波特兰市议员提出 Fair Share 税案 小商家减负、大公司多缴
波特兰市议员 Angelita Morillo、Mitch Green 等人 10 月 8 日在市政厅前集会，正式提出 Fair Share Tax 条例。该提案一方面豁免约 18,000 家年收入低于 50 万美元的小商家缴纳营业执照税，另一方面提高对 CEO 薪酬达到普通员工 50 倍以上的上市公司的薪酬比附加税。
提案方预计新税每年可为市府普通基金带来约 7,200 万美元，用于保护公园、公共安全、暴力预防和住房等基本服务免受历史性预算削减冲击。条例已在市议会财政与治理委员会提出，后续将进入委员会和全体会议讨论。（资料来源：波特兰市议会）
Portland Councilors Introduce Fair Share Tax for Small-Business Relief
Portland Councilors Angelita Morillo, Mitch Green and co-sponsors rallied outside City Hall on October 8 to introduce the Fair Share Tax ordinance. The proposal would exempt roughly 18,000 businesses earning under $500,000 from the city's Business License Tax while raising the pay-ratio surtax on publicly traded corporations whose CEOs earn 50 times or more than their median worker.
Sponsors project about $72 million a year in new general-fund revenue to protect parks, public safety, violence prevention and housing from historic budget cuts. The ordinance was introduced in the City Council's Finance and Governance Committee and now heads into committee and council deliberation. (Source: Portland City Council)
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