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Ten years ago, in July of 2013, the Republican-led General Assembly enacted historic tax reforms. Perhaps most notably, lawmakers overhauled the state’s personal income tax, moving from a progressive multi-tiered structure to a flat, simple rate.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina places 10th in the nation for its tax environment, according to new rankings from the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 11:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 4-3 party-line vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed that two voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be thrown out. They have sent the case back to a trial judge to make that decision.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In conversations about record inflation, most people harken back to the Jimmy Carter era where annual price inflation growth surpassed 10%.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 9:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A pay-as-you-go approach to capital projects sets the Senate apart from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, whose budget plan called for a $4.7 billion statewide bond package.
Published: Friday, June 25th, 2021 @ 6:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has over-collected more than $6 billion in state taxes when compared to May of 2020 economic forecasts.
Published: Monday, June 21st, 2021 @ 6:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"We have consistently collected more from taxpayers than we need to operate a sound state government," said Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 7:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A proposed tax cut from Senate Republicans would move North Carolina to fifth in the state business tax climate rankings, the Tax Foundation says.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Every North Carolinian who pays personal income tax would see a lower rate, under a proposal from legislative Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It's wrong to suggest a proposed state constitutional amendment would block North Carolina from adopting a system of graduated tax rates
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2018 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democratic governor suggests Republican leaders of the N.C. General Assembly favor those groups over people with lower incomes. But the facts show that the governor bears responsibility for trying to divide North Carolinians by income level
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since North Carolina enacted a major tax reform package in 2013, left-of-center politicians and pundits have lamented the disappearance of a progressive income tax
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cooper offered no details, and it's not clear how he allocated various pieces of the tax package included in the 2017-19 budget plan
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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True, longtime Raleigh News & Observer political columnist Rob Christensen might have written his latest piece before reading last week’s Carolina Journal Daily Journal on recent progressive changes to North Carolina’s personal income tax
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2017 @ 11:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government requires money to do its work. Anarchists disagree. But for the vast majority of us, the real debates involve, first, how much money government needs and, second, how government ought to collect that money
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political progressives aren't the only ones who see value in adding more "progressivity" to the state's personal income tax. A Republican-sponsored bill that won unanimous support last week in the N.C. Senate would accomplish that goal
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the 2016 general election unfolds in North Carolina, you should expect to hear a lot about how the state's economy has fared under Republican governance in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican state senators want to make North Carolina's income tax system more progressive.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With April 15 behind us, North Carolina taxpayers can look forward to a new era, because 2013 will be the final year of the state’s “progressive” income tax.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 6:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina House has officially approved its tax-reform bill. It would create a 5.9 percent flat income tax -- replacing the current rates...
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A tax reform package cleared a key committee Thursday and is headed for a House floor vote, possibly as early as today. The bill passed the House Appropriations...
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2013 @ 10:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis said Wednesday that Republican caucus members have come to an agreement on tax reform and will move forward...
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A House GOP-sponsored tax reform package got out of that chamber's Finance Committee on Tuesday, but not before it was tweaked to remove a cap that had been placed on deductions for mortgage interest, local property taxes and charitable contributions.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 7:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of the House Finance Committee heard the details of the House tax reform plan this week.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 2:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Bob Rucho began his presentation of a proposed tax overhaul by asking the lobbyists in attendance at Thursday's Senate Finance Committee meeting to raise their hands.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2013 @ 3:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For months, North Carolina politicians, lobbyists, policy analysts, and journalists have been buzzing about the possibility that fundamental tax reform might top the state agenda in the coming year.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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