Big Money — Whose Benefit?
Designed to support start-up companies to do research, this costly program primarily benefits very large companies, with little scrutiny. 2-page PDF IFP Backgrounder Big Money, ...
Iowa: Where Business Taxes are Low
Looking at the entire range of Iowa taxes on businesses or just the corporate income tax, business taxes in Iowa are low. This ...
State Policy and Economic Growth
Public investments require public funding. And therein lies the rub. A continual diet of tax cuts deprives state and local governments of ...
Like Falling Off a Cliff
Iowans can fall off an income cliff when even a minimal pay increase costs them child care assistance — one challenge for ...
Big Money — Whose Benefit?
1Iowa: Where Business Taxes are
2State Policy and Economic Growth
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Like Falling Off a Cliff
4About IFP
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Shhhhhh — our loopholes are open
Few dare mention it, but Iowa lawmakers could find $60 million or more simply by putting some teeth in corporate income tax laws that companies have found a way to avoid. By the way, five of Iowa’s seven neighbors already do this.
Read IFP's 2007 report, “Leveling the Playing Field.” It’s still relevant in 2014.