The Foundation’s Chief Economist, Byron Schlomach, Ph.D., will be Jon-David Wells’ guest at 4:35 p.m. tomorrow to talk about the end of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund tax. Gov. Rick Perry signed HB 735 last Friday, which will end this tax in September 2008 and save Texas consumers $210 million a year. Jon-David Wells’ show is on KLIF AM 570 in Dallas/Fort Worth, and people outside the Metroplex can listen online at www.klif.com.
Texas’ Business Tax Climate Needs Improving
Texans appreciate living in a state that values liberty, sensible business policy, and, perhaps most importantly, a strong dislike for taxes, which inevitably infringe on the first two values. But, in comparison with other states, Texas is beginning to lose its competitive edge in business climate as noted in the Tax Foundation’s recently released 2019...