• John Locke Update

    Restore the SALT deduction

    posted January 30, 2020 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    In the shadow of their impeachment vote last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on and passed a bill that got few headlines, primarily because it will likely go…
  • John Locke Update

    Recent Federal Tax Reforms: Good Enough? Fair Enough?

    posted April 19, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    The following is the transcript of a talk given on April 16, 2018 at Western Carolina University for WCU’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise: In any discussion of…
  • Press Release

    N.C. tax system needs major overhaul

    posted April 5, 2009
    RALEIGH — North Carolina’s tax system needs radical reform to maximize prosperity and minimize harm to individual liberty. That’s the theme of the John Locke Foundation’s latest Macon Series…
  • Research Report

    Tax Reform in North Carolina

    posted April 5, 2009 by Joseph Coletti, Dr. Terry Stoops, Dr. Michael Sanera, Dr. Roy Cordato
    North Carolina's system of taxation aggressively interferes with individual liberty and retards economic growth. Policymakers should begin to change the tax system.
  • Press Release

    Analyst: End All Tax Biases

    posted December 18, 2005
    RALEIGH – As North Carolina policymakers and analysts prepare for a major debate on reforming the state tax code, a new report from the John Locke Foundation calls into question…
  • Research Report

    End All Tax Biases: Report on Tax Expenditures Misses Half the Story

    posted December 18, 2005 by Joseph Coletti
    North Carolina’s tax code distorts economic activity. It penalizes the investment, savings, and entrepreneurship needed for economic growth. But the latest report on taxes from the Department of Revenue only looks at ways the tax code does not bring in as much money as it could.

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