Sheldon Cohen, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, once wrote, "People think taxation is a terribly mundane subject.
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A comprehensive new analysis of research on the factors influencing business location decisions shows that state-level tax cuts have little
Nearly 2,200 low-income families in Portland and thousands of others around Oregon could lose their federal housing assistance in the
Opponents of public services seek to limit Oregon state government revenues to a maximum of population plus inflation growth as
State-by-state data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that job growth in Oregon and most other
Anti-tax advocates and proponents of drastic reductions in government services claim that Oregon’s past and current spending limits, first enacted
In the "say it often enough and it becomes true" game that passes for public debate too often in today's
An Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) analysis of data contained in the Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast released today
Read the report Job Recovery Continues to Elude Oregon Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) analysis of unemployment and jobs
Oregon's minimum corporate income tax is just $10. This minimum tax has not changed since being lowered in 1931.
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