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Corporate Income Tax Issues for the 2022 Legislature Corporate Income Tax Issues for the 2022 Legislature

Corporate Income Tax Issues for the 2022 Legislature

Repeal the Impending Tax Increase and Fix the “Retail Glitch” and Like-Kind Exchanges

/ Categories: Research, Taxes, COVID Recovery

Federal corporate income tax reform, which had the general aim of broadening the base and lowering the rate, has reduced the federal tax burden on many corporations. However, since Florida adopted most of the base expansion measures without a concurrent rate reduction, federal tax reform has resulted in increased taxes at the state level, even after subsequent state refunds and rate cuts.

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A Rising Tide Sinks All Homes - The Effects of Climate Change on Florida's Economy A Rising Tide Sinks All Homes - The Effects of Climate Change on Florida's Economy

A Rising Tide Sinks All Homes - The Effects of Climate Change on Florida's Economy

/ Categories: Research, Taxes, Economic Development, Education, Energy/Environment, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Insurance, Transportation, Tourism, Retirement

With more than 8,400 miles of coastline and a flat, low-lying coastal topography, Florida is especially vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise. Tens of thousands of Florida homes and businesses are at increased risk from sea level rise. Much of Florida’s critical infrastructure is at low elevations, designed and built with little consideration of future sea level rise. The physical effect of changing climate translates into real economic impacts.

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Beyond the Pandemic: Long-Term Changes and Challenges for Housing in Florida Beyond the Pandemic: Long-Term Changes and Challenges for Housing in Florida

Beyond the Pandemic: Long-Term Changes and Challenges for Housing in Florida

/ Categories: Research, COVID Recovery

As unexpected and unpredictable as COVID-19 has been, few could have predicted the housing boom that the pandemic ignited across the nation. The U.S. housing market—notoriously known for its role in the 2007-2009 Great Recession—defied expectations and experienced record price growth over the past year as demographic trends, government policies, and basic supply and demand all coalesced. In the short term, soaring home prices have been well-documented both analytically and anecdotally.

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Navigating Federal Pandemic Relief: Following billions in stimulus dollars, where do we go from here? Navigating Federal Pandemic Relief: Following billions in stimulus dollars, where do we go from here?

Navigating Federal Pandemic Relief: Following billions in stimulus dollars, where do we go from here?

/ Categories: Research, COVID Recovery, Budget/Approps

The massive amount of federal funding provided in the six stimulus acts provides an unprecedented opportunity to improve Florida and fund programs and infrastructure that have had long-standing backlogs with few past feasible opportunities to address to this degree.

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Who Knows What—Analysis of Data Privacy Legislation in Florida Who Knows What—Analysis of Data Privacy Legislation in Florida

Who Knows What—Analysis of Data Privacy Legislation in Florida

/ Categories: Research

Florida TaxWatch undertakes this updated, independent assessment to better understand the economic impacts that consumer data privacy legislation would have in Florida. The report details the individual cost components that would comprise compliance activities. Building upon the previous research brief, this report calculates the potential economic cost of litigation that a private right of action would produce. The recommendations contained at the end of the report provide policymakers with some key considerations to minimize adverse outcomes while attaining the core goal of data privacy.

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