This Reuters story being run in outlets across the country features North Carolina’s efforts at tax reform. CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Reuters) – Hopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments – some far-reaching – are fast taking shape. Across the South and Midwest, [...]
Jindal Proposes Eliminating State Income Taxes in LA
Are you paying attention, Gov. McCrory and 2013 NC Legislature? From Reuters News: Republican Governor Bobby Jindal said on Thursday he wants to eliminate all Louisiana personal and corporate income taxes to simplify the state’s tax code and make it more friendly to business. The governor did not release details of his proposal, but his [...]
Asheville TV Station Spotlights Civitas’ Tax Reform Study
Asheville’s ABC affiliate, WLOS, ran this feature on last night’s newscast spotlighting Civitas’s study on eliminating North Carolina’s state income tax. Be sure to learn more about this plan, and sign the petition to eliminate North Carolina’s income taxes at www.noincometaxnc.org
Proposed Changes to NC Unemployment Heads to Legislature
Earlier today the Revenue Laws Study Committee approved its proposed plan to reform North Carolina’s unemployment insurance system in order to more promptly re-pay the $2.4 billion it owes the federal government. The details per WRAL.com: Under the proposal approved by the Revenue Laws Study Committee, a group of House and Senate lawmakers, the maximum weekly [...]
Central Planners Double-Down on Corporate Welfare in W-S
Undaunted by the failed Dell corporate welfare giveaway in Winston-Salem, local and state politicians once again use taxpayer dollars to centrally-plan the economy, by bribing Herbalife to relocate into the very same plant vacated by Dell. In exchange for millions of taxpayer dollars and anti-competitive political privilege, Herbalife pledges to create nearly 500 jobs hire [...]
