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Income tax reform escapes notice Budget crunch, lack of outcry keep issue off state legislators' plates
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It's April 17. The deadline for filing your income tax return was
April 15. Do you know off the top of your head much tax you paid?
If you're like many people, your answer to that question is "no,"
qualified only by a vague feeling that you probably paid too much.
Though badly in need of a major overhaul, the Wisconsin income tax
code is off the political radar in Madison mostly because taxpayers
have not raised a ruckus about the code's inherent and compounding
inequities.
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Income tax a big piece of the pie; Wisconsin workers will pay $6.4 billion, while property taxes bring in $7.9 billion
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... tiny percentage of the 74,483 total returns with those incomes. Copyright 2007, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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 "Newsday (Melville, NY)")
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Nod to tax shift to fund schools: Poll finds that more LI residents would rather fund schools with income tax than property taxes.
Newsday (Melville, NY)
; ... Madore contributed to this story. Copyright (c) 2006, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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INCOME TAX IS NEEDED, PANEL TELLS LEGISLATURE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Byline: ANGELA GALLOWAY AND PAUL NYHAN P-I reporters OLYMPIA -- A high-profile committee set up by the Legislature called on politicians yesterday to impose a state income tax and to reduce sales and property taxes, condemning the state's current tax structure as unfair and regressive. The
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Income tax is schools' new funding solution Local officials say it's easier on seniors and landowners than property tax.
Dayton Daily News
; Local schools are ending their reliance on the personal property tax to fund public education. "What we're doing is tax reform," said Troy Superintendent Tom Dunn, whose district has a 1.5 percent earned income tax on the November ballot with the promise of letting lapse 4.5 mills of property tax
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Report says state income tax hurts economy
New Haven Register
; The state income tax has been a disaster for Connecticut's economy and its residents, according to a report being released today by a think tank connected to Trinity College. "Fifteen Years of Folly: The Failures of Connecticut's Income Tax" chronicles the state's record in jobs, income and other
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