After 2022 Chapter 313 Victories, Texas IAF Braces for What Comes Next

“We pay our taxes. Parents, teachers, grandparents, alumni pay taxes towards our school districts and towards the state. So, we feel that that is something that every body is responsible for,” said Reverend Minerva Camarena-Skeith of St. John’s Episcopal Church."

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Over the years, critics argued certain requirements were whittled away and some companies were bringing few or low-paying jobs with little benefits. Some, including a coalition of interfaith leaders with The Metropolitan Organization, Central Texas Interfaith and Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations, have called out the program as “corporate welfare” and for leaving the rest of the Texas taxpayers to essentially “make up the difference.”

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A Corporate Tax Break Program Just Expired in Texas. Will Lawmakers Replace it in 2023?KXAN [pdf]

  • Tmo/Gclc
    published this page in News 2023-03-10 13:40:53 -0600

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