2010-11 State Budget Archives

Revenue Tracker

Surplus for 2010-2011

$785,485,000

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Final 2011-12 State Budget Analysis

Missed Opportunities: An Analysis of 2010-11 Budget

Details on $212 Million in 2010-11 Budget Cuts

Other Budget Analysis and Research

What Does the Tax Foundation Business Climate Index Really Tell Us?, October 29, 2010

What Does Federal FMAP Funding Mean for Pennsylvanians? July 8, 2010

Time to Close the Loopholes
A series examining special tax preferences in Pennsylvania

The Delaware Loophole

Sales Tax Vendor Discount

Cigars and Smokeless Tobacco

Just the Facts on Combined Reporting, May 26, 2010

House Bill 2435 Will Close Tax Loopholes, While Preserving Critical Services, May 11, 2010

Closing Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Loophole: Tobacco Products Tax Will Save Lives, Preserve Jobs, May 7, 2010

Fair Compensation for Pennsylvanians: Understanding the Natural Gas Severance Tax, May 7, 2010

Ensuring All Corporations Pay Their Fair Share: Closing Loopholes in Pennsylvania’s Antiquated Corporate Tax System, May 7, 2010

A Tax Windfall Whose Time Has Passed: Pennsylvania’s Sales Tax Vendor Discount Program, May 7, 2010

Budget Points: Last One to the Party - Pennsylvania's Proposed Other Tobacco Products Tax, May 3, 2010

Budget Points: Taking a Balanced Approach to Meet Pennsylvanians’ Needs, April 5, 2010

Budget Points: Stimulus Transition Fund Reduces Future Deficits, Preserves Education and Health Care, March 9, 2010

Analysis of Proposed 2010-11 Budget, February 9, 2010

PBPC's 2010 Budget Summit

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Natural Gas Drilling Tax Research

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Table Detailing Natural Gas Drilling Tax Rates in Other States, February 2011

A Hundred Million Dollars Lost to Legislative Inaction on Drilling Tax, October 2010

Plan Would Mark Significant Compromise on Severance Tax, October 2010

Comparison of House, Senate Severance Tax Plans, October 2010

Fact Check on Severance Taxes and Marcellus Shale, October 2010

How to Structure a Severance Tax that is Fair to Pennsylvanians, August 2010

Unintended Consequences: Proposed Tax Breaks for Natural Gas Industry Are Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians, June 2010

PBPC Responds to Gas Industry-Financed Report on Marcellus Shale's Economic Impact, May 2010

PBPC's Tax Primer

The Common Good: What Pennsylvania's Budget and Tax Policies Mean to You

Public Testimony

Testimony by Sharon Ward on Combined Reporting before the Senate Finance Committee, May 26, 2010 (State Budget and Tax Policy)

Testimony by Sharon Ward on adultBasic Funding (HB2455) before the House Insurance Committee, May 4, 2010 (Health Care)

Testimony by Sharon Ward on Proposed Legislative Fiscal Office before the House and Senate Finance Committees, February 3, 2010 (State Budget)

Testimony by Michael Wood on Combined Reporting before the House Majority Policy Committee, January 20, 2010 (State Tax Policy)