Property taxes have grown faster in states with tax and spending limits As a follow up to our recent report that found spending growth caps in Nebraska would likely lead to higher [...]
A tax burden study released last week by the Nebraska Department of Revenue contradicts claims that income tax cuts will lead to economic growth.
Read the testimony that OpenSky executive director Renee Fry presented to the Tax Modernization Committee on Thursday in Omaha.
Find out how would cutting the top income tax rate to 5.75 percent affect our "Real Taxpayers of Nebraska."
Find out how our “Real Taxpayers of Nebraska” would be affected by expanded sale taxes, increased state aid to K-12 schools, property tax circuit breakers, an increased property tax credit and cuts to the state's top income tax rate.
Today we’ll share an infographic that shows how infusing an additional $154 million in state aid to local governments such as school districts would affect our “Real Taxpayers of Nebraska.”
See how expanding the state sales tax to about $150 million in more services would affect our "Real Taxpayers of Nebraska."
Listen to the Tax Modernization Committee meetings.
Nebraska Income Tax Expenditures Personal Income Tax Expenditures (PIT) For both individual taxpayers and businesses Nebraska Itemized Deductions -- Taxpayers can choose Nebraska standard or federal itemized deductions based on which deduction [...]
OpenSky commissioned the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) to forecast a hypothetical scenario in which the state cuts its top income tax rate to 5 percent. The analysis showed about 40 percent of the tax cut would leave the state.
