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media mention December 17, 2012 Accounting Web: Obama’s Corporate Tax Plan Begins to Take Shape
(Original Post) Posted by AccountingWEB in Tax, Income Tax on 02/27/2012 – 16:46 By Ken Berry The battle lines are being drawn. Last week, President Obama unveiled the framework for an… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Chicago Tribune: The case for a graduated income tax in Illinois
(Original Post) Tuesday, February 28, 2012 If Illinois were to adopt the same graduated income tax rate structure as Iowa, Illinois would raise $6.3 billion more in revenue than it… -
media mention December 17, 2012 International Business Times: GE Taxes Again Under Scrutiny: Only 2.3% Paid Over 10 Years, Group Says
(Original Post) By Ashley Portero February 29, 2012 1:30 PM EST General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) again stands accused of employing tax-dodging techniques to avoid paying a fair rate of… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Wichita Eagle: Laffer’s claims about taxes, growth are empty
(Original Post) By William T. Terrell Published Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:25 p.m.Updated Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:26 p.m. It’s amazing that economist Arthur Laffer is having a… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Associated Press: Wash. House Dem freshmen call for tax code changes
(Original Post) JONATHAN KAMINSKY, Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s freshman House Democrats on Wednesday called for wide-ranging changes… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Street: U.S. Corporate Taxes Need to Go to Zero
by Chris Markowski March 10, 2012 On April 1, our ally Japan is playing a cruel little April Fools’ Day joke on us: The country is lowering its corporate tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Montgomery Advertiser: Rally calls for end to state tax on groceries
by Brian Lynn March 15, 2012 Speakers at a State House rally Thursday said repealing the state’s sales tax on groceries and a federal income tax deduction would create tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Columbus Dispatch: Still a good catch?
(Original Post) By Tim Feran The Columbus Dispatch Sunday March 18, 2012 9:40 AM When Ohio offered Sears big money in hopes the retailer would relocate its headquarters to central… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Birmingham News: Alabama’s tax system is unfair and immoral, but lawmakers have yet to ease the burden on most families
(Original Post) Once upon a time six years ago, the Legislature, prodded by a governor and shamed by a tax study, actually took a baby step toward tax fairness. Lawmakers… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Journal News: Gas taxes fail in their purpose
11:02 PM, Mar. 19, 2012 Written by A Journal News editorial Sunday’s report on gas taxes in New York helps codify the pain and anguish so many New Yorkers feel… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Cincinnati Enquirer: Will lower income tax bring jobs to Ohio?
(Original Post) Kasich thinks so, but our taxes aren’t really so high8:02 AM, Mar. 22, 2012 Written by Paul E. Kostyu COLUMBUS — Lower Ohio’s burdensome personal income taxes. Create… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Lawrence World Journal: Brownback active in promoting agenda
(Original Post) By Scott Rothschild April 2, 2012 Tax-cut proposals harmful, group says The League of Women Voters of Kansas issued a news release critical of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax-cutting… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Kansas Reporter: Will KS plan cut taxes or just shift them?
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and state lawmakers say they want to cut income taxes. So what? tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Bluffton Today: Why demonize poor people?
(Original Post) Posted: April 4, 2012 – 12:23am By BARBARA KELLYLowcountry Liberal “A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” These words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt would… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Salon: States shush corporate critics
(Original Post) Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 7:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time From factory farms to home foreclosures, state governments are helping hide corporate wrongdoingBy David Sirota You can’t be outraged… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Orlando Sentinel: Shamu the shrewd? SeaWorld sees record earnings – and no income tax
(Originial Post) 5:56 p.m. EST, April 4, 2012| By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment had a banner year in 2011. Attendance and guest spending rose across its… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Orlando Sentinel: SeaWorld an example of why people want tax laws changed
(Original Post) By Jason Garcia — The Orlando Sentinel Posted: 12:00am on Apr 9, 2012; Modified: 1:38am on Apr 9, 2012 ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment had a… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Hill: 26 top corporations paid subzero tax rate
(Original Post) By Bernie Becker – 04/09/12 07:52 PM ET Twenty-six Fortune 500 companies paid a tax rate of less than zero over a four-year span, according to a new… -
media mention December 17, 2012 PressTV: Fortune 500 companies make money from taxes
(Original Post) Instead of giving money to the government, it turns out more than a few U.S. companies are actually making money off their income taxes. In a recent report… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Examiner: Report shows profitable corporations paid no tax in 2011
(Original Post) April 10, 2012 Robert BowenEconomic Policy Examiner A new report released today shows that many very profitable corporations paid no federal tax in 2011. In fact, many received… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Market Watch: Nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies dodge taxes since 2008
(Original Post) April 10, 2012, 2:02 PM Twenty-six Fortune 500 companies including General Electric and Boeing paid no net federal income taxes from 2008 through 2011, according to a new… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Tulsa World: Anti-tax group’s flawed ‘research’
LYNNE SHAW Published: 4/11/2012 2:24 AM Last Modified: 4/11/2012 3:53 AM What is the difference between serious statistical research and statistical manipulation? The foundation for all of the Oklahoma personal… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Detroit News: Government is not the problem – nor is paying taxes for it
April 11, 2012 at 1:00 am By Gilda Z. Jacobs On a wintry February day, I woke up, showered and got ready to take my little dog, Jake, for his… -
media mention December 17, 2012 International Business Times: 26 Big US Companies Paid No Federal Income Tax From 2008 To 2011
(Original Post) By Ashley Portero: April 11, 2012 11:20 AM EDT Twenty-six companies in the Fortune 500 paid no U.S. federal income over a four-year period, often through a corporate… -
media mention December 17, 2012 ABC News: Report: 26 U.S. Companies Not Paying Federal Income Tax
(Original Post) By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)April 11, 2012 In November, the liberal lobbying group Citizens for Tax Justice stirred controversy with a report highlighting 280 so-called corporate tax-dodgers, highlighting companies…