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2025 North Dakota Property Tax Relief and North Dakota Property Tax Reform Options Levy Limits Governor Kelly Armstrong

North Dakota’s Property Tax Reform Proposals: A Three-Part Approach

North Dakota’s financial position provides it with a rare capacity to deliver meaningful property tax relief. However, policymakers must balance immediate relief with fiscal sustainability and ensure that local governments remain adequately funded in the years ahead.

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2025 Kansas Tax Cuts including Kansas flat income tax reform and 2025 Kansas tax reform and relief

Kansans May Finally Get a Low, Flat Income Tax

If adopted, these reforms would make Kansas’ tax code substantially more competitive while returning revenue growth to taxpayers in a fiscally responsible manner.

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Kansas property tax levy limit reform options 2025

Kansas Policymakers Consider Variations of a Property Tax Levy Limit

As the property tax debate continues in Kansas, two new proposals have emerged that are much better structured, and would be more effective, than the assessment limits. However, policymakers should consider additional modifications.

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Maryland, B2B tax, digital tax

New B2B and Digital Taxes Are on the Table in Maryland

While Governor Moore’s tax plan is still being fiercely debated in Maryland, legislators have introduced several additional proposals—mostly aimed at increasing taxes on businesses—to generate revenue and address the state’s chronic budget deficit.

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Oklahoma tax reform options 2025 OK tax reform

Pro-Growth Tax Reform for Oklahoma, 2025

Lawmakers should finish the work they have begun over the past few decades, tackling tax rates and structures to give the state a leg up in an era of enhanced competition.

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