Governor Signs Property Tax Relief Bill; Assembly Shelves Dem Amendment with...
Today Governor Walker signed a bill that provides $100 million of property tax relief over the next two years. The bill will do the following: Reduce property taxes by an average of $13 this year and...
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Many Wisconsin low-income families miss out on their full tax refund because they do not claim tax credits for which they are eligible —particularly the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Homestead Tax...
View ArticleIncreased Tax Revenue Creates Opportunities to Close Budget Gaps and Invest...
A big jump in state revenue that will be announced soon gives lawmakers an excellent opportunity to invest in Wisconsin’s economic future and to put the state on a sounder fiscal footing by filling...
View ArticleMissed Opportunities in the Governor’s Budget Proposals
Tax Plan Increases Red Ink in Next Budget and Leaves Holes in This One Governor Walker conceded to reporters that his new tax cut proposals will increase the red ink in the 2015-17 state budget by...
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Top 5% of Wisconsin Residents Get 18% of Tax Cuts Proposed by the Governor
The distribution of the tax cuts proposed by the Governor isn’t our chief concern about how he would use the projected state surplus. We’re primarily concerned that Governor Walker’s plan ignores holes...
View ArticleDo All Taxpayers Get the Same Benefit from the Governor’s Income Tax Proposals?
Governor’s Remarks Omit the Effect of Cuts to the Alternative Minimum Tax In his State of the State address last week, Governor Walker talked about two tax cuts he plans to make using the state’s...
View ArticleLow-income Families Contributed to the Budget Surplus
New Analysis Examines Why the Surplus Should be Used to Help Low-income Wisconsinites In his recent “state of the state” address, Governor Walker said that his plan for using the state surplus aims to...
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Tiny Piece of Projected Surplus Could Mitigate Recent Tax Increases on...
Many of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable families and elderly adults would not get much help from the Governor’s plan for the projected state surplus. That could change if the Legislature were to use a...
View ArticleOdd Man Out: Unlike the Rest of the Tax Code, Homestead Tax Credit is Not...
When it comes to the Wisconsin tax code, the Homestead Tax Credit, which provides property tax relief to owners and renters with low incomes, is the odd man out. That’s because the Homestead Credit is...
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In Wisconsin’s Tax System, Best-Off Pay the Smallest Share of their Income in...
Wisconsin is a better place when we all do well. Unfortunately, while the wealthiest have seen their incomes skyrocket in recent decades, incomes have stagnated for the middle class and low-income...
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Property Tax Cut Contributing to Deep Budget Cuts Benefits Second Home Owners...
The budget proposed by Governor Walker includes significant new tax cuts, as well as deep cuts to the University System and public schools to pay for the proposed tax cuts and ones in the past. A new...
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Better Choices: A Blueprint for Avoiding Harmful Budget Cuts
Legislators Can Avoid Deep Cuts without Raising Taxes Wisconsin needs a budget that invests in the building blocks of a strong economy. Healthy families, safe and stable communities, and a...
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New Figures Highlight Need to Adjust Homestead Credit
Wisconsin’s property tax credit for low-income homeowners and renters is declining because – in contrast to most of the rest of the tax code – it isn’t adjusted for inflation. New figures released...
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Failing to Adjust Assistance for Inflation Hurts Wisconsin’s Low-wage Workers
State policy choices contribute to the growing divide in income and wealth between the richest and poorest Wisconsinites. Although most parts of the state and federal tax codes and federal entitlement...
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Many Wisconsin low-income families miss out on their full tax refund because they do not claim tax credits for which they are eligible —particularly the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Homestead Tax...
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Budget Bill Boosts Property Taxes for Thousands of Low-income Households
An estimated 11,400 households will have tax increases averaging $614 Despite the claims of state lawmakers that the biennial budget bill cuts property taxes, the actions of those policymakers will...
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A Lame Duck Mistake Reopens a Tax Policy Debate
Legislators Will Vote on Whether Low-income Families Benefit from New Tax Cuts The bill that was rushed through the legislature in early December was designed to narrow the ability of the newly elected...
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Tax Break Further Skews Wisconsin’s Tax System Against People of Color
Most people of color would be blocked from receiving an expanded property tax cut approved by the legislature, with the value of the credit being delivered overwhelmingly to white residents of the...
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Many Wisconsin low-income families miss out on their full tax refund because they do not claim tax credits for which they are eligible – particularly the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Homestead Tax...
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