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Iowa lawmakers must recognize the long-term impact of tax cuts on spending choices. Past choices will force future legislatures to lower investments on critical services on which economic growth depends.

The property-tax reform package will be costly and will challenge cities, counties and schools to deliver what Iowans have come to expect.

IFP Backgrounder Helping to Fill Gap between Income and Basic Needs for Working Families Policy Brief (2-pg PDF) April 5, 2013 The Iowa General Assembly is once again considering expanding Iowa’s meager Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The Cedar Rapids Read more

In over 200,000 Iowa households, working families are helped by the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. Iowa’s state EITC extends the benefit and lessens the likelihood that a low-income family will have to pay state income tax when they don’t make enough to pay federal income tax. The state EITC is 7 percent of the federal credit, and it is refundable.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013 1-page PDF The Iowa Fiscal Partnership issued the following statement today about Governor Branstad’s Condition of the State address: “Governor Branstad’s speech today missed an opportunity to bring a spotlight to several critical Read more