Action Update - Issue 70 :: April 25, 2006
Dialogue Continues About School Finance:
The Perry-Sharp Plan is a Good One
By Bill Hammond - Texas Association of Businesses
The business community, normally skeptical of any tax reform, is strongly supporting the Perry-Sharp plan. The Texas Association of Business, major chambers of commerce and associations of Texas Realtors, energy, technology, healthcare and educators have endorsed the plan.
Property Tax Relief
Texas REALTORS® made history at the Capitol
More than 2,000 Texas REALTORS® and property owners rallied on the south steps of the Capitol April 17 to show support for the Perry Sharp plan that provides much-needed property tax relief in Texas.
The Texas Association of REALTORS® has historically favored a low-rate, broad-based business tax to replace the current business franchise tax in Texas. The proposal from the Texas Tax Reform Commission is a low-rate, broad-based business tax that will close legal loopholes that have allowed some businesses in Texas to restructure simply to avoid any business tax liability.
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Texas Needs to Eliminate the Property Tax
by Linda Harper-Brown (R-Irving) & Bill Keffer (R-Dallas)
Lawmakers should heed the warnings of the Texas Supreme Court by choosing "a new path altogether" for financing public schools.
In short, a patchwork solution of more money from new taxes is not a permanent fix. This court admonition is significant but consistently overlooked. The so-called "permanent" fixes resulting from the Edgewood decisions have proved illusory. Gov. Ann Richards heralded the expanded franchise tax and Texas Lottery as ways to fix state finances and supplement to public school financing.
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Choosing a New Path
Using the Projected Budget Surplus for Property Tax Reduction
Because the Texas Supreme Court implored policy makers to “choose a new path” for
public school finance, the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI) Task
Force on State Taxation makes recommendations in anticipation of the Third Called Special Session of the 79th Legislature.
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Groups supporting the Perry Sharp plan include:
- American Forest and Paper Association
- Automotive Parts and Service Association
- Association of Chemical Industry of Texas
- Greater Houston Partnership
- Hispanics for Opportunity, Progress and Education
- Non Profits for Tax Fairness - Texas
- Texas Airline Association
- Texas Apartment Association
- Texas Association of Builders
- Texas Association of Businesses
- Texas Association of Manufacturers
- Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce
- Texas Association of Realtors
- Texas Credit Union League
- Texas Chemical Council
- Texas Council of Engineering Companies
- Texas Forest Industries Council
- Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Network
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The Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse Midwives
- Edu Care Community Living Corporation
- The Greater Texas Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
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The Houston Area Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
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The Private Providers of Texas
- Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists
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Texas Chiropractic Association
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Texas Coalition for Nurses in Advance Practice
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Texas College of Emergency Medicine
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Texas Dental Association
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Texas Federation of Drug Stores
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Texas Health Care Association
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Texas Hospital Association
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Texas Medical Association
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Texas Nurse Practitioners
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Texas Optometric Association
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Texas Orthopedic Association
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Texas Pharmacy Association
- Texas Society of Architects
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Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- Texas Motor Transportation Association
- Texas Oil & Gas Association
- Texas Restaurant Association
- Texas School Alliance
- Texas State Association of Firefighters
- Texas Taxpayers and Research Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas
- Tom Pauken
- Ray Perryman
- David Hartman
Those against the Perry Sharp Tax Proposal:
CONTACT INFORMATION :
Janelle Shepard, Executive Director
Texans for Texas, Inc., 815-A Brazos St #384, Austin, TX 78701-9996.
© 2004 Texans For Texas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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