2022 Governor's State of the State speeches: on Tax Reform
Chris Sununu:
If your town isn't lowering taxes, go out and make it happen
So instead of downshifting costs, we downshifted cash, giving cities and towns extra flexibility--a win for our citizens. Because of these investments, many towns are using this increased financial opportunity to lower local property taxes.
I'm here to tell you--if your town isn't lowering taxes for some reason, town meeting day is in less than a month, so go out, make your voice heard, and work with your local town officials to help make it happen. Now's the time to do it.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Hampshire legislature
Feb 17, 2022
Chris Sununu:
Tax cuts work, so let's do it again!
Last year I prioritized cutting taxes and attracting businesses. Thanks to this legislature, we cut taxes, and then cut more taxes - New Hampshire has one of the lowest tax burdens in the country, putting more money back into the pockets of families and
small businesses--all while continuing robust services under a fair and balanced budget. The result is businesses pouring into N.H, growing sustainably, and creating the biggest budget surplus in the state's history. TAX CUTS WORK, SO LET'S DO IT AGAIN!
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Hampshire legislature
Feb 17, 2022
Tony Evers:
15% middle class tax cut of largest in state history
We've also been working hard to keep more money in Wisconsinites' pockets. Last year, we provided $480 million in tax relief for Wisconsin businesses and families affected by the pandemic. Republicans and Democrats also found common ground, and
I was glad to deliver on my promise to cut taxes for middle-class families by 15% by signing one of the largest tax cuts in state history. Through all of the tax cuts I've signed into law, 86% of Wisconsin taxpayers will see a 15% income tax cut.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Wisconsin legislature
Feb 15, 2022
Ned Lamont:
Expand business tax credit to repay employee student loans
I want students and trainees to take a job in Connecticut, and I want Connecticut employers to hire from Connecticut first! To encourage that, we're expanding a tax credit for small businesses that help repay their employees' student loans.
More reasons for your business to hire in Connecticut, and for graduates to stay in Connecticut--that's the Connecticut difference.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Connecticut legislature
Feb 9, 2022
Ned Lamont:
Eliminate income tax on pension and 401K income for most
The current property tax credit is too limited, so we're going to double the number of families who can claim it. We're also going cut taxes on automobiles. That's going to reduce car tax bills in more than 100 towns, often by hundreds of dollars
per car! We're also going to eliminate the income tax on pension and 401K income for most households. Stay in Connecticut and watch your grandkids grow up in your living room rather than waving to them from a Zoom room in Delray, Florida.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Connecticut legislature
Feb 9, 2022
Kevin Stitt:
We need more taxpayers; not more taxes
I'm proposing to eliminate the grocery tax. Oklahoma is one of just 13 states that taxes groceries, and ours is one of the highest. Many Oklahomans are already struggling under the weight of record inflation. Let's give them more help this year.
Because, after all, we need more taxpayers, not more taxes. States across the country are continuing to cut taxes on their citizens. My vision is to create a taxpayer protection plan that responsibly lowers income taxes according to our state revenue.
I look forward to working with the Legislature to modernize our tax code this session. Another way to do that is to get rid of the income tax on military retirement benefits.
Our military installations are so important to our state, and we want to keep our retired veterans here in Oklahoma. It's a commonsense way to support those who defend our freedoms.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Oklahoma legislature
Feb 7, 2022
J.B. Pritzker:
Fight inflation by suspending grocery tax in coming year
I am proposing the Illinois Family Relief Plan--to provide immediate assistance to help families fight inflation. Another place where families are getting hit hard by rising costs is at the grocery store.
We can afford to suspend the state tax on groceries in the coming year, and have the state make up any lost revenue to local governments, so we can bring some relief to families at the check-out counter.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Illinois legislature
Feb 2, 2022
Larry Hogan:
We've cut taxes, tolls, fees by more than $2.7 billion
We repealed the Rain Tax mandate and eliminated or reformed more than 14,000 job-killing regulations. We cut tolls at every single facility in the state--the first time tolls had been cut in Maryland in 50 years. We passed the RELIEF Act of 2021--the
largest tax cut in state history--nearly unanimously, which provided $1.45 billion in urgently needed tax relief and economic stimulus. We have now cut taxes, tolls, and fees seven years in a row by more than $2.7 billion.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Maryland legislature
Feb 2, 2022
Gretchen Whitmer:
Repeal retirement tax; restore Earned Income Tax Credit
I'm ready to work across the aisle to roll back the retirement tax and save 500,000 households in Michigan an average of $1,000 bucks a year. It's time to increase the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit. Restoring the
EITC lifts more than 22,000 people out of working poverty. And it sends 730,000 families an average refund of almost $3,000 bucks that they can use to pay the bills. Nearly 1 million kids-almost half the kids in Michigan-benefit when we raise the EITC.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Michigan legislature
Jan 26, 2022
Charlie Baker:
Tax cuts for families, low income workers, renters, seniors
Our budget doubles the tax break for children and dependents, because every Massachusetts family deserves a break. We'll also ask lawmakers to eliminate income taxes for the lowest paid 230,000 taxpayers here in the Commonwealth. It's time to give
renters a bigger tax break on their monthly payments. It's also been a tough two years for seniors. We'll ask the legislature to give them a break on their property taxes and make our estate tax more competitive with the rest of the country.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Massachusetts legislature
