Dan Kane of the N&O writes an excellent piece detailing North Carolina's complicated sales tax - a tax code riddled with special rates and exemptions granted to certain ... Keep Reading
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New Report Touts Benefits from Replacing the North Carolina Income Tax with Consumption-Based Tax
December 18, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Brian Balfourbrian.balfour@nccivitas.org Civitas Institute Study Demonstrates How Eliminating the Income Tax Will Put More Money in ... Keep Reading
Senate Leaders Calls Dems’ Bluff on Tax Hike
During floor debate today on the Senate budget plan, GOP leaders introduced an amendment to increase the state sales tax. Basically, they wanted Senators to go on record with their ... Keep Reading
Gov. Perdue’s Twisted Tax Priorities
New at the Civitas Institute's website is an article contrasting Gov. Perdue's attitude toward taxing Hollywood millionaires and working class North Carolinians. A sample: Picture ... Keep Reading
Gov. Perdue refuses to state when “temporary” tax would expire
Gov. Beverley Perdue is refusing to state when her newly proposed "temporary" sales-tax increase would expire. According to the Charlotte Observer, at an event in Charlotte, NC ... Keep Reading
Holiday Travel Just Got More Expensive
As many holiday travelers will find out, filling up your tank in NC just got more expensive today. Thanks to a 2009 law that not only eliminated the cap on the variable portion of ... Keep Reading
More Details on Perdue’s Budget
The Civitas Institute now has a more thorough rundown of Gov. Perdue's budget. Check it out here. ... Keep Reading
Where Are Those “Amazon Tax” Revenues?
The Washington D.C. based Tax Foundation released this report critiquing the "Amazon Tax," a tax North Carolina enacted as part of the state budget last summer. Some ... Keep Reading
State Committee Continues to Examine Sales Tax on Services
In a joint meeting of the state Senate and House Finance committees yesterday, further discussion of North Carolina's sales tax was the main focus. Specifically, members were ... Keep Reading
$1.1B Tax Increase in NC Budget
There have been some reports that the tax increase contained in the NC budget was to be $990 million. Those reports appear to be premature. According to the estimates in the ... Keep Reading
