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Justice Circle The Case for North Carolina’s Personal Income Tax
April 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY North Carolina’s personal income tax represents half of the revenue collected by the state each year (an estimated $10 …
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The Governor’s Proposed 2012-13 Budget
Executive Summary On May 10, Governor Perdue released her recommended $20.9 billion FY2012-13 state budget. It includes a ¾-cent extension of the state …
Rebuilding the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to Protect North Carolina’s Economy
May 2012 The federal government established the unemployment insurance system after the Great Depression to support workers who lost their jobs through no …
Special Deals, Special Problems – An Analysis of North Carolina’s Legislature-Approved Economic Development Incentives
By Kenneth Thomas Special Report from the Budget & Tax Center June 2012 Executive Summary North Carolina’s statutory incentive programs offer some of …
The FY2012-13 House Budget: An inadequate and temporary fix for North Carolina’s growing budget pressures
Executive Summary The North Carolina House’s $20.3 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2012-2013 (FY2012-13) would increase total state spending by $338.7 million, …
The FY 2012-13 Senate Budget – Policy-heavy budget continues to short investments in key public structures
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The North Carolina Senate’s $20.1 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2012- 2013 (FY2012-13) would increase total state spending by $211.9 …
The State of Working North Carolina 2012: A Barometer of the Economic Recovery in Our State
Workers play a keystone role in North Carolina’s economy, as both producers and consumers of goods and services. Improvements in the well-being of …
Improving the Sales Tax: A Critical Step to a Modern Revenue System
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The state sales tax in North Carolina represents nearly 30 percent of the state’s total revenue each year. In 2011, the …
Mediated Incentives: Making North Carolina’s Economic Development Incentive Programs Work Better through Strategic Investments
By Dr. T. William Lester, Dr. Nichola J. Lowe, and Allan M. Freyer October 2012 North Carolina’s incentive programs can be made more …
Ignoring Lessons from the Past in Unemployment Insurance Financing
December 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The combination of tax cuts for employers in the 1990s and two historic downturns in the 2000s has created …