By:
David Blatt
December 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Ken Miller is State Treasurer and a member of the the Task Force for the Study of Tax Credits and Economic Incentives. This originally appeared as an article in the November Oklahoma Economic Report and is reprinted with permission. For…
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By:
Gene Perry
December 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
An idea floating around in the tax reform debate has been to swap tax credits for a reduction in the top income tax rate. That’s one of the motivations behind the tax credit task force, which has looked at reigning…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 29, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Recently Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, suggested that school gyms, playgrounds, and athletic fields should be opened to the public after hours. She argued that these “shared-use agreements” for public facilities would reduce obesity, especially in…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 22, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
If all the recent talk about tax credits and exemptions and tax reform have left you scratching your head, you’re not alone. Keeping up with the tax debate – and its accompanying jargon and terminology – can challenge even the…
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By:
Paul Shinn
November 21, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Today we published “An Incomplete Recovery: The State Budget Outlook 2012-2015.” This is the third of our annual series of forecasts for the state budget. Our goals for this project are both to inform leaders and citizens about the state’s…
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OK Policy’s issue brief is based on revenue forecasts for FY ’12 – FY ’15. Our main findings include:
Oklahoma will face prolonged constraints on the state budget even as the economy and state . recover;
Revenues will remain below…
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For the eighteenth consecutive month since May 2010, General Revenue (GR) collections grew compared to the prior year. October GR was $24.3 million, or 6.3 percent, above collections in October 2010. All major taxes brought in more revenue than one…
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By:
David Blatt
November 15, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Rep. David Dank is co-chair of the Tax Credit Task Force. This is his opening statement to the Task Force’s meeting of November 9th. It is reprinted with permission and has been edited for length as indicated by […] The…
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This post originally appeared on Oklahoma Watch as part of their Oklahoma Voices series. The legislative task force that has been studying tax breaks will vote on final recommendations at its November 30 meeting. Also appearing today on our blog…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 9, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
While some state leaders continue to discuss making top-down cuts to the income tax or eliminating it entirely, a new OK Policy issue brief shows why that policy is ill-advised.
Before the economic downturn, the income tax brought in more…
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