Opinion
Tax Reform The Key To Economic Vitality
The top priority of the governor and legislative leaders is boosting job creation and economic growth. A simpler, fairer tax system would give that agenda a major assist.
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FAQs on State Tax Reform
Tax reform is a complicated issue. It isn’t just an economic or fiscal issue. Politics will inevitably play a role.
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Three Key Points on Tax Reform
While there are several different paths to choose in state-level tax reform, the fundamental goals is the same: to tax consumed income rather than total income.
Opinion
Focus on Job Creation
Let's adopt a consumed-income tax of 8.5 percent, with no additional state tax on sales, corporate income, or investment. It would boost job growth by 80,000 in the first year alone.
Opinion
Cut the Knot of Corporate Tax
At current rates, corporations doing business in the United States face the highest marginal tax rate on their income in the industrialized world.
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Three Models for Tax Reform
North Carolina’s tax code is archaic, unwieldy, unfair, and unfriendly to the creation of new businesses and jobs in our state.
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Who Pays NC Sales Taxes?
Because most sales taxation puts the liability on sellers, not buyers, it will always be an indirect and inferior way to collect revenue.
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Reform That Doesn’t Sell
For as long as I have been in the state-policy mix in North Carolina, the political class has been arguing for sales-tax reform.
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Give Taxpayers A Bill
Receipts, invoices, and billing statements are an integral part of our lives, for good reason.
Opinion
The Ring-a-Ding-Ding Tax
As long as North Carolina and other states levy a retail sales tax on products such as music recordings, why not be consistent?
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Tired of the AMT? Congress has your fix … for now
When the entire tax system needs an overhaul, it's hard to get excited about a new patch.
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On Jacking the Car Tax
There is yet another tax-hike proposal in the North Carolina General Assembly. And there’s a case for it. Calm down. Don’t jump to conclusions.
