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Posted February 04, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based research group with a focus on issues affecting low- and middle-income citizens, released a study this week noting that a 22% across-the-board cut in the personal income tax... read more
Posted February 03, 2005 in Press Releases
A 22 percent reduction in Ohio’s state income tax would cost the state more than $2 billion in annual revenue and would go overwhelmingly to the state’s most affluent taxpayers. Roughly one in seven of... read more
Posted January 28, 2005 in Press Releases
The Dayton Daily News Ohio house speaker Jon Husted was on the money when he identified tax reform as vital to the state's future. The "time is now," he recently told the Dayton Daily News editorial... read more
Posted January 22, 2005 in Press Releases
Gross receipts concept would shift the burden The Toledo Blade COLUMBUS - Republican legislators and Gov. Bob Taft are examining a proposal to create a new business tax that supporters say would let Ohio eliminate the corporate... read more
Posted January 21, 2005 in Press Releases
The state's unemployment rate fell 0.6% in December, but state officials said the decrease is best attributed to the volatility of data used to calculate the rate rather than improvements in Ohio's economy. The reduction to... read more
Posted January 16, 2005 in Press Releases
Added penny sales tax likely to be extended Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft and Republican legislative leaders have a publicly silent, but influential, partner in their campaign to overhaul the state's tax code to boost Ohio's... read more
Posted January 12, 2005 in Press Releases
Officials, study cite predatory lending as the chief culpritBy Joshua Greene Cleveland Free Times JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER Monday, at the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Foreclosure Sale on January 10, 50 homes changed hands. The room was packed... read more
Posted January 06, 2005 in Press Releases
Lt. Gov. Bruce Johnson to play major role in pursuing tax-reform initiatives The Akron Beacon Journal COLUMBUS - The room was packed. Every seat and spot for standing was taken. Along the balcony, men and women leaned over... read more
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