The N.C. solicitor general urges the nation's highest court to reject a case dealing with sales tax assessments on out-of-state transactions.
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 12:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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National groups representing manufacturers, small businesses, and major corporations are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a sales tax dispute from North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Local governments turning to bonds and sales tax referendums due to rising interest rates and inflation.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 7:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Guilford County accused of illegal electioneering in favor of school bond referendum, sales tax hikeA candidate for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has accused the county government of using public dollars to illegally promote the passage of a $1.7 billion school bond and quarter cent sales tax increase.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 10:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Estimates from the Senate budget proposal’s tax cut plan project a tax savings of roughly $13.9 billion over the next five years.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As of November, North Carolina’s state government has some $4 billion in unreserved cash in its General Fund, plus well north of $1 billion in its rainy-day account and other reserves.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 12:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in March, North Carolina policymakers have been watching government revenues and expenditures carefully.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus another $1.8 billion in rainy-day funds and other earmarked reserves.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council went to the people of Mecklenburg County last fall to get a quarter-cent sales tax increase.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2020 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly every election cycle, a handful of counties place a sales tax referendum on the ballot.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservative North Carolinians believe that lower taxes translate into higher levels of economic growth and personal freedom.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday rejected a local quarter cent sales tax hike sold as a way to raise funds for area art projects and parks.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2019 @ 6:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mecklenburg County voters rejected a plan to raise the sales tax to fund arts and parks.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In November, voters in other North Carolina communities — including several of the largest in the state — will weigh separate multimillion-dollar initiatives.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2019 @ 4:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twelve years ago, the General Assembly gave counties the option to ask residents if they wanted more government spending. The county commissioners’ response this year in Mecklenburg? Spend an extra $50 million on the arts and parks.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2019 @ 7:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate approved a plan to return millions in surplus tax revenue to taxpayers, despite complaints from some Democratic lawmakers who wanted to use the money for education or infrastructure.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 4:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Buncombe County's financial troubles will not end with the January 16th plea hearing of former county manager Wanda Greene in federal court or payment of her $750,000 settlement with the county.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Advocates for higher taxes and spending were excited to see a new pool of economic activity from which to siphon money, but Gov. Roy Cooper's Department of Revenue (NCDOR) may have overstepped its authority in interpreting state law and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Would North Carolina be a better place without an income tax? A recent Bankrate.com article compared the nine states that forgo broad-based personal income taxes with the rest of the country on economy, population, and jobs
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After decades of debate and litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court has settled a contentious matter
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent legislative adjustments to North Carolina's 2018-19 state General Fund budget produced two main political controversies that we'll hear more about as we move through the campaign season to the November midterms
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What is a tax increase? Sounds like a simple question. But when politics intrudes, simple becomes complicated - or even convoluted
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past two weeks, government budget agencies have delivered two key reports to North Carolina taxpayers. One should infuriate them. The other should please them
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 12:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2010, when voters put Republicans in charge of most state governments across the United States, North Carolina became one of about a half-dozen states where conservative reformers have frequently - and sometimes spectacularly - faced off with progressives in ways that have attracted significan
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation allowing counties to impose an additional quarter-cent sales tax to raise revenue within their jurisdictions
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 7:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in numerous North Carolina counties will vote for more than candidates in their districts
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a decades-long proponent of redistricting reform, I welcome the recent and no-doubt heartfelt support for my cause from North Carolina Democrats
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 11:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina's tax burden should be $3 billion higher?
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2017 @ 10:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the recently completed legislative session, the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to enact a new budget for state government
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 3:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a model for ending state sales tax holidays in favor of better policy, a Tax Foundation study finds
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 1:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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