House leaders on Friday unveiled a sweeping tax cut proposal that would eventually abolish the state income tax, slash taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and shore up funds for state and local road work. The plan would over time take more than $1 billion from current revenue. “We will Build Up Mississippi by eliminating the income tax to further our state’s competitive advantage and award our workforce,” House Speaker Jason White wro…

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Proposal: eliminate income tax, add 5% tax on gas, allow cities, counties to levy local sales tax

House leaders on Friday unveiled a sweeping tax cut proposal that would eventually abolish the state income tax, slash taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and shore up funds

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Proposal: Eliminate income tax, add 5% tax on gas, allow cities, counties to levy local sales tax

By  TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Updated 3:07 PM CST, January 13, 2025 
House leaders on Friday unveiled a sweeping tax cut proposal that would eventually abolish the state income tax, slash taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and shore up funds for state and local road work. The plan would over time take more than $1 billion from current revenue. “We will Build Up Mississippi by eliminating the income tax to further our state’s com…

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Magnolia Tribune received an exclusive preview of the House’s plan to eliminate the income tax. “This is transformational. This is the largest tax cut in Mississippi history times two.”

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"Cut it to zero for all the working people in this state."

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As competition to become the next zero-income-tax state heats up nationwide, Mississippi leaders are making it clear that they won’t let their state fall behind. Governor Tate Reeves and Speaker Jason White have both made abolishing the income tax their top priority.  Legislation filed this week would immediately slash the income tax to 3% and reduce the tax by an additional 0.3% until total elimination is achieved by the end of the next decade.…

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