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January 28, 2021

taxes

News

NC tax collections surge above projections

May 8, 2019 Gary D. Robertson | The Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina tax collections are on track for the state to post its highest surplus since 2008. “Extraordinary growth” in year-over-year final tax payments during April means the state ultimately may collect over […]

News

House, Senate school construction plans differ on funding sources, projects

February 28, 2019 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The funding needed for school construction and capital needs is one step closer to reality as Senate Bill 5 heads to the House. However, the thinking in Raleigh on issues like school construction […]

Jason Saine speaks to reporters at the N.C. General Assembly
Opinion

SAINE: Tax cuts make North Carolina special

May 23, 2018 Rep. Jason Saine

“It’s going to be something very special.” That’s what President Trump has called the latest efforts to pass a second round of federal tax cuts, following the successful passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs […]

Opinion

HILL: The magical job creation machine of the U.S. economy

February 7, 2018 Frank Hill

“30 million jobs have been created under President Trump!” The headline above could have been written with a straight-face by any media outlet and been technically “true” about the American economy in the last year […]

Opinion

#ItsYoursFirst, #NotTheirs

January 12, 2018 Frank Hill

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Bill (TCJA) of 2017 is now law. What next? The first thing every taxpayer should say out loud is this: “It is my money first, not the government’s!” Every […]

Opinion

‘Odd Tax Facts for $2000, Alex!’

November 22, 2017 Frank Hill

Since all the attention is on the U.S. Senate now to see if they can pass a tax bill and get it to conference and to the president’s desk before the Alabama special Senate election […]

Opinion

HILL: Why not add a 70 percent tax bracket for the uber-wealthy?

November 1, 2017 Frank Hill

 Supporters of the progressive income tax think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread because it makes taxes more “fair.”   Wrong. It just makes everyone who supports class warfare feel better because they […]

Opinion

HILL: ‘Politics is Philosophy By Other Means’

October 18, 2017 Frank Hill

Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general, wrote in his classic book on military strategy in 1818, “On War:” War is a mere continuation of policy by other means. Taken one step further, this axiom can […]

Jason Saine speaks to reporters at the N.C. General Assembly
Opinion

SAINE: Strategic tax reform

October 11, 2017 Jason Saine

As Senior Chairman of the Finance Committee in the North Carolina House of Representatives, I am proud to have played a leading role in the tax reform efforts that have turned our state’s economy around […]

Opinion

MITCHELL: Nearer, my bank, to thee: state and local taxes must remain deductible

October 11, 2017 Baker A. Mitchell

  Russell Kirk’s eighth conservative principle teaches us that the more local the power and decision-making, the better we are served.  Because tax revenue confers power on the collector, taxation at the local level is […]

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