Sharon Ward of PA Budget and Policy Center registers opposition to Senate Bill 7 and 707. Her Testimony warns...
read morePennsylvania has a famously antiquated corporation tax system. This system taxes the profits of some home-grown Pennsylvania corporations at...
read moreThis is the Testimony that Sharon Ward presented to the Philadelphia City Council Finance Committee on December 11, 2013...
read moreThis paper examines the roles between property taxes and public education in Pennsylvania. Eliminating school property taxes, as some...
read moreThis report examines school funding in Pennsylvania, focusing on the city of Philadelphia and on other low-income school districts....
read moreSome wealthy households are able to take advantage of tax expenditures and loopholes to pay less of their income...
read morePennsylvania often falls near the bottom of state rankings—for instance, 47th in job growth and 48th in funding for...
read moreThis week, New York governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1.66 billion property tax “circuit breaker” as part of his...
read morePennsylvania would benefit from switching from its current impact fee to a severance tax. Depending on the estimate, the...
read moreBudget Secretary Charles Zogby confirmed today during his final mid-year budget briefing that Pennsylvania will face a $2 billion...
read moreIt’s finally law! Philadelphia can now raise its own local cigarette tax by $2 per pack to fund its...
read morePoverty remained high in the commonwealth last year, highlighting that many residents have not yet recovered from the recession...
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