Budget: No rose-colored glasses
IFP Statement: Special Session avoided; uncertainty was avoidable But, three months after a fiscal year ends, the course should have been clear IOWA CITY, ...
More health coverage for Iowans
Iowa health coverage expands with Affordable Care Act New census data show sharp 3-year decline in uninsurance in state IOWA CITY, Iowa (Sept. 12, ...
Focus on fixing insurance exchange
It’s time for Iowa’s congressmen and senators to start working on immediate measures to strengthen the health care system, and specifically the ...
BCRA hits seniors, rural Iowans
New analysis shows Senate health care bill, like House-passed plan, gives big tax breaks to the wealthy as an estimated 232,000 Iowans ...
Budget: No rose-colored glasses
1More health coverage for Iowans
2Focus on fixing insurance exchange
3BCRA hits seniors, rural Iowans
4About IFP
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No income taxes, big checks from the state
Large, profitable corporations receive checks from the state without paying any Iowa income tax through Iowa’s Research Activities Credit (RAC). The latest annual report from the Department of Revenue on the RAC shows about 300 corporate claims worth $49.1 million from the program in 2016. More than $4 of every $5 from this subsidy — $40.4 million — was paid out as checks, not as tax reductions.