Iowa House Leader Rules Out Property Tax Increases
Iowa City legislator Rep. Minnette Doderer voices that tax hikes may be needed to fund governor Branstad's programs as House Ways and Means eyes revenue. She favors income tax options over property tax increases and predicts a future sales tax rise, noting 1981 tax policy mistakes under Reaganomics.
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Senator eyes tax shift to fund Iowa needs
Des Moines Senator Bill Palmer chairing the Ways and Means Committee argues lawmakers may need to abandon old methods to meet Iowa’s needs. He proposes reexamining farm land and homestead tax credits, potentially replacing farm land credits with a farmstead credit and capping urban homestead credits, while freezing current funding at about $43.5 million and $94 million respectively.
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