By Ola Lisowski – Wisconsinites will be a little freer as of tomorrow, April 19th. The Badger State’s Tax Freedom Day is April 19th this year, according to the Tax Foundation. Read More Wisconsin’s Tax Freedom Day Is April 19th
MacIver Investigative Reporter Matt Kittle joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau for their weekly discussion of Wisconsin news and politics. Up this week – progressives are split again on the issue of gender neutral bathrooms, and tax freedom day is earlier in Wisconsin this year thanks to pro-taxpayer reforms. Read More News And Views: Discord on the Left Over Gender Neutral Bathrooms
As you know, it’s Tax Day, a solemn reminder of how much government makes us work just to settle up with Uncle Sam. But Wisconsinites can take some solace in the fact that their tax bills will be paid off eight days earlier this year than last. And we can all celebrate last year’s tax overhaul, making this the last Tax Day that we’re subjected to the old tax code. Read More MacIver News Minute: Take Solace in Tax Reform and an Earlier Tax Freedom Day
Wisconsin’s #40 ranking held steady from 2016 but is down from #37 in 2015. Also, in 2015 Tax Freedom Day was on April 25, two days earlier than this year. Despite efforts to reduce the tax burden in the Badger State, it seems that other states have leapfrogged Wisconsin by taking on even more dramatic tax reform. Read More April 27: Tax Freedom Day in Wisconsin…At Last!