Articles
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Budget & Tax
Oklahomans are getting hammered by Bidenflation. State tax relief can help.
For both moral and fiscal reasons, the time is right to cut Oklahoma’s personal income tax.Jonathan Small | October 2, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Poll: Oklahomans support income-tax repeal
A new poll shows Oklahomans overwhelmingly support cutting the state income tax and gradually eliminating the tax entirely.Staff | September 28, 2023
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Budget & Tax
McCall: If Indians don’t owe income tax, no one should
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall says that if tribal members don’t have to pay state income tax, then no Oklahoman should have to pay it.Ray Carter | September 20, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Stitt calls for income-tax elimination
In recent weeks, in interviews with both local media and national outlets, Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for Oklahoma to gradually eliminate the personal income tax to turbocharge the state economy.Ray Carter | September 1, 2023
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Budget & Tax
With Oklahoma government spending and savings at record-high levels, it’s time to cut taxes
In Oklahoma, government spending and savings accounts have reached record levels, and it is time to cut taxes.Curtis Shelton | August 8, 2023
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Budget & Tax
As state savings grow, Stitt renews call to cut taxes
Oklahoma state government’s budget year ended on June 30 with significant surplus revenue that boosted state savings, leading Gov. Kevin Stitt to renew his call to cut taxes.Ray Carter | August 7, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Tribal plates allow drivers to evade Oklahoma tolls
Tribal car tags are creating public-safety problems and financial challenges for the state. To make up for drivers not paying tolls, says one Oklahoma Turnpike Authority official, “we have to charge everybody else a little bit more.”Ray Carter | July 25, 2023
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Budget & Tax
What Oklahoma policymakers can learn from the Thunder
Oklahoma’s political leaders could learn something from the Thunder. Instead of trying to lure specific companies with large government subsidies, the state should enact pro-growth policies that help businesses and families grow from the ground up.Curtis Shelton | July 21, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma needs to get moving on tax cuts
Oklahoma needs to move quickly if it wants to reap the benefits of being an early mover on tax reform. Oklahoma has long been a relatively low-tax state, but the recent reluctance to continue the reduction in the state’s income tax may result in other states passing us by.Curtis Shelton | June 29, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Even without compacts, state will collect taxes
Some believe that all the revenue being collected through tribal compacts would disappear if the tobacco compacts expired. That is not correct. Even without compacts, the state will collect taxes.Jonathan Small, Curtis Shelton & Ryan Haynie | June 23, 2023