Gongwer News Service REMI Study Comments: Mr. Taft’s administration has pushed the CAT and other aspects of the proposal as a long-overdue upgrade of a tax system that overly burdens business investments and has proven to be anticompetitive for some time. To bolster the argument, the administration released a study
The Hannah Report Policy Matters Ohio (PMO) said an Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) analysis of Gov. Bob Taft’s tax reform plan is incomplete and misleading. According to Jon Honeck, Ph.D. and Zach Schiller, PMO’s analysis team, the REMI report — which has been used by researchers for many years
SB81 Unemployment Compensation – (Armbruster) Gongwer News Service SB81 – To conform state law to federal requirements in the establishment of civil and criminal penalties for manipulating payroll and business transfer information to obtain lower contribution rates in the treatment of Indian tribes as employers. Proponents who testified in the
Report requested by governor also says tax overhaul will boost gross state productBy William Hershey Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | Gov. Bob Taft’s plan to overhaul the state’s tax system would lead to the creation of an additional 43,250 jobs and a $2.5 billion boost in the gross state product
Columbus Dispatch by Mark Niquette Cutting Ohio s income tax and making other tax changes Gov. Bob Taft proposes would create more than 43,000 new jobs in five years and spur economic growth, a state-funded study released yesterday shows. Full Article
Taft critics disagreeBy John Byczkowski Cincinnati Enquirer Gov. Bob Taft’s proposed commercial activity tax would kill more than 15,000 jobs and sap Ohio of more than $1 billion in gross state product, according to a new analysis of the plan released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Development. Full Article
Business First of Columbus The value of the minimum wage has fallen to its lowest point since 1989 and ought to be raised, according to a Cleveland think tank. Full Article
by: Julie M. McKinnon This piece originally appeared in the Toledo Blade in April 2005. Nearly 450,000 Ohioans – including 297,000 women – would benefit from a state senator’s proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $7.15 an hour by 2007, according to a study released yesterday. The $7.15
The Hannah Report Senate Minority leader C.J. Prentiss (D-Cleveland) gave sponsor testimony and held a press conference Tuesday to ask the Legislature to raise Ohio’s minimum wage. Full Article
The Hannah Report Four years after the recession began in March 2001, Ohio employment is down 179,700, or 3.2 percent, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued April 15 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS). Full Article
SB81 Unemployment Compensation Gongwer News Service SB81 – To conform state law to federal requirements in the establishment of civil and criminal penalties for manipulating payroll and business transfer information to obtain lower contribution rates in the treatment of Indian tribes as employers; to establish a state disaster unemployment benefit
Athens News by David Laber A statewide campaign opposed to Ohio Gov. Robert Taft’s taxreform proposal brought its message to Athens Thursday, but the area’s state senator is not thrilled about the campaign’s actions. Full Article
