Sentences with phrase «about tax fairness»

The last three times Gallup asked about tax fairness, between 1990 and 1994, property taxes and federal income taxes were virtually tied.

A new poll of likely Colorado voters reveals that they are more concerned about tax fairness than a variety of other major issues currently being debated in the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Senator Mark Udall and U.S. Representative Cory Gardner.

Talking about tax fairness at North Dakota's Mandan refinery is especially strange.

We need to talk about tax fairness — especially when we know that 90 % of beneifit of Rump tax changes when to high wealth folks.

Canadians who care about tax fairness and improving our small business tax regime should let the Department of Finance know their thoughts.

Too bad the Minister wasn't serious about tax fairness.

Not exact matches

A good starting place would be some transparency about the changes that have occurred to the tax system over the past decade and how the measures he is proposing will address both the overall fairness and efficiency of our fiscal system.

Preserving the deduction of state and local taxes is not a partisan issue, but about basic fairness to states like New York, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Wednesday in a statement.

Cuomo has in the past weeks talked about the tax code and the issue «fairness.»

Cuomo has said publicly in recent weeks that was eyeing potential changes to the tax code and has spoken about «fairness,» but has not elaborated on what that might mean.

A meat tax would bring more fairness to the tax system, and the revenue gained could go towards funding educational programmes about the health and environmental benefits of abstaining from meat, eggs and dairy products.

«This is about fundamental fairness,» said Cuomo, who said the state gives more money in tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in services.

It's not just about reducing the deficit, it's about fairness in our society and that's why I'd keep the 50p tax rate, not just for a parliament.

«Passing the Education Investment Tax Credit is about fairness to these thousands of parents.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said that allowing the public to see the country by country reporting records of companies operating in the EU is not enough to counter growing global scepticism about the fairness of the tax system.

The Pontypridd MP told the Guardian: «I was more than frustrated: I was furious that we were sitting there with a Tory Government that has imposed swingeing cuts on public services, on tax credits, on universal credit, that have smashed women and public sector workers the length and breadth of Britain, and we are taking lectures from them about social justice and economic fairness.

Specifically, lawmakers are taking aim at the so - called tampon tax, which is about to be eliminated in the name of fairness.

Whilst a recent Fabian poll suggested the public's appetite for fairness is increasing - 75 % support the new top tax rate - they remain less enthusiastic about the notion of equality.

«I think if you look at the debate last night, there is just a gulf between what David Cameron stands for and what I stand for — in terms of values, in terms of internationalism, in terms of fairness, in terms of progressive tax reform, in terms of political reform, in terms of simply living in denial, as does Labour, about a major problem of their creation in the immigration system.»

What this tax code is about is fairness,» says Gugino, a former aide to Congressman Jack Kemp, the Buffalo area Republican who quarterbacked Reagan's tax cut program in 1981.

Tim Montgomerie valiantly tried to explain the sensible party policy that «will recognise marriage in the tax system and give fairness to same - sex couples» but for certain ConservativeHome contributors «Pink = gay = New Labour» and all that was bad about Tony Blair's homosexual rights agenda.

My ear heard the opposite, actually, for all the talk about federal programs and tax policies enhancing «fairness» will exacerbate our nanny - state tendencies, our habit of assuming that government will provide and that we need not redouble our efforts to provide for ourselves.

tax fairness,... we need a civic debate about revenue.»

«I don't want to see one small subset of the population advantaged because of our tax code, so it is about creating fairness...»

News that nearly two - thirds of homeowners subject to B.C.'s new speculation tax will be British Columbians has sparked a fresh debate about the fairness and consequences of taxing assets and investments in a housing crisis.

Are they worried about fairness among siblings, estate planning, tax implications, short - term access to the capital or something less tangible?

We have a unique opportunity to end the rancorous debate about climate change, a debate that is poisoning the air — the political air, that is — and inhibiting progress on two fronts: progress on addressing the possibility that we are on the road to a catastrophic warming of the globe, and progress on reforming our anti-growth tax structure, which is so inequitable that it is straining the public's belief in the fairness of capitalism and what we like to call «the American Dream.»

«Allowing real estate salespeople to incorporate is ultimately about fairness,» says OREA in a news release, stating it «would align their rights with other regulated professions, lower taxes on Ontario businesses and help members of the real estate profession cope with the introduction of the HST.

Three pages of well - thought - out discussion — no doubt drafted by a staffer — about reduction of the deficit, the provision of services, infrastructure, tax fairness and pension plans, to name a few topics that leap off the page.