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  Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft’s tax plan is frequently described with a single word: complex. The term aptly applies to the plan’s details, but keeping track of the bigger picture isn’t so confusing. Gov. Taft appears to have won approval of most of the changes he’s proposed, the

Business First of Columbus Although many Ohioans continue to leave the state, a Cleveland think tank says it’s not because of income taxes. Policy Matters Ohio released a report this week finding no link between migration out of Ohio and the state’s income taxes. The group said the study is

Columbus Dispatch By Jim Siegel and Catherine Candisky With the coin-investment scandal fresh in their minds, Senate Republicans approved more budget changes yesterday, including limits on future investing and the elimination of a sales-tax exemption for coin and bullion investments. Voting along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee approved the

Republicans Push Budget Bill Out of Committee After Making Numerous Changes to Tax Provisions, Other Areas Gongwer News Service The $51.2 billion biennium budget bill emerged from committee late Tuesday with most major provisions relatively intact, including the biggest overhaul of the state’s tax code in decades. Among the more

Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft’s remedy for a stagnant economy will create more economic woes, according to a report released Monday by Policy Matters Ohio. The state budget pending before the Ohio Senate would phase out the corporate franchise tax and the tangible personal property tax businesses pay on

Gongwer News Service Separately, government program advocates and researchers issued studies of budget-related issues recently, finding fault with majority Republicans’ plans to eliminate the corporate franchise tax and the tangible personal property tax. On Monday, the Cleveland-based Policy Matters Ohio released a study entitled “Strengthen, Don’t Scrap Ohio’s Corporate Franchise

The Hannah Report With Gov. Bob Taft’s tax reform plan running hard as it nears completion of the second leg of the Ohio Triple Crown of legislation, Policy Matters Ohio (PMO) is advising state Ohio Senate policymakers to reconsider strengthening the corporate franchise (CFT) tax instead of scrapping it as

Dayton Daily News By William Hershey Although Gov. Bob Taft’s proposed overhaul of the tax system is aimed at boosting manufacturing in Ohio, the retail sector would gain the most jobs under the proposal, according to an analysis released this week by the Development Department. The analysis broke down by

Gongwer News Service HB 66 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Calvert) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2007, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. Set aside for issues surrounding the tax code overhaul in the bill, Friday’s hearing

HB66 Biennial Budget Testimony The Hannah Report The following witnesses testified:• Tom Zaino, Ohio Business Roundtable;• Bill Weisenberg, Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA);• David W. Johnson, Summitville Tiles, Inc.;• Joe Roman, Greater Cleveland Partnership;• Bob Milbourne, The Columbus Partnership;• Edward W. (Ned) Hill, Cleveland State University;• Rocky Black, Ohio Farm

Gongwer News Service HB 66 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Calvert) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2007, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. Set aside for issues surrounding the tax code overhaul in the bill, Friday’s hearing