In his New York Times newsletter, business reporter Peter Coy in September argued that the only real solution for the nation’s rising debt crisis is “more tax […]
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West Virginia’s economic news — the good and the bad
The recent economic news for West Virginia can be broken into four categories — excellent, good, caution advised and bad. Let’s start with “excellent.” Local and state […]
Money, money, money: State’s surplus continues to grow
The surplus money just keeps piling up in West Virginia’s treasury. The just-released revenue figures for the first four months of the 2023 fiscal year show the […]
W.Va. can’t wait for a ‘rainy day’
For Fiscal Year 2022 (which began July 1, 2021), West Virginia’s revenue collections are $394 million above estimates so far. In fact, just this past December alone, […]
Could West Virginia become another tax-free heaven?
West Virginia is unique among America’s 50 states. At a convention in Wheeling, Va., in 1861, delegates from Virginia’s northwest counties, which were loyal to the Union, […]
Postcast 63 – March 19, 2021
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Postcast 55 – January 22, 2021
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Morgantown receives its first quarterly sales tax allotment
The city of Morgantown received its first quarterly sales tax allotment at the end of October. The initial $1,206,614.29 payment is the result of a process that began […]
Justice: All-time-high income tax and sales tax revenue support $90.4 million surplus for first quarter of FY 2021
MORGANTOWN — In the midst of COVID-19, West Virginia saw all-time-high consumer sales tax and personal income tax revenue during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, […]
