Taxes

Rob Port February 12, 2013 43

North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer's office will be backing a new effort to repeal the nation's estate tax, more accurately...

Rob Port February 11, 2013 17

When I was in Bismarck last week visiting the legislature a Republican member of the House took me aside and...

Rob Port February 11, 2013 7

Younger Americans are out of work, struggling with student loan debt and shackled to unpayable amounts of tax obligations to...

Rob Port February 9, 2013 5

From the "you can't make this stuff up" department: President Obama spoke three days ago about ending “loopholes and deductions...

Rob Port February 8, 2013 7

North Dakota’s current oil tax policy is an assortment of taxes, triggers and discount incentives that have been cobbled together...

Rob Port February 8, 2013 9

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times By this, I am not suggesting extensive expertise...

Rob Port February 5, 2013 5

Yesterday the North Dakota House voted down HB1387 which would have instituted a 127% tax hike on cigarettes. The bill...

Rob Port February 3, 2013 18

It seems the editorial page at the Grand Forks Herald has become more and more shrill in its denunciations of...

Rob Port February 1, 2013 10

Senator Dwight Cook's proposal for reform of oil extraction taxes has created some surprising bi-partisanship in criticism. Earlier this week...

Rob Port January 28, 2013 4

Over the last several legislative sessions, because the State of North Dakota has been enjoying a tax revenue windfall, various...