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NJ Spotlight: Immigration Reform Could Boost NJ Tax Revenues by $80M Yearly
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Higher wages, more spending, increase in income taxes and sales taxes expected if undocumented workers became legal By Hank Kalet, July 11, 2013 Local and state tax coffers could gain see an injection of more than $80 million in taxes annually if federal immigration reforms are passed and undocumented workers are brought into […]
The Courier-Journal: Immigration reform would net $23M more for Kentucky
July 11, 2013
(Original Post) Jul. 10, 2013 11:48 PM Written by James R. Carroll WASHINGTON — Calling it “flawed” and “rushed,” House Republican leaders Wednesday snubbed sweeping immigration reform legislation, even as a new study showed that state and local tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if reform passed. “House […]
Off the Charts: Getting the Whole Story in State Tax Debates
July 10, 2013
(Original Post) July 8, 2013 at 9:02 am Posted by: Nicholas Johnson This year’s state tax debates have revealed a very important flaw in how states typically make tax policy. Fortunately, it’s a flaw that can be fixed. In most states, policymakers lack sufficient information on how tax changes will affect the after-tax distribution of […]
NJ News Commons: Undocumented NJ Immigrants Pay Nearly $500M in State and Local Taxes
July 10, 2013
(Original Post) By TERRENCE MCDONALD Undocumented immigrants living in New Jersey pay nearly $500 million in state and local taxes, and would pay an additional $81 million more if they are granted legal status under a proposed overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C. nonprofit. The Institute […]
Cincinnati CityBeat: Bad News Budget
July 3, 2013
(Original Post) State Republicans lower taxes for the rich, defund Planned Parenthood and try to block health care for the poor in Kasich-signed budget BY GERMAN LOPEZ · JULY 3RD, 2013 With Gov. John Kasich’s signature, Republican state officials on June 30 passed a budget that alters taxes, schools, Medicaid and abortion services in Ohio, […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Tax plan still rewards affluent, leaves some of poorest Ohioans paying more
June 28, 2013
Last-minute tweaks in the tax plan put forward by Ohio House and Senate Republicans do not significantly change its impact for different income groups. The plan still will reward Ohio’s most affluent with average annual tax cuts of more than $6,000 a year, while low-income Ohioans will pay slightly more. That is the conclusion of […]
The Columbus Dispatch: Top 1% of earners fare best in proposed Ohio tax plan, study says
June 26, 2013
(Original Post) By Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday June 26, 2013 8:58 AM A new analysis yesterday added fuel to criticism of a new tax plan that would decrease Ohioans’ income tax but increase the state sales and commercial activities taxes. A study for Policy Matters Ohio by the Institute on Taxation and Economic […]
Policy Matters Ohio: New plan would cut taxes $6,000 a year on average for Ohio’s most affluent
June 25, 2013
The new tax plan proposed by House and Senate Republicans will reward Ohio’s most affluent with average annual tax cuts of more than $6,000 a year, while low- and moderate-income Ohioans will pay slightly more. Read the Full Report
Boston Globe: Big seller Boston Beer asks for small-brewer tax break
May 17, 2013
(Original Post) By Noah Bierman| Globe Staff May 13, 2013 WASHINGTON — It’s early to be drinking, but just after 10:30 a.m. on a weekday, Jim Koch, the founder of Samuel Adams beer, pops open a bottle of lager and regales his audience with stories. It’s no barroom banter. Koch is standing behind a […]
The Morning Sentinel: Bipartisan plan to overhaul state income taxes unveiled today
May 10, 2013
(Original Post) By Steve Mistler [email protected] House Bureau AUGUSTA — A Maine family of four earning $50,000 a year would save about $647 on its state income taxes under a sweeping tax reform proposal to be aired in a public hearing today before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee. However, that same family also would pay hundreds […]
Reuters: State tax reform efforts snarled by politics but backers persist
April 24, 2013
(Original Post) By Nanette Byrnes Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:19pm EDT (Reuters) – From Louisiana to Ohio, Massachusetts and Nebraska, bold proposals to upend state tax laws are losing momentum in the face of political squabbles and special interest opposition. Just a short time ago, it looked as if several state leaders would show gridlocked […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Income-tax cut would favor affluent Ohioans- Middle-income residents on average would get $51 a year
