Ohio
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 […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Dollars That Make Sense 2009
January 14, 2013
For the 2005 tax year, more than 800,000 Ohio families received the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable tax credit for workers in families that make less than $42,000. The average EITC in Ohio was $1,756, bringing more than $1.4 billion into Ohio communities. Adding a 5 percent Ohio EITC to supplement the […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Tapping Top Earners to Meet Ohio’s Needs
January 14, 2013
In order to balance the Ohio state budget, Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed temporarily restoring the last year of a five-year, 21 percent income-tax cut approved in 2005. This October 2009 report examines the effects of implementing the governor’s proposal together with two other measures that would raise income-tax rates on the most affluent: Restoring […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Report to the Ohio Budget Planning and Management Commission
January 14, 2013
The Ohio General Assembly created a Budget Planning and Management Commission to make recommendations on balancing the next state budget. Responding to a commission request for input, Policy Matters Ohio submitted a report to the commission in August 2010. We review the major overhaul of Ohio’s tax system approved in 2005 and the $7 billion […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Analysis finds that cutting Ohio’s tax on capital gains would be costly, 92% of Ohioans would get nothing
January 14, 2013
Cutting the Ohio income tax on capital gains would be costly and most of the gains would go to the most affluent Ohioans, while 92 percent of Ohio taxpayers would get nothing at all. Read the Full Report (PDF)
Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony of Hannah Halbert, Policy Liaison, Policy Matters Ohio before the House Ways & Means Committee on HB 98, March 30, 2011
January 14, 2013
We asked the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., research group, to examine House Bill 98. ITEP has a computer model of the tax system of all 50 states. Its analysis of HB 98 covered Ohio residents age 71 and over, a slightly smaller group than those at least 70½. ITEP found […]
Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony to the House Finance and Appropriations Committee on Substitute House Bill 153
January 14, 2013
We remain concerned with House Bill 153 and the numerous and drastic cuts that it makes to education, local governments and a wide range of public services. While the committee has restored funding for some important services, others have been reduced. This will be a zero sum game unless the General Assembly takes the necessary […]
Marietta Times: Tax cut delay hits 2009 returns
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By Evan Bevins, [email protected] POSTED: December 19, 2009 Thursday’s approval of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to delay a tax cut will cost a majority of residents less than $70. For the 20 percent of taxpayers making more than $76,000, the difference will be in the three- or even four-digit […]
Associated Press: Ohio tax cut delay means less cash for taxpayers
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By STEPHEN MAJORS (AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans will pay more in 2009 taxes than expected because a budget compromise expected to clear the Legislature on Thursday delays the last in a series of tax cuts begun four years ago. The agreement delays a scheduled income tax cut to fill […]
Advertiser-Tribune: Budget deal may save great deal of budget cutbacks
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) That huge whooshing sound you may have heard Thursday was made by school administrators across Ohio breathing a sigh of relief. It’s not that the Legislature made their jobs any easier, mind you; implementing changes expected to follow the governor’s evidence-based education reform plan could present another set of challenges. […]
Toledo Blade: Revisit Ohio’s tax cuts
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By ZACH SCHILLER THE State of Ohio, you may have heard, has a budget problem. The state budget will be billions of dollars short in the two years that start next July 1. It’s easy to attribute this problem to the economy, and that’s certainly part of it. But a […]
Hamilton Journal-News: John McNay: How did Ohio reach this state of crisis?
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) 2:18 PM Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Ohio’s state government deficit is likely to be nearly $8 billion this year. That’s a fact. The real question is: How did we get there? By “accident”? Was it just “fate”? Or is it possible that this is a manufactured problem? In the struggle […]
Toledo Blade: Kasich defends plan to slash income tax
January 7, 2013
(Original Post) BY JIM PROVANCEBLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF DUBLIN, Ohio — As Micah Hetrick, of Dublin, who is developmentally disabled, proudly boasted Monday of his job and paycheck, Gov. John Kasich quipped, “We’re trying to cut his taxes.” The remark drew laughs at Dublin Methodist Hospital, where the governor promoted a plan to employ people […]
Forbes: How The Wealthy Plan to Finance The American Aristocracy With Middle Class Dollars
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Mar. 11 2011 – 4:57 pm The quest for influence, power and control at all levels of government has long played out through large political contributions and the big bucks paid to lobbyists to accomplish special interest objectives. And while the game has often been ‘rigged’ to benefit the wealthy in […]
FireDogLake: Michigan Becomes Latest State With Worker-Led Uprising
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By: David Dayen Wednesday March 16, 2011 11:36 am The team at MichaelMoore.com is streaming live video all day long from protests in Lansing, the latest site to see a backlash to Republican-led efforts to weaken the rights of workers. Moore says that over 6,000 protesters occupied the Rotunda in the […]
Post-Star (NY): Commentary: Anti-tax Governors just getting started
December 21, 2012
Original Post By Matthew Gardner, Executive Director Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy July 28, 2011 Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now signed their first fiscal year budgets. All of them will tell you they were elected with a mandate to get their state’s fiscal house in order, rein in government […]
La Crosse Tribune: Matthew Gardner: Anti-tax govs just getting started
December 21, 2012
Original Post July 31, 2011 COMMENTARY Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now signed their first fiscal year budgets. All of them will tell you they were elected with a mandate to get their state’s fiscal house in order, rein in government spending and cut taxes. Some of them will even tell […]
Cincinnati CityBeat: Here’s Why the ’99 Percent’ Are Pissed
December 19, 2012
(Original Post) By Kevin Osborne · November 9th, 2011 · Porkopolis Even the most ardent political junkie probably missed the news amid all the other reports last week about Ohio Issue 2, Cincinnati Issue 48, the looming City Council elections and the drama over the Occupy protests being busted up across the nation. While the […]
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