Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
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Press Releases
4/11/2007
Leveling the Playing Field
Plugging Wal-Mart Loophole Would Save Iowa Millions
 
3/27/2007
Taxing the Poor in Iowa
Report Shows Need for Low-Income Tax Reform
2/22/2007
Iowans Pay Less than Average for Services
New Report Confirms Trend: Iowans' Tax Bill Lighter
12/19/2006
Looking Behind the Curtain
11/27/2006
Prescriptions and Placebos
9/7/2006
Health Care in Iowa: A Continuing Problem of Access
11/14/2006
Will Iowa Reclaim Education Leadership?
8/4/2006
Iowa Lags in States' Game of Budget Catch-Up (pdf)
4/11/2006
Revitalizing Iowa's Corporate Income Tax
2/22/2006
Untaxing Seniors: A 'Solution' in Search of a Problem
1/24/2006
Securing Iowa’s Economic Future
10/19/2005
Report: Caution on IowaCare
8/30/2005
Stagnant Signs for Iowa Household Budgets
6/6/2005
Raising Hunger Awareness
4/19/2005
Iowa Tax Breaks Pose New Challenges
3/30/2005
Unbalanced Approach Puts Iowa Services at Stake
2/22/2005
Warning to Iowa: Half-a-billion in Federal Cuts Proposed
1/13/2005
Chronic Budget Crisis Building in Iowa
12/15/2004
Cuts, Costs Hitting Cities and Counties
12/10/2004
New Holes in the Social Safety Net
11/22/2004
Coping with the Crunch: Iowa Schools Weakened
10/12/2004
Working Families Getting Squeezed in Iowa
9/29/2004
Out of the Mainstream: Iowa and the Fiscal Crisis
9/1/2004
Special Challenges for Special Session
7/26/2004
Christmas in July: Another Suspect Tax Break
6/13/2003
Proposed Tax Cuts Geared to Wealthiest
 
4/29/2003
The Merits of a Cigarette Tax, with Alternative Tax Offsets
 
4/21/2003
How to Balance the Budget by Cutting Tax Preferences
 
4/9/2003
Tax Increment Financing in Iowa: What Should Be Done?
 
1/22/2002
Tax Policy & Economic Growth in Iowa: Who Gained in the 1990's?
 
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