What the “State Business Tax Climate Index” offers is, at its core, an indefensible mish-mash of “Stuff the Tax Foundation Doesn’t Like,” which should be the title.
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The Tax Foundation’s indefensible mish-mash
January 30, 2012It’s not theater: ‘The Pirates of River Landing’
October 11, 2011Total up-front project cost: $16 million to $17 million plus infrastructure. The city’s share: at least 75 percent. In the economic development world, that is an astounding fraction. That’s even larger than Iowa’s scandal ridden film tax credit.
Iowa’s already competitive tax system
August 18, 2011Lawmakers often hear — and voice — complaints about the competitiveness of Iowa’s tax system. In fact, Iowa’s taxes on business already are very competitive.
Get budget rhetoric in line with reality
July 8, 2011In Iowa, budget rhetoric is what’s been out of control. Politicians have manufactured a crisis, when we need budget discussions to be based on logic and facts, not scare tactics.
How do the House and Senate property tax proposals differ?
June 23, 2011Though the mechanisms in each proposal differ slightly, the primary difference is simply one of magnitude.
Too many unknowns in proposed property tax rollback
June 15, 2011Any legislation that emerges from House-Senate negotiations needs to do better than HF697 in assuring sustainable and fair changes to Iowa’s property-tax system.
Families, farmers subsidize property tax break for business
June 9, 2011Rather than having big businesses contribute to our cities and counties, individuals and families would pick up an even larger portion of our city and county governments’ tab.
The continued search for balance in Iowa
April 27, 2011Any tax policy changes in the final days of the legislative session should improve the revenue side of the ledger after devastating budget cuts of recent years.
Corporate giveaways: Running like a Deere
March 25, 2011Deere has done nothing wrong. But these facts raise seemingly unavoidable questions of public policy, of priorities in spending. Somehow, lawmakers have avoided them.