April 22, 2013
Since the 21-percent reduction in state income taxes approved in 2005, Ohio’s economy has underperformed the nation. There is little reason to believe that another round of income-tax cuts will produce a different result.Read the Full Report
The Wichita Eagle: Brownback ‘tax swap’ plan facing stiff opposition
April 22, 2013
(Original Post) By Brad CooperKansas City Star Published Sunday, April 21, 2013, at 6:54 a.m. Eliminating or slashing the income tax is a romantic idea for many politicians. Getting there is much less dreamy. Just ask Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and a handful of other GOP governors who want income tax cuts but propose […]
The Plain Dealer: Kasich’s income-tax plan would save taxpayers more than House proposal
April 22, 2013
(Original Post) By Brandon Blackwell, The Plain Dealer on April 15, 2013 at 8:00 PM, updated April 15, 2013 at 8:03 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. John Kasich’s plan to slash income taxes would allow Ohioans to keep more of what they earn than the revamped proposal by his fellow Republicans in the Ohio House. […]
The Plain Dealer: Firetrucks, productive workers and strong communities
April 15, 2013
(Original Post) By Plain Dealer guest columniston April 14, 2013 at 3:00 AM On April 13, 2001, my son’s preschool was closed for Good Friday, and I was very pregnant, not done with my tax return and facing a mountain of work before my baby arrived. After running my son around all morning, I warned […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Sales-tax credit would help low-income Ohioans
April 8, 2013
Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to broaden the sales tax may not survive, or it could be scaled back. Legislators should consider a sales-tax credit anyway, because the existing sales tax helps slant our current state and local tax system against low- and moderate-income taxpayers. Read the Full Report
The Plain Dealer: Ohio lawmakers to introduce revamped version of Kasich’s budget proposal
April 8, 2013
(Original Post) By Brandon Blackwell, The Plain Dealer on April 07, 2013 at 12:01 AM, updated April 07, 2013 at 12:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers have spent weeks poring over hundreds of proposed amendments to Gov. John Kasich’s “Jobs Budget 2.0” as they prepare to introduce on Tuesday what could be a vastly […]
Toledo Blade: A fairer tax system
April 2, 2013
(Original Post) Published: 3/30/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposed changes to Ohio’s tax system, which include broadening the sales tax base and slashing income and business taxes, would reward Ohio’s wealthy but do little for poor and working-class families. Even if Mr. Kasich doesn’t get everything he wants in the next two-year budget, the tax plan […]
Toledo Blade: Taxing services
March 22, 2013
(Original Post) Published: 3/21/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to expand Ohio’s sales tax is provoking a high degree of bipartisanship in Columbus. Unfortunately for the governor, most of it is in opposition to his plan. The governor wants to lower the sales tax rate from 5.5 to 5 percent. At the same time, he wants […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Small Investment, Big Difference
March 15, 2013
If Ohio is going to broaden the tax base, the state should adopt a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as 25 states (including the District of Columbia) have done. It is good policy at any time, especially when legislators are considering raising taxes on those least able to pay. An EITC not only helps […]
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 […]
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 […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich tax proposal would further tilt tax system in favor of Ohio’s affluent
February 7, 2013
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 […]
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. […]
Policy Matters Ohio: A Step Toward Fiscal Balance? Options for Ohio’s Income Tax
January 15, 2013
In the spring of 2008, Ohio’s state government finds itself in familiar territory – facing a budget shortfall because of an inadequate revenue system and a slowing economy. Despite the worsening economic outlook, state policy makers refuse to consider revenue-raising alternatives and are committed to allowing a scheduled cut in income tax rates to take […]
