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December 11, 2018 by Alan Daley

Credit Unions’ Tax Exemption Pays Off for Consumers

Credit Unions’ Tax Exemption Pays Off for Consumers

Banks Regularly question the legitimacy of credit unions’ exemption from federal taxes. The casual observer may wonder why credit unions, which take deposits and make loans, are treated differently for taxes purposes than are banks which perform like services. The justification comes from unique functions performed by credit unions. The exemption from taxation was explained […]

Filed Under: Blog, Finance / Insurance, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: credit union, taxes

November 5, 2018 by Liam Sigaud

New Study Undermines Argument for Taxing Sugary Drinks

New Study Undermines Argument for Taxing Sugary Drinks

Researchers at the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine have dealt another blow to the case for taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). The new study, published earlier this month in Current Nutrition Reports, found that “the evidence supporting [a] relationship between SSB consumption and child body mass index (BMI) is consistently small and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Consumer Tips / Health, General Regulations, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: drinks, sugar, Taxation, taxes

September 13, 2018 by Liam Sigaud

Inside Sources: Rural Americans Need Broadband and Here’s How Government Can Help

Inside Sources: Rural Americans Need Broadband and Here’s How Government Can Help

24 million Americans — many of whom live in rural areas — don’t have access to high-speed, broadband internet in their homes. But a new study says that next generation wireless broadband, 5G, may be within reach for many rural Americans, if only state and local governments reduce fees that discourage private-sector investment. To read […]

Filed Under: Blog, Internet Public Policy Issues, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: 5g, broadband, fees, rural, taxes

August 22, 2018 by Steve Pociask

Inside Sources — Credit Unions: A Formula That Congress Got Right

Inside Sources — Credit Unions: A Formula That Congress Got Right

The head of the Florida Bankers Association recently opined that credit unions aren’t paying enough in taxes. The comment was rich, considering that banks control 93% of financial depository institution assets. Deemed too big to fail, it was these very banks that turned their backs on consumers and small businesses during the last recession, while […]

Filed Under: Blog, Finance / Insurance, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: banks, credit unions, taxes

July 24, 2018 by editor

ACI and 46 Other Groups Call for Permanent Individual Tax Reductions

ACI and 46 Other Groups Call for Permanent Individual Tax Reductions

Forty-seven groups sent a letter to the House of Representatives calling for all of the individual tax provisions from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” to be made permanent.  The coalition letter is available here.

Filed Under: Consumer Tips / Health, Issues, News, Taxation Tagged With: tax reform, taxes

November 29, 2017 by editor

ACI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Pro-Growth Tax Reform

ACI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Pro-Growth Tax Reform

Today, a coalition of over 40 state and national conservative and tax policy organizations urging Congress to pass pro-growth tax reform before the end of the year. In a letter sent to every member of Congress, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to pass legislation that will provide tax relief for middle-class families, spur job […]

Filed Under: Issues, News, Taxation Tagged With: tax reform. coaltion, taxes

October 6, 2017 by Alan Daley

Tax Reform Needed

Tax Reform Needed

The President’s outline for tax reform sketches the broad outline for lower corporate and individual rates and for closing loopholes.  This reform is vital and would be a major economic stimulus.  However, the plan lacks many details that will need to be decided. Repatriation of overseas profits back into the U.S. and the “expensing” of […]

Filed Under: Blog, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: tax reform, taxes

September 29, 2017 by Alan Daley

Chasing Business Taxes Wherever Companies Choose a Home

Chasing Business Taxes Wherever Companies Choose a Home

The European Union (EU) is seeking an approach on business taxes that retains more of Internet firms’ earnings as taxes for itself.  The EU has been spooked by foreign Internet companies’ selection of “tax homes” with especially low rates.  Ireland has been a very popular choice of US high tech firms for reporting and paying […]

Filed Under: Blog, Issues, Taxation Tagged With: EU, taxes

June 13, 2017 by Steve Pociask

Coalition Calls for Ending ACA Taxes

Coalition Calls for Ending ACA Taxes

Today, a coalition of 45 nonprofit organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging the repeal of Obamacare taxes.  The letter is available online.

Filed Under: Issues, News, Taxation Tagged With: aca, obamacare, taxes

March 22, 2017 by Alan Daley

Important Topics by The Numbers

Important Topics by The Numbers

Get used to hearing “trillion” –  i.e., a million millions.  Two decades ago, I heard a politician lament about government spending, “a million here, a million there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.”   Today, Wall Street and Washington DC are awash in discussions of financial and economic factors that need measuring with a trillion dollar […]

Filed Under: Blog, Finance / Insurance, Issues Tagged With: debt, spending, taxes

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