Research Report
Getting a Dell? Targeted Tax Breaks Don’t Increase Job Creation
posted November 2, 2004 by Dr. Roy Cordato
State lawmakers are scheduled to meet in Raleigh today to consider a package of tax breaks and other incentives designed to lure a Dell Computers plant to North Carolina. While politicians often portray such deals as necessary to promote growth and job creation, they serve to transfer resources from existing firms, sometimes even competitors, while failing to address tax and other problems afflicting businesses of all sizes in the state. A good place to start in improving the state’s business climate would be to reduce marginal tax rates.