Jan 25, 2022
Tate Reeves:
Attract business by elimination of the state's income tax
We need to consider how to attract companies and economic projects that transform communities--create generational wealth and lift families out of poverty. It takes a bold vision that lasts forever. The heart of that vision is the elimination of the
state's income tax. By eliminating the income tax, we can put ourselves in a position to stand out. We can win those projects. We can throw out the welcome mat for the dreamers and the visionaries. It can lead to more wealth for all Mississippians.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to MIssissippi legislature
Jan 25, 2022
Spencer Cox:
$160 million grocery tax credit will help fight inflation
Last year we delivered nearly $100 million in tax cuts for Utah seniors, military veterans and families. Tonight, I am proposing an additional $160 million grocery tax credit for
Utah families who are suffering the devastating impacts of inflation.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Utah legislature
Jan 20, 2022
Henry McMaster:
Our work will not be done unless I sign an income tax cut
This year marks the fourth year that I have proposed a 1% rate reduction over five years for all personal income tax brackets, starting with an immediate $177 million cut. A tax cut has the impact of a pay raise. Ladies and gentlemen, we
have almost one billion dollars in surplus recurring revenue available for this state budget. Our State's booming economy will likely create more. Our work will not be done this session unless I am able to sign an income tax cut into law.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the S.C. legislature
Jan 19, 2022
Mike Parson:
Second tax cut: new low rate of 5.3%
You will be happy to hear that thanks to record economic performance. Missourians will receive an additional tax cut this year. The tax rate will be reduced to a new low of 5.3 percent, easing
Missourians' tax burden yet again. Thanks to common sense, responsible spending, and working with the General Assembly, this will be the second time our administration has cut taxes for Missourians.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Missouri legislature
Jan 19, 2022
Dan McKee:
Reduce corporate minimum tax to help small business
Here's a few of our Small Business Article proposals: - Let's allow cities and town to exempt a portion of business property from the tangible tax.
- Let's reduce the corporate minimum tax, a tax that impacts our smallest businesses the most.
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Let's create a taxpayer steward within the Rhode Island Division of Taxation dedicated to helping individuals and small businesses navigate the taxation process.
- And let's make alcohol to go permanent, an out of the box idea that allows restaurants
and brewpubs to sell alcoholic beverages with take-out food.
For far too long, minority entrepreneurs & minority-owned businesses have faced barriers in starting and growing businesses. They've had more hurdles to jump to get over that finish line.
Let's reduce those hurdles. I'm proposing a $10 million Minority Business Support Initiative to strengthen our minority business community and increase minority business ownership in the state.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Rhode Island legislature
Jan 18, 2022
Michelle Lujan-Grisham:
Haven't cut sales tax in 40 years; let's do it
Let's cut taxes for every single person in New Mexico. We haven't cut the sales tax in this state in 40 years. It's only gone up and up and up, for decades, burdening New Mexico households and making it harder for our small businesses to be competitive.
But under my tax cut proposal, New Mexicans would save more than 170 million dollars every year.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Mexico legislature
Jan 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin:
We will double the standard deduction on income taxes
Starting today, we will tackle the high cost of living. We will suspend for a year the recent tax increase on gasoline, and eliminate the grocery tax altogether.
In addition, we will double the standard deduction on income taxes, rein in skyrocketing property taxes, provide the largest tax rebate in Virginia's history, and cut taxes on our military veterans' retirement benefits.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
Jared Polis:
Implemented historic tax relief; funded Child Tax Credit
We've implemented historic tax relief. We funded the Colorado Child Tax Credit for the first time, giving families with children under age six up to $1,080 per year per child. We doubled the state Earned Income Tax Credit, giving workers up to $1,495
per year. We cut taxes for retirees by exempting social security from the state income tax, saving seniors up to $654 per year. Voters approved reductions to the Colorado income tax rate, saving families about $100 per year on average.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Colorado legislature
Jan 13, 2022
Peter Ricketts:
Reduce top individual tax rate from 6.84% to 5.84%
Over the next five years, we must reduce the top individual tax rate by one percent--from 6.84% to 5.84%. For those who may try to brand this as a tax cut for the rich, I challenge you to ask
Nebraskans earning $33,180 a year, or families earning $66,360 a year, if they feel rich. They make up the 418,900 Nebraskans in this tax bracket who deserve relief.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Nebraska legislature
Jan 13, 2022
Eric Holcomb:
End 30% personal property tax floor on new equipment
As the No. 1 manufacturing state in America per capita, we must eliminate the 30 percent business personal property tax floor on new equipment to instantly ensure
Indiana is more competitive with surrounding states, encouraging further capital investment here, and positioning us to become an even more dominant player in the advanced manufacturing age.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Indiana legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Kim Reynolds:
Replace multiple tax brackets with 4% flat tax
Last year, the state ended with a $1.2 billion surplus, on top of nearly $1 billion cash reserves. That's good. We kept spending down. But it also means that, despite the historic 2018 tax cuts, we're still taking too much from Iowans' paychecks.
