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2009 Tax Watch 1 (2009)

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the President
Small Business Tax Hike
May Be on the Way
America's Highest
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KPMG Study Warns
of Hogh U.S.
Corporate Taxeso
New Book.: The End
of Prosperity
Media Impact Report;°
State Policy Report .
Help Support Sound
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According to this year's ranking,
Wyoming boasts the nation's simplest
and best-designed business tax system.
They're followed closely by the high-
quality tax systems in South Dakota,
Nevada, Alaska and Florida. In contrast,
the nations most poorly designed business
tax system is found
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According to the
study, law makers
who ignore the
impact of business
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economy do so at
their own peril.
'Studies have shown for decades that
companies flee areas where they face
competitive disadvantages, said Tax
Foundation economist Joshua Barro,
author of the new study In a slowing
economy, heavy taxes and regulations are
an especially harmful disadvantage. States
with good tax systems are best positioned
to weather the economic slowdown and
preserve their employment base.
The Tax Foundation's Index ranks states
based on taxes that matter most to
business investment: corporate taxes,

With the American economy slowing,
lawmakers are scrambling for ways to
restore confidence and boost markets.
But one obvious way to improve
economic perf~ormance is mostly being
overlooked-reforming America's
complex and punitive business taxes.
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