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Tax cuts are the wrong priority – Texans would be better served if lawmakers increased investments in public services. However, as I told members of
Every Texan
May 13, 2015
Tax cuts are the wrong priority – Texans would be better served if lawmakers increased investments in public services. However, as I told members of
In Texas, school districts grant residential homeowners a flat-dollar-amount homestead exemption of $15,000, but local governments are currently prohibited from doing the same. While they
Public attention is currently focused on the large tax-cut bills that both the House and the Senate passed, in different forms. The House plan, which
The House and Senate have different tax cut proposals, generating many questions about what these tax cuts could mean for the future of Texas. Here
A just-released Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report estimates that undocumented immigrants in Texas collectively paid $1.5 billion in property, sales, and excise taxes
The House Ways & Means Committee heard testimony on HB 31 and HB 32, the bills that together make up the House tax cut plan.
Tax cut fever continues to spread through the Capitol, and we keep asking the same question: is it appropriate or fiscally responsible to place tax
As the dust settles on the 17-hour HB 1 debate in the Texas House, it’s worth noting what made it into the final House budget
Last week’s release of the 2015 Tax Exemption and Tax Incidence report by the Comptroller’s office is great reminder that Texas tax system is in dire
The price of oil, which was over $100 per barrel last summer, has lately been selling at half that amount. Drilling new wells has slowed