Compromise legislation cutting income taxes headed to governor’s desk
- The Montana Legislature passed House Bill 337, cutting income taxes and increasing a credit, sending it to the governor Tuesday.
- The bill represented a compromise between the governor's large cut plan and a middle-class focus.
- The measure increases the Earned Income Tax Credit from 10% to 20% of the federal amount.
- Governor Gianforte stated, "The money belongs to the people of Montana."
- The package reduces the top rate and increases the credit, targeting middle-class taxpayers, but the governor has not stated his intent.
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Major income tax cut heads to the governor’s desk
A major income tax cut that would reduce state revenues by an estimated $267 million a year by 2028 cleared the Montana Legislature on Tuesday, passing a final vote in the Senate to head toward the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.House Bill 337, sponsored by Speaker of the House Brandon Ler, R-Savage, scales back the state’s top-bracket tax rate over the next two years while extending a lower-bracket rate to higher incomes. It passed on n…

Compromise legislation cutting income taxes headed to governor’s desk
Changes to taxation system include lowering the top tax rate, raising the income threshold for the lower rate, and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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