The slowing US economy could use some temporary fiscal stimulus to get things going again, but the Bush Administration’s tax
Tax Justice
Tax justice is central to economic justice. Taxes are how, together, we fund schools, health care, transportation, and the many public services that foster quality of life. Unfortunately, wealthy elites and the corporations they control have rigged the tax system in their favor, building a system that asks least from those who have the most.
Tax Justice
Tax justice is central to economic justice. Taxes are how, together, we fund schools, health care, transportation, and the many public services that foster quality of life. Unfortunately, wealthy elites and the corporations they control have rigged the tax system in their favor, building a system that asks least from those who have the most.
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Oregonians have good reasons to be mad at Enron. Friends and neighbors who work for Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric
News Release Only one-quarter of elderly Oregon taxpayers will get any tax relief from Ballot Measures 88 and 91, according
Executive Summary Oregon is one of nine states that allow taxpayers to claim federal income taxes paid as a deduction
It’s mid-April. Every year at this time, taxes are on most people’s minds. Eager to push the latest tax cutting
News Release Oregon taxes the incomes of low-income working families at higher rates than most states, according to a report
News Release As the Oregon Department of Revenue gives a tour of its kicker check processing operation to the Oregon
News Release An end-of-session maneuver, called a “gut-and-stuff,” replaced one tax cut bill, Senate Bill 535, with the contents of
Executive Summary The OCPP asked the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) to analyze the impact of
Under current law, Oregon taxpayers can deduct up to $3,000 of federal personal income tax on their Oregon tax returns.
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