A simplified tax code for businesses and individuals would incentivize job creation and economic growth for industries such as the freight sector, the country’s vice president and top lawmaker in the U.S. House told manufacturers this month.
June 26, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Speaker Ryan Asks Manufacturers to Help Congress Pass Tax Overhaul
WASHINGTON — Executives in the manufacturing sector should view reforms to the tax code in aspirational ways to help Congress advance such reforms this year, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said June 20.
June 20, 2017Business
Portland, Ore., Approves Tax on Trucks
Portland, Oregon’s five-member City Council voted unanimously in favor of a trucks-only tax May 11.
May 16, 2016Business
New Jerseyans Want Roads, Bridges Fixed Without Raising Fuel Taxes
Although 64% of New Jersey residents believe that the state doesn’t spend enough on road and bridge repairs, 56% oppose a gas tax hike which would pay for those, according to a poll released March 17 by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling.
March 17, 2016GovernmentBusiness
Senate Working Group Promotes VMT Program to Boost Trust Fund
Federal lawmakers should consider implementing a vehicle miles traveled pilot program nationwide as a way to boost dollars for infrastructure projects on a long-term basis, a Senate Finance Committee working group said in a report released July 8.
July 8, 2015Business
Wyoming Fuel Taxes Will Rise 10¢ on July 1
Wyoming has agreed to increase its tax on diesel and gasoline by 10 cents, to 24 cents a gallon as of July 1, a change that was supported by the state’s trucking industry.
February 25, 2013FuelBusiness
Threat to End Federal Fuel Taxes Concerns Transportation Officials
Faced with the expiration in September of federal transportation taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, highway advocates say they are increasingly worried that the anti-tax, anti-government rancor that characterized the debt ceiling battle could endanger the nation’s transportation system.
August 8, 2011