* HCS HB 64
Sponsor: Lipke, Scott
Status: S Ways & Means
Description: Increase the income tax rate and exempt the first $3,000 of income from the state income tax. The HCS increases personal and dependent deductions. Legislative staff estimate the original bill would cost the state more than $100 million in tax collections. The HCS would cost up $366 million, according to legislative staff.
See: 
  • House roll call - HCS HB 64 (04/28/2009): 3rd reading of a bill to increase income tax deductions. House staff report the bill would cost $366 million in lost state tax collections.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

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