That needs to stop. Now. Tonight, I'll introduce a comprehensive bill that significantly cuts taxes for all Iowans. It eliminates our complex system of multiple tax brackets and sets one tax rate of 4%. Flat and fair.
Also, starting next year, this bill will do even more by eliminating the taxation of retirement income. For the vast majority of retired Iowans--those who rely on their 401K, IRA, or pension--that's not just an income-tax cut; it's a full income-tax
repeal. And that's how it should be. You've worked hard all your life, saving for retirement and paying your fair share in taxes. It's time you get a break from the tax collector; you've earned it, now you should enjoy it.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Iowa legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Laura Kelly:
$250 tax rebate to every Kansan who filed in 2021
Because we've managed the budget so responsibly, I was proud to announce that every working Kansan who filed taxes in 2021 will get a $250 dollar rebate this year - $500 dollars for married couples filing jointly. That's money back in
your pocket to pay for child care, to take your family on a minivacation, or to buy groceries.For years, many of us, on both sides of the aisle, have been calling for an end to the state's sales tax on food.
Now, with this surplus in the bank and increased revenue, we can finally eliminate the grocery sales tax. The essence of the bill can be summed up in 13 words:
We hereby eliminate the state sales tax on food in Kansas, effective immediately. Send me a clean, bi-partisan bill, that eliminates the state sales tax on food by Kansas Day, January 29th. I'll sign it the moment it hits my desk.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Kansas legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Phil Murphy:
Greater tax fairness, cuts for middle, families, seniors
We inherited a state that worked for too few and which was at a crossroads. We chose to move the state in a new direction. We are moving New Jersey forward. Today, New Jersey is working again for the many, not the few. We have greater tax fairness.
We've cut taxes for our middle-class and working families, and our seniors, fourteen times. And I commit to you now that the state budget I propose in a few weeks won't raise taxes.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Phil Murphy:
State school funding is property tax relief
We invested $3 billion more in our public schools across our first four years than the prior administration did across its last four. This year we are investing $1.5 billion more in pre-K-through-12 education than in the year I took office. We are
doing this not just because our kids deserve it but because our property taxpayers do, too. School funding is property tax relief.Every single one of these dollars we as a state have invested is a dollar kept in the pockets of property taxpayers.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis:
I am proposing a $1 billion gas tax holiday
Inflation is an invisible tax. It represents a pay cut for individuals and families alike. And one of the ways families have felt the pinch has been in significantly higher gas prices. To help alleviate this burden for
Florida families, I am proposing a $1 billion gas tax holiday to help reduce prices at the pump. If Washington, D.C., won't change course, then we have a responsibility to step up on behalf of Floridians.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Idaho legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Brad Little:
Already cut $1 billion in taxes, relief for Bidenflation
Together, we have given back nearly $1 billion to Idahoans through income tax relief, property tax relief, and relief from unemployment taxes on Idaho businesses. And today, I am proposing we double down on our efforts. I propose we return more than
$1 billion in income tax relief to Idaho taxpayers over the next five years! With Bidenflation exploding, let's immediately pass $600 million in income tax relief that we can get back into the wallets of all Idahoans this spring!
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Idaho legislature
Jan 10, 2022
Doug Ducey:
Supply-side economic looks good, we will cut taxes
We are sitting atop a surplus of several billion dollars, fueled not by tax increases--but by the opposite: historic economic growth. It turns out free-market capitalism works. Supply-side economics might not be the sexiest thing for
candidates to run on these days, but it sure looks good on a spreadsheet. We will resist the cries from the spending lobby, and once again, we will allow the people to keep their hard-earned money. We will cut taxes.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Arizona legislature
Jan 10, 2022
Kathy Hochul:
Provide $1 billion middle-class property tax rebate
We will accelerate a $1.2 billion-dollar tax cut originally scheduled to take effect between now and 2025, so that it all occurs earlier. That means more than 6 million middle-class taxpayers get more money in
their pockets sooner at a time when inflation is robbing them of any gains in income. To help with property taxes, we will provide a $1 billion middle-class property tax rebate to more than 2 million homeowners.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the New York legislature
Jan 5, 2022
Phil Scott:
Will propose a balanced and progressive tax relief package
We should do our part to keep the costs of government policies from rising faster than peoples' wages. Because when these costs rise faster, we are pushing people down the economic ladder. But when take-home pay is growing faster than these costs,
we are helping people move up. So, I will put forward a balanced and progressive tax relief package with a focus on those who need it, like retirees, middle income families and young workers.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Vermont legislature
Jan 5, 2022
Phil Scott:
Let's eliminate the tax on military pensions
Let's eliminate the tax on military pensions because if we want members of the military to join our workforce, we must be able to compete with the 47 other states that have already greatly reduced or removed this burden. We have worked to
improve our licensing laws, becoming one of the first states to give credit for experience gained in the military, accepting more credentials from other states. This is putting more skilled professionals to work, so let's further modernize these laws.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Vermont legislature
Jan 5, 2022
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