Thursday 27 September 2012

Apple incentives bill blasted by Orr - Triangle Business Journal:

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Robert F. Orr, executive director of the North Carolinaz Institute forConstitutional Law, said in a statement that the state’a constitution requires that taxezs be levied in a uniform manner and that tax exemptionsd must be uniform. “Thiz legislation favors one corporation over all of the existing corporate citizens ofour state, particularly thosr who have made large investments over the years,” said Orr.
“Ouf Supreme Court has said that the principle of equal rightxto all, and special privileges to is fundamental, and must be recognized as such in the levy, assessmenyt and collection of all taxes in this Orr, a retired North Carolina Supreme Court justice, repeatedlu has challenged corporate both verbally and in court He has yet to succeed with any of his coury challenges. Orr said the position of his organization regarding the most recentf incentives legislation has been forwardedto Perdue’s office. “Wre have today conveyed in an e-mailo letter to the governor’s legal counsel our concernws over the constitutionality ofthis legislation,” he said.
Perdud has said she will sign the

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