LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Local Republican legislative leaders continue to blast Democrats for the passage of bills they say will trade tax relief for “corporate welfare.”
House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said after Senate Democrats passed HB 4001 on a party-line vote Thursday that would redirect $800 million toward one-time $180 checks per income tax filer in the state, it was just a way to block an automatic income tax rollback that Republicans had put into place in 2015. If the state hits a certain surplus threshold, the income tax cut kicks in.
Democrats also introduced a proposal Thursday to change Senate rules that would allow the bill to go into effect immediately without the normal two-thirds voted needed.
Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County said, “This bill was rushed through the Legislature without committee hearings, without bipartisan negotiation and without any debate allowed in the House.”
“Unfortunately, our Republican plan of a $500 per child tax credit, tax relief for all seniors, and upholding the law to lower the income tax was rejected because the governor and Democrats have big spending plans.”
The House and Senate fiscal agencies estimate that Michigan was $700 million over the trigger’s threshold in fiscal year 2022, which would reduce the income tax rate from 4.25% to 4.05%.
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