Lawmakers might not try to do away with the state income tax after all.
Governor Rick Snyder opposed the plan to phase the tax out completely. And there were skeptics in the Senate as well.
So lawmakers have a new version of the bill.
It would drop the income tax from 4 point 25 percent to 3 point 9 percent by 20-21 and keep it there.
Representative Lee Chatfield is the bill’s sponsor.
“Our goal all along has been to deliver on the promise made to the people back in 2007, and we think the legislation in its current form with the substitute accomplishes that goal.”
Some Democrats are still unhappy with the proposed cut. They say it will result in spending cuts to vital programs.