WHAT'S NEW: Taxes


Nation’s First Bottled Water Tax Hits Chicagoans
Chicago has become the first city in the nation to tax bottled water. The 5 cents a bottle tax took effect January 1. The average price for a case of ... (read more)

Experts Agree: Make Internet Access Tax Moratorium Permanent
The national moratorium on taxing access to the Internet, in place since 1998, is up for renewal in Congress. Experts contacted by The Heartland Institute ... (read more)

Line-Item Veto, Spending Caps Likely To Be Ineffective, Experts Say
(Chicago, IL - June 21, 2006) Last week, Senator Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) announced his support for a proposed budgetary reform bill called the Stop Over-Spending ... (read more)

Heartland Statement on Capital Gains Tax Cut Extension
(Chicago, IL -- May 10, 2006) On Tuesday, Congressional Republicans passed a bill that would extend cuts in the capital gains tax and provide relief for ... (read more)

Brian Wesbury, Nationally Renowned U.S. Economic Forecaster, Joins The Heartland Institute as Senior Fellow
CHICAGO, IL June 15, 2005 -- Brian Wesbury, former chief economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress (JEC), has joined The Heartland ... (read more)

NCSL Calls for Lower Taxes on Telecom Services
At its annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 23, 2004, the Task Force on State and Local Taxation of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce ... (read more)

Open Letter to Congressman William Thomas Calling Lower Taxes
TAX CUT WORKING GROUP A Coalition for Lower Taxes and Limited Government May 1, 2003 Hon. William M. Thomas United States House of Representatives Washington, ... (read more)

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