The NC Senate voted 30-19 on June 3 to override Gov. Josh Stein's veto of House Bill 87, completing the override and opting the state into a new federal school-choice tax-credit program. Beginning in 2027, the program lets individuals claim a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations to organizations that fund K-12 scholarships.
Parents retain the primary responsibility and authority for the upbringing of their children, and parents do not owe failing systems their children’s futures.
The NC House voted 73-46 Wednesday to override Gov. Josh Stein's veto of House Bill 87, sending the school choice measure over to the Senate.
The North Carolina's high court majority critiqued state Revenue Department bureaucrats for their actions in a tax dispute with Philip Morris.
As someone who has seen firsthand the challenges many North Carolinians face in securing a stable retirement, I firmly believe the RSAA is a step we must take.
In 2018 Time, declared Georgia “the Hollywood of the South.” By then, Georgia had developed the largest film incentive program in the entire United States. “Hollywood East,” North Carolina, was already the site of many memorable films before the 2000s, the golden age of state film incentives. North Carolina started offering film production tax credits...
A lawsuit contends the N.C. Department of Revenue is making tax law, a job that belongs instead to state legislators.
Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.” The Twitter account G.H. Davey asked me about it. “Having seen some of you criticism re film incentives in other states, what about GA, where it...
Note: This column was updated at 3:40 p.m. Children represent more than just an investment. But tax systems usually recognize that parents with kids are investing in the future. And proposed changes in North Carolina’s income tax system would ensure that working-class and middle-class families free more money from the tax man because of that...
Policies focusing on government-directed economic development miss the mark.
Allowing a 35 percent state tax credit to sunset marks a good start.
