Pennsylvania tax reform commission releases report

Thursday, December 02, 2004

A commission appointed by the governor has recommended that Pennsylvania cut its corproate taxes by a third. The proposal is based on lowering the rate and broadening the base of the corporate tax. Read more.

You can download the commission's final report from this page.

This approach makes the most sense from an economic dev elopmen viewpoint. Rather than promoting selective tax incentives -- which narrow the overall tax base and place upward pressure on rates -- we should be supporting a simpler and fairer approach to corporate taxation. The criteria used by the commission provides a good guide to reform. Download the commission's reform criteria.

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