Governor’s Tax Plan to Thwart Constitution
Governor Asa Hutchinson wants to impose a higher tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. He says a wholesale tax will add about 3¢ per gallon on gasoline and 6¢ on diesel fuel. [...]
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Homestead Tax Relief Bill Delayed – Politicians Look To Grab Money
House Bill 1321 by Rep. Lanny Fite to increase the homestead property tax credit has stalled in the Senate. Under state law the annual property tax credit for your home is [...]
Ridiculous Path To Impose Tax – To Avoid Blame
Legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate to pass a ½ percent sales tax for highways.[i] The Governor is going to the ridiculous step of having his tax [...]
Automatic Increases in Motor Fuel Tax Proposed by Governor
Governor Asa Hutchinson wants to increase highway funding by hundreds of millions of dollars. Part of his proposal would add a new wholesale tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. [...]
Making A Temporary Tax Permanent – Is it a tax increase?
There is a temporary ½ percent sales tax which is dedicated for highway funding. Part of Governor Asa Hutchinson’s highway tax plan calls for the passage of a new law to [...]
“Atta Boy” Governor …. er … oops…
Monday was an odd day. It began with Governor Asa Hutchinson getting an “atta boy” from Fox News and from the Wall Street Journal for proposing a reduction in [...]
Spilt Milk And The Homestead Property Tax Credit
Representative Johnny Rye filed HB1034 to increase the homestead property tax credit which applies against a home owner’s property taxes. State law now provides for an [...]
Using Semantics To Avoid Blame For A Tax Increase
Updated 1/25/2019 CORRECTION: As originally posted we said only 6% of the members of the Arkansas legislature signed a “no tax increase” pledge. The correct [...]
We can’t do anything. Oh yeah?
We can’t do anything. Oh yeah? By David Ferguson The transfer of $1 million by the Arkansas Department of Transportation to the University of Arkansas to help fund a [...]
Incredibly Bad Timing By Agency Demanding Higher Taxes
“The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) will give $1 million to the Civil Engineering Research and Education Center that’s expected to be built at the Arkansas [...]
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