By John Spry St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – Wednesday, August 29 Minnesota has some of the very best sports facilities in the nation in Target Field and the Xcel Energy Center. So why are we planning to spend more than $200 million to build a second professional baseball stadium and remodel Target Center? Gov. […]
Source: Congressional Budget Office (http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43373-06-11-HouseholdIncomeandFedTaxes.pdf, p. 8 )
Professor Jenny Wahl from Carleton and I gave a presentation on The Revenue Not Taken: Tax Expenditures and the Budget Process at the 27th Annual Conference on Policy Analysis at the University of Minnesota on October 12, 2011.
Mark Haveman, a member of the 21st Century Tax Reform Commission discussed tax reform with the Minnesota Civic Caucus on Janaury 29, 2010. Haveman had an important message to the Minnesota legislature: Message to the legislature: How a state structures tax rates is more important than issuing tax credits– “If we don’t do anything,” a […]
On September 19, 2008 the 21st Century Tax Reform Commision heard public testimony about tax reform. I discussed “Tax Reform: Theory and Evidence.” The PowerPoint slides are available here: Tax Reform Sept 19 2008.
The Tax Expenditure Review Report released by the Minnesota Department of Revenue on February 15, 2011 recommends evaluating tax expenditures and bringing tax expenditures into the biennial budget process. The Tax Expenditure Review Report was presented at a hearing of the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee of February 23, 2011. To complete the Tax Expenditure Review Report, the […]
On April 27, 2011 the Minnesota House Tax Committee held a hearing about tax incidence. The committee heard testimony from Dr. Paul Wilson of the Minnesota Department of Revenue (Wilson Testimony) and my testimony (Spry Testimony) about the 2011 Minnesota Tax Incidence Study. The audio for the hearing is provided by the Minnesota House of […]
The Minnesota Governor’s 21st Century Tax Reform Commission testified to the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee on February 25, 2009. Here is the video of the hearing: Minnesota Governor\’s 21st Century Tax Reform Commission Senate Hearing 2009 Here is a summary of the 21st Century Tax Reform Commission’s Recomendations.
I testified about “The Economics of Taxation and Dynamic Scoring” to the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee on March 3, 2011. Here are my PowerPoint slides for the hearing: Economics of Taxation and Dynamic Scoring The video of the hearing: Minnesota Senate Tax Committee Hearing on Taxation and Dynamic Scoring
I testified about “The Economic Effects of the Minnesota Corporate Income Tax” to the Minnesota Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee on March 1, 2011. My written testimony: Statement of John Spry, Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee March 1 2011 The video of the hearing: Minnesota Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee Hearing March […]