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Publications about tax expenditures

April 16, 2012Blog PostOregon In Shameful Company This Tax Day
April 12, 2012Statesman JournalOregon leads way on tax incentives
April 12, 2012Fact SheetTax Facts That Matter: 2012 Edition
September 20, 2011Blog PostThe Tea Party Zone
August 10, 2011Blog PostMillionaires pay no federal income taxes
July 26, 2011CenterPointsTax Code Sunsets and the Dawn of Majority Rule
June 28, 2011News ReleaseGovernor Should Veto Subsidy of Wall Street and Wealthy Investors
June 20, 2011Blog PostSB 817: Will Wall Street Score an End-of-Session Win?
June 17, 2011Blog PostHurry and make money by grabbing your share of leaking subsidy
June 8, 2011The OregonianOregon's Democrats in Salem wave the white flag
June 8, 2011Issue BriefThe EITC's Benefits by District
June 8, 2011Issue BriefThe EITC and Tax Refund Products by District
June 6, 2011KPOJ "Carl in the Morning"More and more Oregon millionaires
June 5, 2011Blog PostHow Much do Poor Kids Matter Compared to Corporations and the Rich?
June 2, 2011Blog PostOregon’s Mushrooming Millionaires
May 24, 2011CenterPointsWill Lawmakers Prioritize Oregon’s Middle Class?
May 2, 2011KBOO RadioChuck Sheketoff on Oregon Budget
April 25, 2011Statesman JournalOregon Tax Credits Face Day of Reckoning
April 20, 2011Blog PostIntel’s Message on Higher Education Does Not Compute
April 20, 2011Willamette WeekGreen Machine: New Green Energy Tax Credits Make Critics See Red
April 20, 2011Portland Business JournalTaxation group praises Oregon's 'effective business tax'
April 20, 2011News ReleaseCorporate Study Says Oregon Has the Second Lowest Tax Rate on New Investments
April 15, 2011Fact SheetTax Facts That Matter
April 10, 2011Statesman JournalLegislative review will put focus on 23 tax breaks
April 3, 2011Statesman JournalLawmakers may decide to continue film subsidies
April 1, 2011The OregonianCritics question tax incentives for Oregon film industry
March 28, 2011Daily EmeraldDespite Recession, Oregon's Personal Income Rises
March 15, 2011Portland TribuneOregon film industry supporters mob capital to keep tax incentives
March 8, 2011Portland SpectatorGetting Oregon Back to Work
February 25, 2011CenterPointsThe Costly and Ineffective Home Ownership Subsidy
February 9, 2011Tax AnalystsOregon's Rich Reap Profits Through Film Credit Scheme
February 9, 2011Willamette WeekLights, Camera, Tax Break
February 8, 2011Issue BriefReel Inefficiency
January 24, 2011Earned Income Tax Credit throughout Oregon
November 4, 2010Beaverton Valley TimesIt's a matter of priorities for Oregon Legislature
October 1, 2010CenterPointsIt's a Matter of Priorities
September 27, 2010News ReleaseHealth Care Act’s Tax Credit Will Help One in Eight Non-Elderly Oregonians
September 20, 2010Fact SheetEarned Income Tax Credit throughout Oregon
August 25, 2010KAJO (Grants Pass)OCPP's Sheketoff talks tax reform
August 24, 2010News ReleaseLimiting Itemized Deductions That Mostly Benefit the Well-Off Would Help Oregon Address Its Revenue Woes, Report Shows
June 6, 2010CenterPointsFinding Money in Oregon's Messiest Room
April 29, 2010Salem-News.comOregon Still Among Minority of States That Tax Poor Families' Wages
April 29, 2010News ReleaseOregon Still Among Minority of States That Tax Poor Families’ Wages
April 29, 2010Fact SheetWorking Poor and Near-Poor Families in Oregon Are Hit Harder by State Income Taxes Than Those in Most Other States
January 20, 2010News ReleaseUnemployment Data Underscore Need for Oregon Voters and Congress to Step Up
November 4, 2009News ReleaseOregon Among Few States That Tax Income of Poor Families
June 18, 2009News ReleaseOCPP Calls for Audit and Investigation of Film Subsidy Program
June 11, 2009Issue BriefWill Poor, Working Families Be Roadkill?
June 10, 2009Issue BriefMisplaced Priorities
May 21, 2009Issue BriefOregon Should Follow the Feds in Not Taxing Some Unemployment Benefits
May 12, 2009Fact SheetYour Constituents Utilize the EITC
May 1, 2009CenterPointsI Want Climate Change
April 29, 2009News ReleaseCongressional Budget Is Good News for Oregonians
April 14, 2009News ReleaseAnti-Tax “Tea Parties” Draw Wrong Lesson From History
March 2, 2009CenterPointsEnd Oregon’s Rob-Peter-to-Pay-Paul Funding Schemes
February 23, 2009News ReleaseNew Data Show Thousands of Profitable Corporations Pay No Oregon Income Taxes Except the $10 Minimum
January 28, 2009Issue BriefFirst, Stop Digging
December 16, 2008ReportRolling Up Our Sleeves: Building an Oregon that Works for Working Families
September 1, 2008CenterPointsA $75,000 Bargain for Oregon Taxpayers
