Ohio
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ITEP Work in Action October 29, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Another Ohio tax cut for the affluent?
Senate bill 210 would take the savings from Medicaid expansion and use it for an across-the-board income-tax cut that might buy a cup of coffee for low-income Ohioans but would… -
ITEP Work in Action October 21, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: A Credit that Counts
More than 440,000 Ohioans will be eligible for the state’s new Earned Income Tax Credit, at an average of $74 per recipient. However, the Ohio EITC is one of the… -
ITEP Work in Action September 11, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Cutting taxes isn’t helping Ohio
For years, North Dakota has had the lowest unemployment rate of any state in the nation. Nevada, by contrast, has had the highest. North Dakota has a personal income tax,… -
media mention August 21, 2013 Portsmouth Daily Time: To the Ohio House of Representatives, Tax Reform Study Committee
A study by the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress found in the 1970s that state taxes were one of the least driving factors in business location decisions, in part because state taxes could be written off on Federal taxes. Quality of life factors were seen as far more important. The Tax Foundation, set up in the 1930s to combat rising taxes under the New Deal, estimated in a 2006 study of businesses in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific that taxes accounted for 7 to 13 percent of business cost in manufacturing, and just 3 to 7 percent in non-manufacturing. An earlier study, 1998, at Northwestern University, had found that in U.S. manufacturing, state and local taxes constituted 3 to 5 percent of operating costs, while in service industries they were 4 to 6 percent.
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media mention August 16, 2013 Think Progress: GOP Governor Inadvertently Makes Case For Immigration Reform: We ‘Need To Reach Out To People Who Live In The Shadows’
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Thursday made a strong case for creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants — without even knowing that’s what he was doing.
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media mention July 19, 2013 Think Progress: Two Weeks After Slashing Taxes For The Rich, Ohio Governor Wants More
(Original Post) By Alan Pyke on Jul 19, 2013 at 9:00 am Gov. John Kasich (R) wants to get the top income tax rate in Ohio down below 5 percent,… -
media mention July 3, 2013 Cincinnati CityBeat: Bad News Budget
(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,… -
ITEP Work in Action June 28, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Tax plan still rewards affluent, leaves some of poorest Ohioans paying more
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… -
media mention June 26, 2013 The Columbus Dispatch: Top 1% of earners fare best in proposed Ohio tax plan, study says
(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… -
ITEP Work in Action June 25, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: New plan would cut taxes $6,000 a year on average for Ohio’s most affluent
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… -
ITEP Work in Action April 22, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Income-tax cut would favor affluent Ohioans- Middle-income residents on average would get $51 a year
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… -
media mention April 22, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Kasich’s income-tax plan would save taxpayers more than House proposal
(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… -
media mention April 15, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Firetrucks, productive workers and strong communities
(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,… -
ITEP Work in Action April 8, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Sales-tax credit would help low-income Ohioans
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… -
media mention April 8, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Ohio lawmakers to introduce revamped version of Kasich’s budget proposal
(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… -
media mention April 2, 2013 Toledo Blade: A fairer tax system
(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… -
media mention March 22, 2013 Toledo Blade: Taxing services
(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… -
ITEP Work in Action March 15, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Small Investment, Big Difference
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.… -
media mention February 19, 2013 Toledo Blade: Regressive taxes
(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… -
ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Kasich tax proposal would further tilt tax system in favor of Ohio’s affluent
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… -
media mention February 7, 2013 Dayton Daily News: Governor coming to Dayton to discuss plan to lower taxes, but expand what can be taxed
(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… -
ITEP Work in Action January 15, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: A Step Toward Fiscal Balance? Options for Ohio’s Income Tax
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… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Dollars That Make Sense 2009
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… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Tapping Top Earners to Meet Ohio’s Needs
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… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Policy Matters Ohio: Report to the Ohio Budget Planning and Management Commission
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…