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).
4/21/2003
How to Balance the Budget by Cutting Tax Preferences
A moratorium on tax-increment financing in Iowa would set the stage for TIF reforms that would assure accountability and benefits to residents and taxpayers.