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Offshore Tax Havens Cost Average Arizona Taxpayer $297 a Year, Average Arizona Small Business $1,525

With tax day approaching, a new study released by the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG) found that the average Arizona taxpayer in 2011 would have to shoulder an extra $297 tax burden make up for revenue lost from corporations and wealthy individuals shifting income to offshore tax havens.

Report | Arizona PIRG | Tax

Picking up the Tab

Some U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals avoid paying U.S. taxes by transferring their earnings to tax haven countries with minimal or no taxes. These tax haven users benefit from their access to America’s markets, workforce, infrastructure and security; but they pay little or nothing for it—violating the basic fairness of the tax system and forcing other taxpayers to pick up the tab.

News Release | Arizona PIRG | Tax

Amendment Passes to Crack Down on Offshore Tax Cheats

Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for Arizona PIRG, on the passage of the Senate Amendment 1818, introduced by Senators Levin, Conrad, and Whitehouse to the Transportation Bill.

News Release | Arizona PIRG | Tax

White House Plan to Close Special Interest Tax Loopholes Is the Right Approach to Reform, But Details Matter

Statement by Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for Arizona PIRG, in response to the White House announcement proposing to eliminate tax loopholes and preferences.

News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Tax

Report Shows Fortune 500s Pay Few State Taxes

A comprehensive new study profiles consistently profitable Fortune 500 companies and how much they paid in state income taxes. For example, Insight Enterprises, headquartered in Arizona, paid only 0.9% in income taxes from 2008-2010.

Issue | Tax

Close Corporate Tax Loopholes

No company should be able to game the tax system to avoid paying what it legitimately owes. And, yet, establishing shell companies in offshore havens for the purpose of tax avoidance is becoming more the rule than the exception for at least 83 of the nation's top 100 publicly traded companies.

Media Hit | Tax

Arizona Republic: Advocates: Arizona taxpayers are subsidizing junk foods

More children are getting fat from cheap junk foods whose key ingredients are subsidized by millions of dollars in taxes paid by residents in Arizona and across the country, the Arizona Public Interest Research Group alleged Wednesday.

Report | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Food, Tax

Apples to Twinkies

America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. The rise in childhood obesity has many causes, but one of the most important is the increased prevalence of high-fat, heavily sweetened junk food.  And shockingly, American taxpayers are spending billions to subsidize junk food ingredients, making the problem worse.

News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Tax

New Report: Subsidies Pay for 19 Twinkies per Arizona Taxpayer

Federal subsidies for commodity crops are also subsidizing junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup, enough to pay for 19 Twinkies per Arizona taxpayer every year, according to Apples to Twinkies.

News Release | Arizona PIRG | Tax

As Super Committee Gets to Work, Groups Identify $1 Trillion in Savings

As the Congressional “Super Committee” begins its search for $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, a new study released by Arizona PIRG and the National Taxpayers Union provides the panel with a place to start: more than $1 trillion of spending cuts with appeal from across the political spectrum.

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