Taking the Tax Conversation to St. Charles

ITR Foundation·
Most of the most important public policy conversations don’t happen at the State Capitol.  They happen in meeting rooms, restaurants, community centers, and other gathering places across Iowa, where people simply want to better understand the issues affecting their families and communities. Recently, ITR Foundation Policy Director John Hendrickson was invited to St. Charles to speak with Iowans about two tax issues that are generating headlines in Iowa and across the country.  The first was…

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Let’s be honest, big government is big bureaucracy, and common sense tells us big bureaucracy is ineffective. That’s why ITR Foundation works to:

  • Research principled solutions
  • Educate Iowans about our solutions
  • Activate Iowans in support of our solutions

By applying the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and the rule of law to public policy, we can ensure all Iowans will have the opportunity to succeed.

ITR Foundation set the policy groundwork for many recent taxpayer victories in Iowa:

  • Increased property tax transparency and spending restraint
  • A 3.8% flat individual income tax rate
  • Elimination of income taxes on retirement income
  • Elimination of inheritance tax
  • Creating a path to reduce corporate income tax to 5.5%
  • Phasing-out special tax incentives in the corporate tax code
  • Banning local universal basic income programs