Four Revenue Options that Should Be on the Table
The Kentucky legislature is debating ways to address the hole in the state’s Medicaid budget. The options under consideration include...
State Tax
Testimony on HB 318: Tax Reform
Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Jason Bailey, and I am Director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Three strengths of HB 318:...
Farmer’s High-Risk Overhaul Creates Imbalance in Kentucky’s Tax System
House Bill 196, sponsored by Representative Bill Farmer, proposes to overhaul Kentucky’s tax system by eliminating income taxes on individuals and corporations while greatly expanding the sales tax base. The...
Using the Federal Income Tax Cuts to Help Address Kentucky’s Budget Challenge
The federal tax compromise passed by Congress in December included extensions to income tax cuts resulting in over $1 billion in tax breaks to the wealthiest 5 percent of Kentuckians...
Reforms Needed to Bring Greater Scrutiny to “Tax Expenditures”
Every year Kentucky loses billions of dollars in revenue through special tax preferences and breaks for individualsand businesses that are written into the tax code. Yet there is very little...