Taxes & Economy

The tax holiday is a bait-and-switch as a fiscal crisis looms

• Stephen Bloom
• March 22, 2022

Originally published at The Patriot-News Just as inflation reached a 40-year high, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine deepens the high food and gas price shock to U.S. consumers—to Pennsylvanians.

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Taxes & Economy

A Brief History of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Tax Hike Proposals

• March 7, 2022

Key Points Wolf proposed or supported 14 tax hike proposals. Twelve were stopped.Wolf’s proposals contained 52 individual tax increases.If Wolf’s first and most expansive tax proposal had come to fruition,…

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A Brief History of Tom Wolf’s Tax Hike Proposals

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 6, 2021

Since taking office seven years ago, Governor Wolf has proposed or supported 14 tax hikes on working families.

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State Budget

Can You Afford $1,000 More?

• Nathan Benefield
• October 5, 2015

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a major tax increase. This vote will be, in all likelihood, on a proposal Gov. Tom…

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State Budget

Four Things to Know about Wolf’s September Tax Increase Proposal

• Nathan Benefield
• October 1, 2015

On September 11, 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf presented legislative leaders with a second tax increase proposal—totaling$1.8 billion for the 2015-16 budget year, and a $3.2 billion net increase in 2016-17,…

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State Budget

General Fund Spending in Budget Deal

• June 30, 2011

The FY 2011-12 budget deal includes $27.1 billion in General Fund spending, as part of the state's approximately $64 billion total operating budget. The deal represents a reduction of $3…

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State Budget

Spending Increases by Department

• April 15, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett's FY 2011-12 budget proposal includes $63.6 billion in total operating spending—$27.3 billion in General Fund spending—a reduction of $3.3 billion from FY 2010-11. This budget restores overall…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Budget Facts 2010: Tobacco Taxes

• June 2, 2010

Gov. Rendell proposed a tax of 30% on the retail price of cigars and smokeless tobacco products, in hopes of collecting $42 million in the upcoming fiscal year.

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Budget Facts 2010: Unemployment Compensation

• June 2, 2010

Pennsylvania has borrowed over $3 billion from the federal government to keep its unemployment compensation fund solvent. Only California, with three times the population and a much higher unemployment rate,…

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