Overall, Gov. Evers’ budget would increase taxes by a billion dollars over the next two years. He would decrease taxes by $536.2 million in other areas. Fees would go up $17.16 million. Evers also believes he can squeeze another $78.03 million through “enhanced tax collections.” Read More Evers Wants to Increase Income Taxes by Over $1 Billion
By Bill Osmulski – Milwaukee is attempting to officially turn TIF into what critics have always claimed it to be: a slush fund for public officials’ pet projects. If Milwaukee gets away with TID#100, it will set a new precedent throughout the state, and countless others will follow suit. Read More No Economic Justification For New Milwaukee TIF District
By Rep. Adam Jarchow – Last session, in his budget, Governor Walker proposed adding 102 new auditors to the Department of Revenue. I didn’t like the proposal, nor did many of my colleagues in the Legislature. A number of us tried to remove it from the budget. When that failed, to our discredit, we went along with it. We shouldn’t have. Read More Jarchow: I Screwed Up and I’m Sorry
MacIver News Service – “Continuing Government Reform” was Gov. Scott Walker’s topic in this week’s radio address. One of those reforms, highlighted in a recent press release, includes new fraud prevention measures at the Department of Revenue (DOR) which have protected taxpayers $58 million in fraud last tax season. Read More Taxpayers Save $58 Million Last Tax Season from Gov. Walker’s Anti-Tax Fraud Measures
MacIver Minute Blog – The latest numbers from the Department of Revenue (DOR) were released on Wednesday and it is good news for the Wisconsin economy. Even as taxes continue to go down in the state, revenues are actually up. Read More BLOG: State Revenue Collections Up 4.3 Percent Over Previous Fiscal Year