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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

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Repeal of employee deduction and income exclusion for moving expenses: Under current law (Code Section 132(a)(6) and (g)), an employee can exclude qualified moving expense reimbursements from gross income. Certain of these expenses are not deductible unless, in aggregate, they exceed 2% of the employee’s adjusted gross income.

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated Oregon incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. Oregon Capital Access Program (CAP): Helps lenders (banks and credit unions) make more commercial loans to small businesses and provides capital for start-up or expansion.

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Location Focus: Washington – Scenic Vistas And Soaring Industry Side By Side

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More than 20 states had aggressively courted the aerospace giant when in the midst of negotiating a new contract with the Machinist’s Union it signaled it was willing to consider relocation its primary assembly facilities. Inslee praised the union workers who approved the new contract that sealed the state’s long-term deal with Boeing.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. The Metro Little Rock Region has a labor force of more than 480,000.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. Arizona offers one of the lowest costs of doing business in the United States, primarily because of low taxes and small state government.

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Feature Story: Indiana Governor’s Report – Homegrown Success In The Hoosier State

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Through cuts to the state income tax, inheritance tax and other business tax reductions, Indiana is the only state in the country to achieve more than $1 billion in tax cuts over the next two years, Pence says. All of the above were cited by the governor as key factors propelling Indiana to national leadership in manufacturing job growth.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Kansas – Diversification From The Ground Up

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Kansas passed a business income tax exemption which eliminates certain non-wage business income on lines 12, 17 and 18 of IRS Form 1040 for Partnerships, Limited Liability Corporations, Limited Liability Partnerships, Sole Proprietorships and Subchapter-S Corporations that have elected at the federal level to be taxed as a pass-through entity.

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