Killing overtime tax exemption is class warfare
Some Alabama lawmakers want to repeal the OT tax exemption to pay the private school tuition for rich families.
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House committee approves $10.64 prescription tax, stirring major concerns
House Bill 238 would introduce a $10.64 tax on every prescription filled in the state.
March 7, 2024
Senate bill to reduce grocery tax by two percent has bipartisan support
Alabama is one of 13 states in the country that still impose taxes on groceries.
Alabama has the second-lowest tax revenue in the country
Only Tennessee had lower tax collections per capita, and that is excluding the state lottery, which would put Alabama dead last.
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Alabama has more than its share of Donald Trump apologists and sycophants. And they’re kind of scary. Why can’t we have at least one or two Republicans who understand that Donald Trump is just scamming voters and isn’t a true Republican and aren’t afraid to say it? Why isn’t there one Republican from Alabama who … Continued
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See recent postsIf GOP economics work, why do Alabama leaders tax the working class?
The Mobile toll bridge is dying. You can feel that things have turned. The opposition has become too organized, indicating that there’s a powerful force behind it, and the fringe politicians have made public statements supporting the protestors — because, why not? There’s no political downside to being against a tax that doesn’t really affect … Continued
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If you have ever participated in an organized cleanup effort of pretty much any piece of land anywhere in this country, you know one thing is true: plastic grocery bags are everywhere. They’re stuck in bushes, half buried, clinging to other trash, in trees, floating in every body of water, and clinging to every barbed-wire … Continued
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See recent postsTaxation without representation: Clearing up the confusion between cities, counties caused by exterritorial jurisdictions
Just before the Revolutionary War and largely in response to the Stamp Act imposed by the British on the American colonies, the Massachusetts lawyer James Otis famously proclaimed, “Taxation without Representation is Tyranny.” Today, Alabama is one of only three states that permits municipalities to impose police, planning, and other exterritorial jurisdictions in areas well … Continued
Jones partners with GOP senator to stop tax refund theft
Tax filing season has officially begun, and that means tax returns and tax refunds — not all of which are real. Tax filing season creates an opportunity for con artists to file fraudulent tax returns in an effort to steal real refunds that are owed to other taxpayers. Theft of tax refunds cost victims a … Continued
Morrow critical of Budget Committee
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Since 1990, no fewer than ten formal legislative committees, commissions, task forces, and other entities have been created by the Legislature to study budget and tax reform. This number, however, according to the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO), doesn’t include “any task force or group created informally by either House … Continued