All reports by date
IFP News: Breaking a trust
2/14/20Breaking trust with the Trust
2/14/20Pushing local services, workers aside
4/22/19Undermining democracy: local finance straitjacket
3/21/19Tax inequity: Iowa’s continuing story
10/17/18Setting the stage for cuts
3/8/18The plan includes some desirable reforms that need not have come at the expense of essential public services that inevitably will have to be cut in the face of revenue losses. It also omits reforms that could enhance Iowa tax fairness.
Sensible improvements for Iowa taxes
10/19/17Real tax reform would eliminate wasteful spending on tax breaks, transform a regressive system into one that fairly reflects ability to pay, and assure a stable revenues to fund education and other critical services.
Grading state graders
1/18/16“Too often, we see public officials relying on these rankings and the policy prescriptions they promote, when in fact the rankings have no predictive value for economic growth,” said Fisher.
Here a tax break, there a tax break, everywhere a tax break
1/8/16Iowa lawmakers’ budget dilemma this year is largely self-inflicted — revenue shortfalls a product of legislators’ penchant for tax cuts over the past 20 years.
Iowa’s Problem of Priorities
3/11/15Tax cuts have consequences. In the case of the massive commercial property tax cut enacted two years ago, those consequences have become all too real.