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Rick Scott Gets Help from Grover Norquist's Group

Gov. Rick Scott got a little help from fiscal conservatives Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) which showcased new data from the IRS. 

On Tuesday, ATR, founded by prominent activist Grover Norquist, highlighted an IRS report showing Florida had 74,000 new residents bringing in more than $8.3 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI) in 2013. More than 9,800 New Yorkers headed to Florida in 2013 while more than 6,000 moved from New Jersey and more than 4,400 from Pennsylvania. 

“Between 1985 and 2013, nearly 1.8 million new residents brought with them more $116.36 billion in annual AGI," ATR noted in a release. “Taxes likely have played a large role in this mass migration to the Sunshine State. Florida is one of nine states that do not tax earned income, and one of only seven that do not tax any form of personal income. On top of that, Republican Governor Rick Scott has worked with the Republican legislature to provide an additional $2.6 billion in tax relief since taking office in 2011.
 
“Not only has the Florida Legislature worked with Gov. Scott to aggressively reduce the tax burden in Florida, Scott has worked to poach businesses like General Electric and Hertz from other high-tax states like Connecticut and New Jersey,”  ATR added. “Hertz, which relocated their world headquarters to Florida in 2013 planned to bring 700 jobs paying an average of $102,000 to Florida that year, data that will be reflected in the 2014 tax filings.”

ATR also praised Scott for lowering the corporate tax exemption, lowering cell phone and TV service taxes, ending college textbook taxes and backing a 10 day back to school sales tax holiday. 
 

 
 

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