BHI participates in ALEC meeting

from NewsLink, Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 1997

BHI Executive Director David Tuerck spoke at two task force meetings during the Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in New Orleans in August.

Tuerck, who is an advisor to the Health and Human Services Task Force, spoke on behalf of the compassion tax credit and chaired discussion of proposed model legislation that can be used by any state seeking to implement a tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations.

During a meeting of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, Tuerck presented a description of STAMP, the Beacon Hill Institute's State Tax Analysis Modeling Program. In his remarks, he described the model using examples for Massachusetts and Ohio. However, with enhancements, STAMP can be applied to any state and will show how a proposed tax-law change will affect the economy of that state. STAMP is one of only a few such models in the country.

The Beacon Hill Institute booth in the exhibition hall included interactive powerpoint presentations of both STAMP and the compassion tax credit. It allowed legislators to see how a compassion tax credit could be applied in their state or how STAMP's methodology could be used in their state.

ALEC is the nation's largest bipartisan, individual membership organization, with 3,000 state legislators throughout the country.

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