Policy Matters testimony to the Unemployment Compensation Reform Joint Committee. Contact: Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download testimony Memo to legislators Preview Entry Type Presentation Research Testimony Category Good afternoon, Chairmen Schuring and Peterson and members of the committee. My name is Zach Schiller and I am research director at Policy Matters
Ohio’s budget office recently released new estimates of how much revenue the state will take in this fiscal year and they were down. One cause: A set of new tax breaks approved by the General Assembly in the past year. Altogether, the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) estimated, they’ll
Ohio is giving Amazon.com a tax incentive worth $270,000 over six years for locating a new sorting center in Twinsburg. The retailer is expanding its distribution facilities all over the country – including two much larger warehouses in central Ohio – to be able to deliver products more quickly. According
They’re called unicorns, though they’re a little less rare than that. That’s what Wall Street calls private start-up companies whose investors value them at $1 billion or more. Best-known examples include such companies as Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat and Pinterest. Policy Matters Ohio took a look at where these companies are
They’re called unicorns, though they’re a little less rare than that. That’s what Wall Street calls private start-up companies whose investors value them at $1 billion or more. Best-known examples include such companies as Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat and Pinterest. Policy Matters Ohio took a look at where these companies are
Good afternoon, Chairmen Coley and Schuring and members of the committee. My name is Zach Schiller and I am research director at Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
Policy Matters urges state to rein in tax giveaways and invest in public services. Ohio could invest in a brighter future by scrutinizing and eliminating unneeded tax breaks, and using that money to invest in our communities. That was the key message of testimony prepared for delivery today by Policy
The number of new foreclosures in Ohio dropped last year, but remains well above previous levels. Foreclosures in Ohio fell 7.4 percent last year to 40,479, according to new data from the Ohio Supreme Court, the lowest number since 2000. The number of new filings at county courts across the
Zach Schiller’s testimony to the House Ways & Means Committee.
Zach Schiller’s testimony to the 2020 Tax Policy Commission.
A bill in the Ohio House of Representatives would substantially cut unemployment benefits to jobless Ohioans and make it harder to qualify. Yet paradoxically, while these harsh steps are aimed at making our unemployment trust fund financially solid, the bill doesn’t come close to even meeting its own solvency target.
State income tax cuts: A view from Ohio
Policy Matters Research Director Zach Schiller’s article in Bloomberg BNA, Sept. 16, 2016: No evidence that lower taxes bring economic prosperity. From Nebraska to Georgia, debate has raged over whether to cut state income taxes. Ohio’s income tax, the second-largest source of state revenue and the only major tax based