2009 Streamlined Sales Tax Annual Report to the Iowa General Assembly

Calendar-year annual report to the Iowa Legislature on the Iowa Streamlined Sales Tax Advisory Council members, meetings, significant developments, issues, pending issues, and statutory responsibilities discharged.

Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits

This paper uses microdata to evaluate the impact on the steady-state unemployment rate of an increase in maximum benefit duration. We evaluate a policy change in Austria that extended maximum benefit duration and use this policy change to estimate the causal impact of benefit duration on labor market flows. We find that the policy change leads to a significant increase in the steady-state unemployment rate and, surprisingly, most of this increase is due to an increase in the inflow into rather than the outflow from unemployment.

Why Objective Monitoring of Compliance is Important in the Management of Hypertension.

Hypertensive patients often experience poor adherence to treatment, a frequent cause of uncontrolled blood pressure. In this study, we have evaluated whether or not the use of electronic monitoring for drug adherence is a useful approach to identify and correct compliance problems in hypertensive patients, which may ultimately enhance the effect of antihypertensive therapy. Sixty-nine treated patients with an office blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm Hg were enrolled in this study. With patient consent, current antihypertensive therapy was dispensed in electronic pillboxes that record the time and date of each opening without changing the drug regimen. The intention was to provide physicians with objective measurements of drug compliance. The monitoring of compliance per se without any other intervention induced a marked decrease of blood pressure in the whole group (from 159/104Â+/-23/12 mm Hg to 143/92Â+/-20/15, meansÂ+/-standard deviation, p less than 0.001). A complete normalization of blood pressure (less than 140/90 mm Hg) was obtained in one third of the patients (group 1, n=23) during the monitoring period. A significant improvement of blood pressure control was found in another third (group 2, n=23), whereas in the remaining patients (group 3, n=23) no change in blood pressure was observed. The distribution of individual compliance values, as well as the mean compliances was comparable in the three subgroups. Conversely, the compliance reports have identified several potentially overtreated patients in group 1, a large number of patients with a poor adherence to the prescribed therapy in all groups, and patients who clearly needed a change in pharmacotherapy mainly in group 3. Thus, our results suggest that electronic monitoring of compliance can considerably enhance the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. This procedure should be used more extensively in clinical practice whenever the blood pressure response to therapy appears insufficient. (c)2000 by Le Jacq Communications, Inc.

Tax Credit Evaluation Study: Iowa New Jobs Training Program (260E) Part 1: Background

During the 2005 Legislative Session the Iowa Department of Revenue received an appropriation to establish the Tax Credits Tracking and Analysis Program (TCTAP) to track tax credit awards and claims. In addition, the Department was directed to perform periodic evaluations of tax credit programs. The purpose of these studies is three-fold: (1) To provide a comparison of the Iowa tax credit program to similar federal and other states’ programs (2) To summarize information related to the usage of the Iowa tax credit (3) To evaluate the economic impact of the tax credit program.

Iowa’s 2006 Tax Credit Claims Report

This paper reports the key details about claims of “Other Nonrefundable” and “Other Refundable” tax credits made by taxpayers on form IA 148 for the 2006 tax year.

Iowa Sales and Use Tax Annual Statistical Report FY 2009

Iowa Sales and Use Tax Annual Statistical Report FY 2009

Iowa Individual Income Tax Statistical Report 2008

Iowa Individual Income Tax Statistical Report 2008

Tax Credits Contingent Liabilities Brief March 11, 2010

The Tax Credits Contingent Liabilities Report was created by the Tax Research and Program Analysis Section of the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR) for the benefit of the Revenue Estimating Conference (REC). This report is part of the Tax Credits Tracking and Analysis Program. The goal of the program is to provide a repository for information concerning the awarding, usage, and effectiveness of tax credits. This report forecasts tax credit claims assuming that all available awarded credits are issued and then, along with forecasted credits, are subsequently claimed.

Q&A: Furloughs, bumping, and IPERS Benefits 2010-2011, June 20, 2010

An 4 page report about what happens to your IPERS during furloughs.

Q&A: Furloughs, Bumping, and IPERS Benefits 2010-2012, June 20, 2010

The new law makes the following changes: (a) Reduces IPERS benefits not yet earned by regular members and raises contributions for them above the rate set in current law. (b) Raises the limit on how much contributions for regular members can change each year from 0.5 percentage point to 1.0 percentage point. (c) Extends a provision for restoring wage credits for mandatory unpaid time and extends it to union bumping. Other changes are limited in scope and will not affect most members; some changes are merely technical.

State of Iowa Public Drinking Water Program 2008 Annual Compliance Report.

This report includes violations of maximum contaminant levels, maximum residual disinfectant levels, treatment technique requirements, action level exceedances, major monitoring or reporting requirements, and operation certification requirements of public water supplies in the state of Iowa.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, July 2009

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, August 2009

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.

Iowa Motor Fuel Tax Monthly Reports, September 2009

The monthly fuel tax report from Iowa Department of Transportation to the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.