Budget Briefing: Tax Credit Task Force Returns to Reform Incentives

Oklahoma Lawmaker Resumes Assault on Tax Incentives – Last year, “the task force recommended several changes to the tax code that were never approved by the Legislature during the 2012 session after bitter resistance from lobbyists hired to protect the tax breaks.” Associated Press

Double Downer: States With Highest Number of Uninsured for Health and Auto – “Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico and Oklahoma have the discomfiting distinction of having some of the highest uninsured rates for both health and auto coverage, according to the latest figures.” Fox Business

Switching from Paper to Plastic is Saving Oklahoma Millions of Dollars a Year, Legislators Told – But “an Oklahoma lawmaker says he is concerned that debit cards are an inconvenience to some taxpayers, who may be assessed additional fees for multiple uses of the cards.” NewsOK.com