18 states cut taxes in 2013. Utah was not one of them.
The Washington Post notesa report from ALEC that says most of those states have Republican dominated legislatures with Republican governors.
The report, from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, catalogues the tax-cutting states, which stretch from Alaska to Florida. The bulk of those states — 13 of the 18 — have both Republican governors and Republican legislatures. A 14th, Nebraska, technically has a non-partisan unicameral legislature, though conservatives dominate the chamber.
Democratic governors of Montana and Arkansas signed tax-cut packages, while Democratic legislative chambers in Iowa and New Mexico passed their own tax cuts.
Here’s where states cut taxes in 2013:
State Type of Tax Estimated relief* Source: Alaska Oil tax $750 million Marketplace.org Arkansas Personal income tax $160 million Arkansas News Bureau Florida Manufacturing sales and use tax $115 million WLRN Idaho Personal property tax $20 million StateImpact Indiana Personal and corporate income tax, inheritance tax $1.1 billion National Review Iowa Property tax, personal income tax $4.4 billion Cedar Rapids Gazette Kansas Personal income tax, sales tax $3.8 billion Kansas City Star Mississippi Energy sales tax $6 million Associated Press Montana Personal property tax $100 million Legislative News Service Nebraska AMT, capital gains tax $7.8 million** New Mexico Corporate income tax $55 million Citizens for Tax Justice North Carolina Personal and corporate income tax, inheritance tax, others $500 million CNN Money North Dakota Property tax $1.1 billion WDAY Ohio Personal income, small business $2.7 billion Ohio Department of Taxation [pdf] Oklahoma Personal income tax $237 million The Oklahoman Tennessee Sales tax $164 million Chattanooga Times Free Press Texas Margins tax $1 billion Reuters Wisconsin Personal income tax $650 million Associated Press * Note: States estimate the impact of tax cuts over different budget cycles, some in one-year segments, others over two-, three- or five-year periods.
** Nebraska’s Department of Revenue estimated the AMT cut will have a $7.8 million fiscal impact in FY 2014-2015.
