n
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Jen Huntley I imagine that Gov. Jim Gibbons and I might have one thing in common. We are both polishing our thoughts at the last minute—I with this little column, he with his State of the State address for Mon., Feb. 8. By the time you read this, he will […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Study makes case for state income tax
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By ALAN CHOATELAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada’s lack of an income tax means state taxpayers are paying more than they should in federal income taxes, according to a study released Monday. Seven states that rely on sales taxes instead of an income tax could cut sales taxes while implementing an income tax […]
News Review: Tax fairness comes first
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) We frequently see our state at the wrong end of national rankings. Our colleague Cory Farley once quoted an acquaintance of his saying that Nevada is high in everything you want to be low in and low in everything you want to be high in, and that observation has become a […]
Las Vegas Sun: Helping the needy helps the economy
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Tax preparation volunteers bring relief to many who are intimidated or preyed upon William Nichols gets his taxes done Saturday at Pearson Community Center in North Las Vegas. Nichols owes taxes for several years, but volunteers are relieving his anxiety. By J. Patrick CoolicanFri, Apr 8, 2011 (2:01 a.m.) There’s nothing […]
Belleville News-Democrat: Mo. House OKs tax cut, defeats stimulus spending
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Posted on Thu, Apr. 30, 2009Mo. House OKs tax cut, defeats stimulus spendingBy DAVID A. LIEBAssociated Press Writer House members passed a $463 million annual tax cut Thursday but defeated a plan to spend $336 million of federal stimulus money on projects across Missouri. Some Republicans cast the dual votes as […]
Columbia Missourian: ‘Fair tax’ gains traction in Missouri legislature
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Spencer WillemsMay 19, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT COLUMBIA — Increasing frustration over Missouri’s 90-year-old income tax has prompted legislators to begin pushing an alternative that to date has been little more than a fringe issue on the national political scene. Although the proposal to let voters decide whether to […]
Columbia Missourian: Fair Tax rally to be held Saturday
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Adam Falk, furqaan sadiqJune 11, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT COLUMBIA — When Ray Walker moved to Jefferson City in 2005, he said the words “fair tax” were basically unknown. “Now, it’s not uncommon to go down the street and mention ‘fair tax,’” said Walker, who is the director of […]
The Columbia Daily Tribune: ‘Fair Tax’ advocates set to rally
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) 10,000-plus anticipated for event at fairground. By Terry Ganey Thursday, June 11, 2009 A local organizer expects more than 10,000 people to attend a Saturday rally in Columbia sponsored by supporters of a plan to replace the individual and corporate income tax with a sales tax. “In January, we expected we […]
Columbia Missourian: Consumption tax more nuanced than some people might think
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Furqaan SadiqJune 12, 2009 | 9:49 p.m. CDT COLUMBIA — The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute have released reports on Missouri’s income disparities, and they show a stark figure: income inequality has grown in Missouri over the past two decades. The richest Missouri families […]
St. Louis Beacon: Switching reliance to sales tax is a bad idea for Missouri
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Amy Blouin, Special to the Beacon Posted 6 a.m. Fri., 02.05.10 – Missouri lawmakers are considering proposals that would make dramatic changes in the state’s revenue structure by eliminating individual and corporate income taxes and replacing them with a greatly expanded sales tax. Four bills that would make this change […]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri income tax repeal makes headway in Senate
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) 02.11.2010 11:41 am By Virginia Young Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau JEFFERSON CITY — A Senate committee set the stage this morning for debate on major changes in the state’s tax structure. On a party-line vote of 4-2, the Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment (SJR29) eliminating […]
The St. Louis American: Prop A and the poor: Sinquefield’s tax policies would shift burden to sales tax and low-income
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Posted: Friday, October 1, 2010 12:00 am Prop A and the poor: Sinquefield’s tax policies would shift burden to sales tax and low-income By Rebecca S. Rivas of The St. Louis American St. Louis American | 0 comments For Missourians who make $17,000 or less, about six percent of their income […]
Missouri Record: ‘Fair Tax’ Anything But Fair
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) November 18, 2010 08:00 AM An issue likely to be debated in the 2011 Missouri Legislative Session is the proposal to replace state income tax—both individual and corporate—with a greatly expanded sales tax. Proponents of the legislation refer to it as the “fair tax,” but Missourians should think twice because it […]
St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri would not fare well under “fair tax”
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) by Amy Blouin Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 5:00am CST If there’s an issue “most likely to be debated” in the 2011 Missouri legislative session, it’s a proposal to replace state income taxes – both individual and corporate — with a greatly expanded sales tax. Proponents refer to it as the […]
Concordian: Rep. Aull prepares for final term
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Wednesday, January 5, 2011 By Nathan St.Clair/Concordian Staff The 96th legislative session of the Missouri General Assembly convenes this week and legislators will have several large issues — the FY 2012 budget, increasing state revenues, handling a request to repeal Proposition B and revamping congressional districts — to address said Democratic […]
STL Today: Ensure a Robust Corporate Income Tax
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Gov. Jay Nixon recently signed legislation repealing the corporate franchise tax. The tax, which brought in about $80 million a year, applied only to companies with assets of more than $10 million. Obviously, this means that the main beneficiaries of this change will be big, multi-state corporations. The elimination of the […]
Independent Record: Study says state taxes poor more
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By CHARLES S. JOHNSON IR State Bureau | Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 am Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes, on average, than do the state’s richest households, a new national study concludes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, […]
The Billings Gazette: Group criticizes Montana tax system as regressive
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) CHARLES S. JOHNSON Gazette State Bureau | Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:45 pm | HELENA — Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes, on average, than do the state’s richest households, a new national study concludes. The Institute on Taxation and […]
Clarion Ledger: Time for new revenue? Tax advocates seek to ‘balance’ budget cuts
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Ed SivakClarion-Ledger Contributing Columnist With each passing round of information updating the state’s fiscal outlook, the goal of building a Mississippi with quality schools, state-of-the-art transportation and safe communities appears to be more out of reach than it was before the recession. By 2012, Gov. Haley Barbour projects that the budget […]
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Tax cuts help just who’d you expect
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Charlie QuimbyDecember 02, 2009 A new study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy breaks down who among “non-elderly households” is paying what taxes at the state and local level. The report shows what we’ve been saying here for years – that when all forms of taxes(not just income […]
MinnPost.com: Minnesota taxes- Where do we go from here?
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Sharon Schmickle | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Sure, you’ve heard it before: Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoes yet another DFL bid to close the state’s budget chasm by raising income taxes on high earners. But the tax issue has many lives in this election year when the Independence Party’s gubernatorial endorsee, […]
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