By:
Gene Perry
November 8, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement on the failure of SQ 779, the sales tax increase for education:
SQ 779 did not reach majority support even though Oklahomans widely acknowledge that we must improve school funding. The results of this…
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By:
David Blatt
November 1, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A central claim being made by opponents of State Question 779, the ballot measure that would increase the sales tax by one percentage point to boost funding for education, is that less than half the money will go to raise…
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By:
Steve Lewis
October 21, 2016 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
Thinking about the budget problems facing next year’s Legislature would give anyone a headache. Due…
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By:
Guest
October 19, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Carl Davis is Research Director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that works on federal, state, and local tax policy issues.
When is a charitable contribution not a “donation” at all? If a taxpayer…
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By:
David Blatt
October 4, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Robert Zahradnik is a director and Steve Bailey and Jon Moody are senior associates with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ states’ fiscal health team. This post originally appeared on the Pew blog and is reposted here with permission.
Volatile revenue sources…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 3, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Last week a press release from Governor Fallin advertised that she was participating in the “Bring Small Businesses Back Bus Tour” when it came to Oklahoma City. This tour is sponsored by the “Job Creators Network”, an association of corporate…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 12, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Learn about other state questions on the ballot in Oklahoma.
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SQ 779 is a constitutional amendment that would raise the state sales and use tax by one percentage point.…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 12, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. You can find past Capitol Updates archived on his website.
An interesting debate has developed…
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. You can find past Capitol Updates archived on his website.
One has to wonder where…
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This weekend, many Oklahomans will flock to the stores to take advantage of the state’s annual three-day sales tax holiday weekend. Since 2007, shoppers are allowed to buy clothing items under $100 free of state and local sales tax during…
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