Ray Keating

2009 Business Tax Index by state ranking

Featuring Ray Keating - April 21, 2009

Which states rank best and worst, based on their tax burden on businesses? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss this year's Business Tax Index, which he compiles each year. They also discuss the negative impact of the carbon tax legislation currently being proposed.

Category: Cash Flow, Profitability, Credit, Collections, Finance, Accounting, and Taxes, Government, Politics, Trade Groups and Think Tanks

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