Commonwealth
Fair Taxation
by Ben (- Activism/Actions
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Estate Tax
- Fair tax
- Government Accountability
- Legislative proposals
- Policy
- Progressive tax
- Regulation
- Revenue
- State tax
Tax fairness is the key to a fair economy, where the cost of maintaining a common government is shared on the basis of one's ability to pay.
Tax Fairness Resource Groups
by bob ()A list of links to other groups that focus on tax fairness issues.
Windfall Profits Tax
by bob (- Budget
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Corporate Accountability
- Fair tax
- Legislative proposals
- Progressive tax
- Revenue
- State tax
Recently, oil companies have been raking in record profits off the price of crude oil and gasoline. These profits are coming at the expense of consumers, whose wallets have been increasingly pinched at the gas pump. In an effort to recover a portion of this obscene largess, legislators at the state and federal levels have been considering the imposition of a windfall profit tax (WPT).
Disclosure of Subsidy Deals
by bob (- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Corporate Accountability
- Government Accountability
- Legislative proposals
- State tax
Economic development subsidy decisions are often made in secret by political and corporate powerbrokers. Rarely is there public input into subsidy deals - or even knowledge of basic information like costs and benefits. And yet, such deals total $50 billion per year in taxpayer expenditures.
Taxes on Services
by bob ()Expanding the Sales Tax to Services
While all states with sales taxes tax goods (i.e., furniture, computers, cars, etc), only a few impose the sales tax on services - of which there are over 100 potentially-taxable categories (i.e., car repairs, exterminators, architecture, etc.).
Expanding the sales tax to services would not only raise substantial new revenue, but would make state tax systems more fair, more stable, easier to administer and more economically neutral.
TFOC Topics of Interest
by bob (- Budget
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Fair tax
- Legislative proposals
- Progressive tax
- Revenue
- Spending
- State tax
Members of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative with interests in particular topics participate in affinity groups. Every couple months, UFE hosts a conference call on one of these topics and invites experts to be on the call as resources. It's an opportunity to learn, ask questions, and strategize. To date, UFE has hosted conference calls on the following topics:
Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative
by bob (- Activism/Actions
- Budget
- Commonwealth
- Fair tax
- Legislative proposals
- Progressive tax
- Regulation
- Spending
- State tax
UFE brings together various state groups working on fair taxation in the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative (TFOC). TFOC meets regularly via teleconference and face-to-face, to discuss common issues and share solutions.
Take Action
by Ben ()Take Action
The United States is one of the richest nations in the world. So why aren't our schools thriving? Why are so many African-Americans unemployed? Why are healthcare, housing and college education so hard to afford?
Our mission at UFE is to support the growing movement for economic fairness in every way we can. This can take many forms. If you are interested in making the economy fairer and improving the quality of life in the U.S. for everyone, you can:
TFOC Annual Conference 2007
by bob ()The Tax Fairness Collaborative held its 2007 Annual Conference in Austin, TX.
Sharing the Burden of War and Taxes (Op-ed)
by Ben ()Article by Responsible Wealth members proposes increasing taxes on the wealthy. In The Boston Globe.
