Browsing: Taxes

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

The use of historic designation nowadays often has nothing to do with preservation

Claims that the streetcar swayed major development decisions in downtown Milwaukee are off track

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

New Badger Institute book finds federal grants deprive us of our money, liberty and trust.

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

An empowered treasurer could be an independent voice for fiscal sanity

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.

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.