Browsing: Tax Reform

The Sheboygan Fire Department recently marked its 10th year of providing emergency medical services (EMS) to the city’s residents. But not all of the parties associated with the decision are celebrating the milestone.

Gov. Walker says he’ll decide on Opportunity Zone designations by March 21 federal deadline Editor’s note: On March 21, Gov. Scott…

Says ‘there has never been more opportune moment’ for Wisconsin tax reform.

Residents in high-tax states like ours are stung harder by cap on state/local tax deduction

Wisconsin ranks 38th in the latest state highway systems report.

Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling

Many taxpayers in the Badger State could take a hit under changes proposed in House Republican tax bill.
By Jay Miller
November 8, 2017

Institute and Tax Foundation moving forward with analysis of state tax structure and policy recommendations for 2019 budget.

And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage

It’s budget time in Madison. Get out your wallet.

Claiming to have a workforce strategy without a real strategy to attract and retain people makes little sense.
By Tom Hefty
June 28, 2017

The EITC promotes the expansion of the labor market by increasing the reward to work, while at the same time making it more attractive for businesses to hire.

College tuition continues to rise at a rate that greatly exceeds inflation and student loans are becoming more and more onerous.

About one-third of all state spending today originates in Washington, D.C., dramatically increasing the influence of the federal government on state spending priorities.

New findings trumpeted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel fail to break down Wisconsin’s tax burden by income categories or on a regional basis.

The fact that SSDI is now a year closer to a mandatory 19% benefit cut once reserves are depleted doesn’t mean there is much more urgency in Congress for reforming disability benefits.

Tax-exempt institutions pay utility fees for their use of electricity and water. Shouldn’t a tax for their ownership of property be viewed in the same light?

One of the benefits of having 50 states, our so-called laboratories of democracy, is that we can examine different states’ policies and learn from them.

Economists from Suffolk University’s Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy have determined through economic modeling that Wisconsin would benefit long-term from further tax cuts. Yet, they’ve found, Wisconsin doesn’t just suffer from high taxes. It suffers from the wrong tax mix.

One of my favorite quotes is from the French economist Frederic Bastiat. In his essay “Ce qu’on voit et ce…