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Carliss Chatman writes about Texas ballot proposition to permanently ban taxes on security transactions in Bloomberg Law

Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote an op-ed on Proposition 6, a measure on the upcoming Texas's ballot that would make Texas the only state in the nation with a constitutional ban on securities-transfer taxes and occupation taxes on register market operators. Chatman notes that Texas is already a business-friendly state. And with no personal income tax, no…

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Day 2 of The Pandemic Divide Conference

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