Corporation Tells Truth About Tax Subsidy
Published on Oregon Center for Public Policy by Chuck Sheketoff How refreshing it is to hear a...
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Read Moreby Chuck Sheketoff Often I am asked, “What can we do to address income inequality?” There are a number of good ideas for confronting income inequality, which now stands at historic highs. In my view the first thing to do is to...
Read MoreIn Oregon, the poverty rate for most communities of color exceeds the rate for whites. And not just by a little.
Read Morethe “Grand Bargain” tax subsidy for certain business owners would not create any jobs, save maybe for lawyers and accountants dispensing advice on how to game the system.
Read More“Grand Bargain” Tax Package Comes with Shrinking Revenue from Tax Subsidy for the 1 Percent and No Jobs
Read MoreAt a time of soaring corporate profits and income inequality, tax reform must first raise new revenue from profitable corporations and high-income Oregonians.
Read More…Oregon minimum-wage workers will enjoy the second highest state minimum wage in the nation. Only the state of Washington will have a higher state minimum wage. Oregon’s northern neighbor, which also automatically increases its minimum wage according to the cost of living, will see its minimum hourly wage rise to $9.19 on January 1.
As of January 1, Oregon will be one of 19 states plus the District of Columbia with a minimum wage above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which is not scheduled to increase.
If corporations really wanted tax certainty, they would stop fiddling with the tax code and they would help clean it up by getting rid of the tax loopholes they enjoy.
Read MoreGuess what corporate tax loophole will cost an additional $35.1 million next biennium without requiring that the beneficiaries create a single job? That tax code spending provision is none other than single-sales factor...
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