As chair of the Senate Tax Committee, I forged a bipartisan agreement with the chair of the Tax Committee in the Democratically controlled House. The agreement included income tax rate cuts for all, elimination of the tax on Social Security benefits, property tax relief, and tax credits for paid family leave, renters, and childcare. This bipartisan agreement was adopted word for word.
Unfortunately, for Minnesotans strapped with sky rocketing inflation, the House did not bring this tax relief up for a vote. The House speaker declared she would used the tax bill as leverage for spending bills. (Associated Press – 5/20/22)
I publicly called upon Governor Walz to call us back into special session to pass this much needed tax relief. I will make permanent tax cuts my top priority in the next legislative session.