North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental nature of capital gains taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers are the winners when public schools operate efficiently and when every public dollar is put to its best use and evaluated carefully.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After months of wrangling us taxpayers now know how our money is to be spent and collected.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 7:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Are teachers receiving a pay increase?
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pundits, partisans and politicos have offered their views on the tax plan passed this week, ranging from praise to please.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina’s most vulnerable Medicaid patients deserve a health care safety net that meets their needs and moves them from sickness to health.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million in extra interest payments on state debt since...
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers would receive a tax relief refund when state revenues exceed 5 percent of budgeted amounts under a state constitutional amendment proposed by Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina residents pay nearly 10 percent of their income in taxes, placing the state squarely among the 20th-most taxed in the nation, said the nonprofit Tax Foundation in its most recent Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking (PDF download here).
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The need to reform North Carolina's tax structure is urgent. Our state's economy continues to struggle, suffering from a 9.7 unemployment rate - fifth highest in the nation
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 2:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This time, it's the new Financial State of the States report by the Institute for Truth in Accounting, an Illinois-based nonprofit that has been pushing governments to reform their accounting practices for more than a decade.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2012 @ 9:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers could be out almost $9 billion if the Bush-era tax rates and a patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax aren't extended, a report by the Tax Foundation says. Nationwide, the total tax relief is estimated to be $403 billion, or about 2.7 percent of the economy.
Published: Monday, August 6th, 2012 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If North Carolina were a separate country, we would not fare well in key international comparisons of economic competitiveness.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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