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Bringing Balance  to Texas Taxes Lonny Stern, Outreach Director 512.320.0222 ext 107 [email_address]
Who pays the most taxes?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Those with the  Lowest Income   Pay the Most in State and Local Taxes Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
One-Fifth of Texas Households  Pays Less Than Their Fair Share Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
Why do we pay taxes? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What are we Funding with Taxes? (TX State Budget 08-09) Texas State Budget ’08-’09  |  Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texans Pay High Sales & Property Taxes Because we have No Income Tax…
What’s Wrong with JUST  Sales & Property Taxes? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Regressive lower income families pay larger % of their income Progressive higher income families pay larger % of their income Tax Balance
A State Income Tax Would Build a  More Balanced Tax System for all Texans
How Would An Income Tax Work?
More Ways to  Better Balance Texas Taxes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tax Balance
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Bring Balance To Texas Taxes

  • 1. Bringing Balance to Texas Taxes Lonny Stern, Outreach Director 512.320.0222 ext 107 [email_address]
  • 2.
  • 3. Those with the Lowest Income Pay the Most in State and Local Taxes Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • 4. One-Fifth of Texas Households Pays Less Than Their Fair Share Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • 5.
  • 6. What are we Funding with Taxes? (TX State Budget 08-09) Texas State Budget ’08-’09 | Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • 7. Texans Pay High Sales & Property Taxes Because we have No Income Tax…
  • 8.
  • 9. A State Income Tax Would Build a More Balanced Tax System for all Texans
  • 10. How Would An Income Tax Work?
  • 11.
  • 12.

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  1. Using the data in your work: Reports and presentations Needs assessment portions of grant applications Promote Awareness in Community Program planning Create and evaluate public policy
  2. Here you see how regressive: the family in the bottom quintile has a much higher tax rate (as a % of income) than does the family at the other extreme. More than 2.5 times as much of their income goes to state/local taxes. “Services funded by poor people will be poorly funded.”
  3. Using the data in your work: Reports and presentations Needs assessment portions of grant applications Promote Awareness in Community Program planning Create and evaluate public policy
  4. Texas Has High Sales and Property Taxes Because It Has No Income Tax
  5. Using the data in your work: Reports and presentations Needs assessment portions of grant applications Promote Awareness in Community Program planning Create and evaluate public policy
  6. Using the data in your work: Reports and presentations Needs assessment portions of grant applications Promote Awareness in Community Program planning Create and evaluate public policy