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Montana Lower State Income Tax Rates Measure (2016)
| Lower State Income Tax Rates Measure | |
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| Type | Legislatively referred state statute |
| Origin | Montana Legislature & Governor |
| Topic | Taxes |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
A Montana Lower State Income Tax Rates Measure did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Montana as a legislatively referred state statute. The measure, upon voter approval, would have lowered the state's income tax rates by 10 percent.[1]
Text of measure
Statute changes
The measure would have amended Section 15-30-2103 of the Montana Code Annotated. The struck-through text would have been deleted and the underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
| “ | 15-30-2103. Rate of tax.
(1) There must be levied, collected, and paid for each tax year upon the taxable income of each taxpayer subject to this tax, after making allowance for exemptions and deductions as provided in this chapter, a tax on the brackets of taxable income as follows:
(2) By November 1 of each year, the department shall multiply the bracket amount contained in subsection (1) by the inflation factor for that tax year and round the cumulative brackets to the nearest $100. The resulting adjusted brackets are effective for that tax year and must be used as the basis for imposition of the tax in subsection (1) of this section.[2] |
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Support
Supporters
Opposition
Opponents
- MEA-MFT[3]
- Montana Budget & Policy Center
- Montana Organizing Project
- Montana Human Rights Network
- Montana Coalition Against Domestic Social Violence
Path to the ballot
A simple majority was required in both chambers of the legislature to place the legislatively referred state statute on the ballot in Montana.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Montana Legislature, "House Bill 266," accessed February 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helena Independent Record, "Groups oppose tax cut referendum," February 5, 2015
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State of Montana Helena (capital) |
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