Comments on: Dissecting OK’s Tax Code http://kosu.org/2012/02/dissecting-oks-tax-code/ The State's Public Radio Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jasonjimmy http://kosu.org/2012/02/dissecting-oks-tax-code/comment-page-1/#comment-122117 jasonjimmy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:41:36 +0000 http://kosu.org/?p=105627#comment-122117 This is a good piece, but it's worth pointing out a loophole in the system, that permits taxes to be levied without the legislature's involvement at all. Just look to our Corporations Commission. To support the Universal Service Fund (an outdated concept in its own right that supports land lines at the expense of cell phones) the OCC can impose 'fees' (read taxes) on our cell phone bills. this is not a legislative process, but it hits our pocket books just as hard, and seems to me to discourage innovation. Luckily the Corporations Commission just declined the opportunity to make this happen, I guess ignoring the heavy lobbying of some land line providers. But this is a loophole that needs to be closed. Can't the legislature step in to shut this process down? Cap the Universal Service Fund or something along those lines? This is a good piece, but it's worth pointing out a loophole in the system, that permits taxes to be levied without the legislature's involvement at all. Just look to our Corporations Commission. To support the Universal Service Fund (an outdated concept in its own right that supports land lines at the expense of cell phones) the OCC can impose 'fees' (read taxes) on our cell phone bills. this is not a legislative process, but it hits our pocket books just as hard, and seems to me to discourage innovation.

Luckily the Corporations Commission just declined the opportunity to make this happen, I guess ignoring the heavy lobbying of some land line providers. But this is a loophole that needs to be closed. Can't the legislature step in to shut this process down? Cap the Universal Service Fund or something along those lines?

]]> By: Christine Crenshaw http://kosu.org/2012/02/dissecting-oks-tax-code/comment-page-1/#comment-122114 Christine Crenshaw Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:43:58 +0000 http://kosu.org/?p=105627#comment-122114 Thank you for this feature. The link to the Oklahoma Policy Institute is very helpful. Please keep up the good work. Providing a comparison of the regressivity or progressivity of income tax, sales tax and property tax could be helpful and appreciated. Christine Crenshaw Thank you for this feature. The link to the Oklahoma Policy Institute is very helpful. Please keep up the good work. Providing a comparison of the regressivity or progressivity of income tax, sales tax and property tax could be helpful and appreciated. Christine Crenshaw

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