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Governor’s tax plan: Breaking trust with the Trust Fund Plan offers much less than expected — and extras that voters did not seek IOWA CITY, Iowa (Feb. 14, 2020) — Iowa voters should be getting more than Governor Kim Reynolds Read more

Governor's tax plan gives voters much less of what they wanted — and extras they did not seek

“Iowa will never cut its way to prosperity, but the Governor persists in this contradiction of reality.”

Iowa stacks taxes against middle, low-income Iowans Study: New state tax law reinforces long-term trend of regressive taxes Iowa summary sheet (PDF) IOWA CITY, Iowa (Oct. 17, 2018) — Iowa taxes its middle- and low-income families more as a share Read more

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) promotes and rewards work in the state of Iowa.

Questions for Iowa before adopting the pass-through loophole need answers: Costs of $100 million-plus, benefits to wealthy — some vs. others at the same income.

Seniors are least likely to live in poverty and most likely to have substantial wealth, but legislators keep looking for ways to cut their taxes.

A special federal tax break for business income claimed for personal income tax purposes is complicated, poorly understood, and costly — and now it's being considered by Iowa state lawmakers.