![]() ![]() It also found that that in recent years, Wisconsin income tax rates have declined more for higher income earners than they have for those with lower incomes. Wisconsin’s total tax burden, which is total taxes measured as a share of personal income, fell to its lowest point in more than 50 years in 2022, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum. “This will make Wisconsin more competitive, more affordable and stronger,” LeMahieu testified before the Senate revenue committee. ![]() “Hopefully we’ll have a reasonable proposal (from Republicans),” Evers said.LeMahieu on Tuesday called his flat tax measure a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to make generational tax reform given the state’s high surplus. ![]() Evers, when asked if that was a reasonable target, said he believed that the last budget was a good one for taxpayers and he expects the next one to be similar. ![]() Evers signed that Republican plan and then campaigned on it in his successful reelection bid.Īssembly Speaker Robin Vos has said earlier this month that taxes should be cut by at least $3.4 billion in the next budget. In the last budget, Republicans eliminated more than $1 billion in tax increases Evers proposed and instead cut taxes by $3.4 billion. The Legislature will rewrite the Evers budget proposal between February and likely late June, before passing its own plan. “We are open to proposals that directly impact working families, middle class families that are seeing rising costs,” Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Greta Neubauer said. Legislative Democrats, who don’t have the votes to pass anything, are generally supportive of cutting taxes as Evers proposed and against a flat income tax as Republicans want. Republicans in August rejected the Evers’ proposal as a campaign ploy. ![]()
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