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NC Woos Apple With Promises of Tax Breaks

4 June 2009

In a tough economy – when a state can’t yet pay its bills – you’d think the fiscal plan for the future would be conservative. Not so, North Carolina. Despite massive budget woes, the state legislature has agreed to special tax breaks designed to bring Apple to the Tarheel State. Apple, the company that makes [...]

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Banking Giant Gets “Tax Incentive”

30 June 2008

Massachusetts’ Economic Assistance Coordinating Council is expected to give its approval to a $3.5 million tax break for JPMorgan Chase & Co. voted in by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and City Council. The tax break includes a $2 million cut in property taxes and a $1.5 million break on state income tax. It’s a [...]

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Three’s Company

2 March 2006

The Supreme Court will take a break today from the phenomenon that is Anna Nicole consider whether tax breaks that Ohio passed in order to woo DaimlerChrysler to build an assembly plant are constitutional. What Ohio did wasn’t unusual.  In fact, many states and some municipalities (such as our own City of Philadelphia!) use tax [...]

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