The vast majority of K - 12 school funding in this country still comes from state and local revenues which would no longer be deductible
from federal tax burdens.
The controversial reform plan that is still being negotiated in Washington, D.C. would either modify or completely eliminate the ability of New Yorkers to deduct state and local taxes
from federal tax burdens and likely have deep economic impact for
Not exact matches
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), recent changes to
tax policy and the budget will increase the U.S. Treasury debt
burden by a combined $ 1.8 trillion over 10 years ($ 1.46 trillion
from tax policy and $ 320 billion related to the recent
federal budget increase, on a «gross» basis).
Reed noted, of course, raising
taxes to make up for the lost revenue
from the
federal government is an option but he doesn't believe state lawmakers would do that to constituents already facing a heavy
burden.
Trump's promise to end state and local deductions — one element of his
tax reform blueprint unveiled in April — would raise
taxes on over one million middle - class New Yorkers and increase the city's
federal tax burden by a whopping $ 7 billion, according to a new analysis
from NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Cuomo and House Democrats
from New York — including Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - Cold Spring — have argued the
federal government should reimburse the state for the counties» Medicaid cost share if it wants to ease the property -
tax burden on county taxpayers in New York.
Officials say that unless New York changes its
tax code to delink it
from the
federal code, state taxpayers could see their
tax burden increase by $ 1.5 billion — potentially worsening the pain to New Yorkers already dealing with the curbing of state and local
tax deductibility.
For conservatives who have long supported shifting
from an income
tax to a sales or consumption
tax, and oppose increasing the
federal tax burden, this should be a no brainer.
Both our Provincial and
Federal politicians have been insisting to anyone who will listen that the conversion
from GST+PST to HST is «
tax neutral» at worst and is more likely to reduce the
tax burden of the average citizen.
Suburban REALTORS Alliance Position The Alliance is opposed to increases in the current transfer
tax for the following reasons: 1) As the transfer
tax is levied only on buyers and sellers of property, the
burden per taxpayer is greater than the
burden from a more broad - based
tax designed to generate the same amount of revenue; 2) Since public transportation is a benefit that is open to all members of society, the charge should not be placed solely on buyers and sellers of property; 3) The transfer
tax adds additional
burdens on first - time home buyers saving for a down - payment and covering the closing costs and runs contrary to existing
federal, state, and local programs including the mortgage interest deduction, low interest property maintenance loans, and grants to first time homebuyers; 4) A real estate transfer
tax is a state and local
tax assessed on real property when ownership of the property is exchanged between parties.