August 28, 2008News ReleaseStatement by Charles Sheketoff, executive director, OCPP on the September Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast
August 26, 2008Issue BriefNo Contest: Why expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit is better for working families and Oregon than the Tax Bracket Increase
August 18, 2008News ReleaseCostly Ballot Measure 59 Tilts Benefits to Wealthy, Leaving “No Gain, Just Pain” for Most Oregonians
August 18, 2008ReportNo Gain, Just Pain
August 1, 2008CenterPointsWindow Dressing or Real Reform?
July 15, 2008News ReleaseChild Tax Credit Fix Would Help 155,000 Oregon Children
March 26, 2008Fact SheetExpanding the EIC in 2009
February 13, 2008Issue BriefFiscal Danger Ahead
February 11, 2008News ReleaseFederal Business Tax Break Triggers Fiscal Emergency in Oregon
January 25, 2008News ReleaseEconomic Stimulus Package Leaves Oregon Exposed
June 11, 2007News ReleaseHope for Lifetime Learning
April 10, 2007Issue BriefGiving Credit Where Credit is Due: How to pay for the Earned Income Credit
April 4, 2007ReportWorking, Poor, and Taxed: Improving Oregon’s Earned Income Credit
March 27, 2007News ReleaseOregon’s Income Taxes on Working Poor and Near Poor Among Highest in the Nation
December 18, 2006CenterPointsReduce Inequality to Expand Opportunity
August 31, 2006Oregonians can see that Measure 41 is fool’s gold
August 25, 2006Fool's Gold: How Measure 41 would leave seniors and others behind
July 6, 2006CenterPointsBiotech, Beer, and the Public's Right to Know
April 14, 2006News ReleaseOregonians Pay More Than Their Share Because Corporations Pay Less - Great Corporate Tax Shift
April 14, 2006ReportThe Great Corporate Tax Shift Undercutting Oregon's Economy and Quality of Life
April 4, 2006News ReleaseHouse Budget Plan Would Harm Oregon’s Vital Services
March 14, 2006CenterPointsDo Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?
November 11, 2005CenterPointsGordon Smith’s $1.9-Billion-a-Week Problem
October 27, 2005News ReleaseWyden Tax Plan Closes Corporate Breaks, Taxes Income from Wealth the Same as Income from Work, and Raises Revenues to Meet Public Needs and Reduce Deficit
September 1, 2005News ReleaseStatement by Charles Sheketoff on the $101 Million – 36% – Corporate Tax Cut
August 20, 2005CenterPointsThe Paris Hilton Fan Club
August 10, 2005News ReleaseOregon Corporations Quietly Receive 23 Percent Reduction in 2005 Taxes
July 7, 2005Issue BriefThe R&D Gravy Train: Eleven reasons why Oregon should not further expand the corporate research and development tax credit in HB 3232 or HB 2542
July 7, 2005CenterPointsShared Sacrifice for the Budgetary Mess
July 5, 2005Issue BriefAlbert Einstein Would Oppose Rolling Reconnect; Why HB 2542-A Should be Amended
July 1, 2005ReportQPAI Deduction in HB 2542-A: A tax cut for out-of-state investment and accounting gimmicks
June 6, 2005CenterPointsTax Breaks and Secret Spending
May 27, 2005ReportCorporate Tax Dodge: The Decline of the Oregon Corporate Income Tax and the Shift to Individual Taxpayers
May 5, 2005CenterPointsIs Intel Bluffing?
March 30, 2005News ReleaseVulnerable Oregon Residents Would Lose Up to $422 Million in Federal Funding Under House Budget Plan
January 29, 2005CenterPointsBeware the Snake Oil Salesmen
September 22, 2004News ReleaseMajor U.S. Companies Paying Little or Nothing in Taxes: News Release, September 22, 2004
May 23, 2003Report Robin Hood's Medical Plan
January 25, 2002News ReleaseTax Returns with a Silver Lining?
December 12, 2001Issue BriefEconomic stimulus in a time of recession: What will work and not work
October 1, 2001CenterPointsEconomic Recovery Proposals will Fail Oregon
May 21, 2001ReportDim and Dimmer
May 21, 2001News ReleaseOregon's Revenue Outlook: “Dim and Dimmer” Federal and State Revenues Won't Meet Needs Next Biennium and Beyond
March 1, 2001ReportAddressing the High Cost of Child Care
March 1, 2001News ReleaseOregon Taxes Low-Income Workers More Than Most States
November 29, 2000News ReleaseNew food stamp changes benefit working poor Oregonians
October 16, 2000ReportHow Would Expanding Oregon's Deduction for Federal Income Taxes Paid Affect Elderly Oregonians?
October 16, 2000News ReleaseMost Seniors Left Out Under Measures 88 and 91
July 9, 1999News ReleaseEnd-of-Session Bill Number Change Resurrects Wealthy Tax Cut and Threatens Popular Government Services
May 29, 1999ReportHelping the Top
May 20, 1999ReportThe Consequences of Increasing Oregon’s Income Tax Deduction for Federal Income Taxes Paid
March 30, 1999Report Fixing Oregon's Low Income Tax Credits: Should They be Made Refundable?

 

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