New MDOR Data Show No Über-Rich Tax Flight

by | May 9, 2016

New data from the Minnesota Department of Revenue (MDOR) shows a significant increase in the number of very high-income taxpayers and the income taxes paid by them in the year following enactment of a new “top tier” income tax rate targeted at households with taxable...

Mid-Week Reads: Corporate Welfare and Sleep-Deprived Workers

by | Apr 27, 2016

Every week, North Star will take some time out of our schedules to bring you our favorite reads from the past week. Jeff Van Wychen The Real Welfare Cheats According to a new Oxfam report, governments around the world lose $100 billion every year because multinational...

Business Property Taxes Not as High as We’re Led to Believe

by | Apr 26, 2016

A recent publication from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce contains a list of claims regarding the level of business property taxes in Minnesota relative to other states: 49th “worst” (i.e., second highest) among the fifty states for rural commercial property taxes,...