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Taxes are the way we deliver a better future across North Carolina
In communities across the state, most North Carolinians share the same values for our future. We envision a North Carolina where our children can grow up to reach their full potential, where families have the resources to care for their loved ones, and where local entrepreneurs can bring new ideas to market and create high…
NC Children and Youth Fiscal Map
Open this in fullscreen mode by clicking the arrows in the bottom right corner. For more information about national trends around how much states spend on programs and services for children and youth, please check out Children’s Funding Project’s full analysis.
Demand that the NC General Assembly choose our communities over corporations
It is time lawmakers put the people of North Carolina first and ensure that corporations pay what they owe in taxes by pausing the corporate income tax elimination and keeping the rate corporations pay at 2.5 percent.
Root of school problems in Durham and state is years of underfunding
Public schools across the state, including in Durham, continue to be harmed by an ideology that sacrifices adequate investment in our children’s education in order to divert public money to special interests and corporate welfare. As the parent of three children in Durham Public Schools, it would be easy to, like many, lay the blame…
Who pays taxes in North Carolina?
As North Carolinians, we pay taxes to build communities that ensure everyone — Black, brown, and white — can thrive in every corner of our state. But policymakers in North Carolina have created a tax code that asks more of people with the lowest incomes. The latest edition of Who Pays?, released today by the…
NC leaders’ tax cuts for wealthy mean we will lose more than $13 billion for NC needs
Combined with the personal and corporate income tax cuts that had already been scheduled, new cuts in the recent North Carolina budget are estimated to lead to a loss of over $13.5 billion in revenue per year when fully implemented. (This is a low estimate; the higher estimate is $15.2 billion.)
Open Letter from 21 Groups on the Final Budget & Call for Prioritizing People Over Politics and Powerful Interests
To: Leaders of the NC General Assembly Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations/Base Budget Members of the House Standing Committee on Appropriations CC: Members, North Carolina Senate Members, North Carolina House of Representatives October 4, 2023 Dear NC Legislators: We, the undersigned, have come…
NCGA leaders lock in more tax cuts in final budget while abandoning transparency and accountability
The NC General Assembly’s budget decisions this year will have repercussions for years and decades to come, and instead of providing support to North Carolina communities who need more to thrive, legislative leaders have instead continued on a course that will deepen harm.
Statement from the NC Budget & Tax Center on passage of NC budget
Statement from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center Legislative leaders have prioritized the interests of the wealthy few and out-of-state corporations over the people of North Carolina in their final budget. We shouldn’t be surprised by the callous and flawed outcome that results from a process that is blocked from…
Statement on budget developments, Sept. 19, 2023
Statement from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center Once again, state leaders are gambling with people’s lives and our state’s future. They are breaking their promise to provide health care to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians as part of the state budget – now tying Medicaid expansion to casino…
