Investing in Arkansans with a Working Families Tax Credit
Around 300,000 working Arkansans, many of whom are parents with children at home, would qualify for a Working Families Tax Credit, and almost $40 million would return to Arkansas’s economy.
Arkansas Can Boost Opportunity and Combat Inequality by Expanding Wealth Taxes
A historically large share of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, reducing opportunities for millions of Americans and reinforcing barriers that make it harder for people of color to make gains. These inequities are...
AACF & Partners Respond to Tax Task Force Vote
Following the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force’s vote on tax recommendations earlier this week, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the undersigned partners released this joint statement: Earlier this week, the General Assembly’s Tax Reform and...
Itchy Tax Trigger Finger: Tax Foundation Says Aim Toward Foot
Accounting for all the possible curveballs the future economy might throw at our state is impossible. That’s why legislators bother coming together every year to assess our budget and make choices based on the best available, most current information....
Employment Opportunity: AACF Seeks Senior Policy Analyst
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization in Little Rock, seeks a full-time analyst to conduct analyses of state budget, taxes, and other economic/public policy issues impacting families. Position will work to promote social and economic...
Steps to Health and Wealth (infographic)
The foundation for health and wealth starts at birth and influences success at every stage of life. Learn more in our latest infographic or in its parent publication “Health and Wealth in Arkansas.”
Health and Wealth in Arkansas: How Public Policy Connected Them and What We Can Do About It
Poverty has long been known to impact health outcomes. People with greater wealth tend to live longer. They also live in safer homes and cleaner neighborhoods. They have access to healthier foods and better health care. Generally, they can...
The Good and The Bad: Tax Task Force Narrows Down Policies for Consideration
The Tax Reform and Relief Task force continued to pare down the long list of potential tax changes this week. These changes will ultimately comprise their final recommendations, due in September of this year. Some good ideas made it...
Arkansas’s Fading Corporate Income Tax
Too many corporations, especially those that operate in multiple states or countries, don’t pay their full share of Arkansas corporate income taxes. This is because, unlike more than half of other states, Arkansas has yet to protect itself from...
Proposed Property Tax Cut Is Yet Another That Benefits the Wealthy
Earlier this week, Governor Hutchinson proposed increasing the homestead property tax credit from $350 to $375. The problem? It’s a poorly designed tax cut that WON’T help most low-income households and the many middle-income households who RENT and need...
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