Browsing: Tax Reform

Rich people shouldn’t be the beneficiaries’ of a federal program that gives investors tax breaks to help disadvantaged areas, critics say

Last month, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue released data showing the state’s general fund tax collections for fiscal year (FY) 2019 were up nearly $1.2 billion, or 7.4 percent, from FY 2018, and nearly $703 million higher than anticipated when the state’s FY 2018-19 budget was adopted.

Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s pro-growth, fiscally responsible policies are drawing an increasing number of Illinois residents to the state.

Department of Revenue’s guidelines on taxing ice cream cakes illustrate the absurd complexity of state’s sales tax system

Context and Trends

Income tax credits paired with numerous tax increases.

Wisconsin’s overall tax structure remains behind competitor states in simplicity, tax rates and business climate for residents and investment. How can we reform the tax structure so that the state reaches its full potential? Joe Bishop-Henchman and Katherine Loughead of the Tax Foundation discuss suggested reforms as detailed in the recent book from the Badger Institute and the Tax Foundation. Their presentation was delivered at the Badger Institute’s Policy Symposium.

A new Badger Institute and Tax Foundation report offers a menu of reforms to foster opportunity and make Wisconsin more competitive.

A guide to fair, simple, pro-growth reform

As with manufacturing property, valuations should be done by the state, with owners being able to appeal to a panel of tax experts rather than a local review board

James Madison would be dismayed by his namesake capital’s role in relinquishing local control to get federal grants

How federal grants are depriving us of our money, liberty and trust in government – and what we can do about it. This book by the Badger Institute urges states to push back.

A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.

A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.

Many taxpayers will no longer benefit from state and local tax deduction

Broad-based Wisconsin tax reform should be the goal

Legislature should fix the complex process that benefits developers and politicians at the expense of taxpayers

Funding mechanism has become a gravy train for developers and distorts the free market, critics say

Numbers and nuggets from trends in Wisconsin — on everything from the state’s tax rankings to our workforce shortage to the growth in occupational licensing to corrections to the transportation funding dilemma to the decline of the mainstream media.