{"id":92,"date":"2025-04-18T01:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T01:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpolicy.org\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-04-18T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:06:03","slug":"zachary-cady-will-south-carolina-join-the-flat-tax-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondpolicy.org\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Zachary Cady \u2013 Will South Carolina Join the Flat Tax Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"92\" class=\"elementor elementor-92\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b7bf90e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b7bf90e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17be22ff\" data-id=\"17be22ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365fdd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"365fdd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2BXcJVCDoFv5dqgIbW5rPk?utm_source=generator&theme=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e602a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e602a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On this second episode of Season 2 of Beyond Policy, Palmetto Promise Institute\u2019s Dr. Oran Smith interviews economist Zachary Cady of The Buckeye Institute. Palmetto Promise and Buckeye recently released an economic impact analysis of the 2025 personal income tax reform bill proposed by Republican leaders in South Carolina, which would move the state\u2019s highest-in-the-region personal income tax rate to a flat tax of 3.99%, on the way down to 2.49%. In this conversation, Dr. Smith and Cady unpack the results of this study, diving into the dynamic economic scoring model that Buckeye\u2019s Economic Research Center utilizes in their research.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Will South Carolina join other states across the nation in what Cady calls \u201cthe flat tax revolution\u201d? What trade-offs are involved in the legislative process when it comes to tax reform? How do we know how tax code changes will affect the broader economy? 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