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North Carolina’s Republican legislative leadership never met a tax they didn’t want to cut. Since taking control of state government in 2011, they have cut corporate tax rates from 6.9 percent to the current 2.0 percent.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 6:07 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In 2013, the new Republican-led General Assembly took steps to foster economic growth by lowering the state’s corporate income tax rate. The corporate income tax is a burden that ultimately falls on workers.
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2023 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My previous research brief discussed that last year Gov. Roy Cooper pledged over $1.3 billion in corporate welfare to just 58 corporations from state “economic development” incentives programs whose stated purposes are about “job creation.”
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Left insists government is better poised than you to spend more of your hard-earned money.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a motion for summary judgment asking aCalifornia court to rule that the State’s quota for women on corporate boards is unconstitutional and to permanently enjoin any expenditure of taxpayer funds on the quota.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 8:26 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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The prospect of tax relief to North Carolina’s small businesses is supposedly offensive to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Personal income tax rates would be slashed and the corporate tax rate entirely eliminated by 2028 under a proposal rolled out on Tuesday, May 25, by N.C. Senate Republicans.
Published: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A California court authorized our taxpayer lawsuit to move forward against a California law that mandates gender quotas for corporate boards.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 12:04 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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What that means for individual, corporate and franchise tax bills in North Carolina
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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How should the State of North Carolina go about corporate taxation and corporate welfare? There are four possible policy combinations.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N&O this weekend published an editorial declaring that North Carolina’s corporate income tax cuts are “not working.”
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Roy Cooper once again is displaying his blatant hypocrisy on corporate taxes.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 12:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A corporate tax cut expected to pass at the end of the General Assembly’s session surprisingly wound up on the cutting room floor.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Months after the start of school, Republican legislative leaders are passing yet another sweeping corporate tax cut, but they still have not done anything to raise teacher pay.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 12:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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But does Cooper actually oppose them or not? The end of June would have confused anyone looking for consistency.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The economic costs of corporate tax incentives outweigh their benefits, a new study by N.C. State University researchers says.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 5:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate passed Senate Bill 622 Thursday, May 16, and Republicans project it will reduce individual and corporate taxes by $800 million over the next five years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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States and municipalities courting of large corporations such as Amazon and Apple has brought the folly of economic development tax incentives into the public awareness
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 7:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tax reform is always a work in progress as legislators seek to raise revenue for the government without impeding the economy
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's corporate income tax currently stands at 3 percent, and it is scheduled to be reduced to 2.5 percent in January
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget proposal reduces personal and corporate income taxes and increases education spending by nearly $700 million
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Try as I might, I can't see the wisdom behind this proposed "transformative" projects expansion. I can't. It's terrible
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has a history of publicly denouncing “corporate tax giveaways.” Indeed, last year he offered up this question: “Are we going to invest in education and our people, or are we going to continue with further corporate tax giveaways?”
Published: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 @ 4:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a $24.5 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 that freezes scheduled drops in corporate and some personal income tax rates
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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any discussion of public policy, I think it is impossible to talk intelligently about questions like "good enough" or "fair enough" without asking first "by what standard?"
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ink is dry, but the howling from the Left continues. The 2017 tax reform law is in place and working as advertised - lower personal and corporate taxes, more money in the pockets of Americans, repatriation of billions of dollars of corporate profit, and an economy that will be robust
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2018 @ 9:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since I and other Republicans gained control of the General Assembly in 2011, the Assembly has championed the philosophy of cutting taxes - thus a lower sales tax rate, personal income tax rate and corporate tax rate on North Carolina families and businesses, while raising the standard deduction for
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 3:07 pm
By: Bill Cook
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President Donald J. Trump has delivered comprehensive tax cuts and reform to the American people, providing taxpayers and businesses with the tax relief they need
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 1:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's a pretty safe bet that most N.C. voters dislike "corporate giveaways."
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina, among many other states, are in a tizzy trying to land the reported “second headquarters” of Amazon
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 12:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late Tuesday night, the Republican Senate passed historic tax reform - a massive package of corporate tax cuts and well-sized individual tax cuts, combined with the repeal of the individual mandate and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 1:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Tax Foundation has just released its 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index, and North Carolina holds on to the number 11 position.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2017 @ 9:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina has already accomplished what Republicans in Washington want to pass - historic tax reform that caps or eliminates special-interest deductions, cuts tax rates, and encourages investment, business formation, and job creation
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, House Republicans finally unveiled their tax reform plan. Overall, it's a transformative move in terms of corporate taxes, and it should help the vast majority of individual taxpayers as well.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, the Council of Economic Advisers released a report on the relationship between the corporate tax rate and GDP growth
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2017 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most economists agree that our corporate tax rate harms American workers by keeping their wages down.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"We must reduce the tax rate on American businesses so they keep jobs in America, create jobs in America, and compete for workers right here in America -- the America we love."
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 @ 5:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"If we want to renew our prosperity, restore our opportunity, and reestablish our economic dominance - which is what we should be doing - then we need tax reform that is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, and, yes, pro-American."
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2017 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In December, my colleagues and I put together a Roadmap to Freedom in preparation for the 2017 legislative session
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you are a North Carolina taxpayer and you think something looks familiar about President Trump’s tax reform plan, you are right
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A common theme unifying recent debates about tax reform in North Carolina and in Washington is the idea that the punitive tax treatment of business investment is a bad idea
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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