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Oklahoma State Question 539, Double Taxation and Tax Rates on Income Initiative (1979)
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 539 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oklahoma on November 6, 1979. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing individual taxpayers to deduct federal income tax paid from their state gross income over three years. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing individual taxpayers to deduct federal income tax paid from their state gross income over three years. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 539 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 202,380 | 48.87% | ||
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211,768 | 51.13% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 539 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a statute declaring tax policy and allowing an individual taxpayer to deduct from his state gross income an amount equal to the Federal Income Tax payable in the same tax year, to be fully accomplished over a three-year period, implemented by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, providing for a limited rate of tax and prescribing classes of taxpayers, a defining term and ratio, directing codification, providing for superseding of any inconsistent laws, providing severability and providing an effective date be approved by the people? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute was equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last general election. In 2010, voters approved State Question 750, which changed the signature requirement to be based on the preceding gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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