Michigan Corporate Income Tax Increase Initiative (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
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| Status Not on the ballot | |
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The Michigan Corporate Income Tax Increase Initiative was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Michigan as an initiated state statute.
This initiative was named the "Corporate Fair Share of Taxes Act" by proponents.
The measure would increase the corporate income tax from 6 percent to 11 percent. Revenue would be used for Michigan infrastructure, including road and bridge repair.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | An initiation of legislation to enact the Corporate Fair Share of Taxes Act which would, among other things, fund the repair and maintenance of Michigan roads and bridges by increasing the corporate income tax from 6% under current law to 11% by providing for the imposition, levy, computation, collection, assessment, reporting, payment and enforcement of taxes on or measured by net income and on certain commercial, business and financial activities of certain corporations; prescribing the manner and time of making reports and paying the taxes, and the functions of public officers and others as to the taxes; permitting the inspection of records of taxpayers; providing for interest and penalties on unpaid taxes; providing exemptions, credits and refunds of the taxes; prescribing penalties for violations; providing for the disposition of the revenue received and collected; and repealing Part 2 of the Income Tax Act of 1967, Public Act 281 of 1967, MCL 206.601–206.699.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure could be found here.
Support
The campaign leading support for the initiative was Citizens For Fair Taxes.[3]
Arguments in favor
Citizens For Fair Taxes argued on its website:
| “ | Corporations received over $2 billion in unfair and unjustifiable tax giveaways that didn’t work. Our plan would recoup about half of those cuts – nearly $900 million – and put the money into our crumbling roads and bridges by raising the corporate income tax from its all-time low of 6 percent to 11 percent. Small businesses would not be impacted.
It’s a simple, straightforward plan, but the corporate CEOs and their lobbyists in Lansing won’t like it. But as a result of the tax shift, corporate taxes have been lowered by 80 percent since 2011, and middle class and working families are being asked to sacrifice more and more to make up the difference. That’s wrong. Michigan needs a fair roads fix and our plan provides it.[2] |
” |
Opposition
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Path to the ballot
Supporters filed the petition with the secretary of state on July 28, 2015, and was approved by the Board of State Canvassers on July 30, 2015. [4]
An indirect initiated state statute required 252,523 valid signatures to make the ballot in Michigan. Supporters had to collect the signatures in a 180-day window that they designated for themselves.
State profile
| Demographic data for Michigan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 9,917,715 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 56,539 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 79% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 14% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.7% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.6% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 4.7% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 89.6% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 26.9% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $49,576 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 20% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Michigan. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Michigan
Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate in four out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, 12 are located in Michigan, accounting for 5.83 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Michigan had 11 Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 6.08 and 4.00 of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.
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See also
- Michigan 2016 ballot measures
- 2016 ballot measures
- Michigan Legislature
- List of Michigan ballot measures
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "Initiative Petition Amendment to the Constitution," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Citizens For Fair Taxes, "Learn More," accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ STATE OF MICHIGAN STATEWIDE BALLOT PROPOSALS, accessed November 25, 2015
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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