
The Misguided “Small Business Tax Cut”
The desire to help small business owners is understandable, as they are an important component of our economy and communities.
The desire to help small business owners is understandable, as they are an important component of our economy and communities.
Governor John Kitzhaber and Oregon Business Association leaders should have read last Friday’s edition of the Portland Business Journal before claiming to the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue this week that Oregon’s income tax on investment gains — capital gains — discourages investment in Oregon.
Some (not me) like to divide the country into “makers” and “takers,” portraying those who don’t pay federal income taxes as the latter.
Let me put a disclaimer right up front: it is rather meaningless to compare states in terms of revenue collections (as, unfortunately, is often done in political and policy discussions).
There are many ways to analyze the growing income inequality gap in Oregon. Here is one that could leave you feeling pangs of hunger: the distribution of capital gains income.
One chart by our colleagues at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) that uses data from the Tax Policy Center (TPC), is all President Obama needs to show why he’s right in proposing to raise federal taxes on the wealthiest Americans (the so-called “Buffett Rule” ).
Back in March, the Oregon Film and Video Office acknowledged the “leakage” in the film production tax credit the office administers
On the heels of a weekend news report that Intel is taxing Hillsboro and Beaverton schools with the influx of about 400 Israeli children because of an Intel four-month training program for their parents, Intel executives showed up at a business association meeting on Tuesday to complain about the inability of Oregon’s Higher-Education system to produce enough skilled engineers.
Recent news stories highlight a major challenge that legislative leaders faced when they adopted their balanced budget plan: the refusal by some business lobbying groups and some otherwise reasonable people to acknowledge that the public sector is an important part of the economy.
The Sunday Oregonian featured a story comparing two businesses and their different views of Measures 66 and 67.
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