LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo County State Representative Matt Hall has joined with other Republicans in blasting Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for ruling that the upcoming income tax rate cut from 4.25 percent to 4.05 percent for the 2023 tax year will revert back to the higher rate next year.
The reduction is triggered by a 2015 law that automatically lowers the rate when general fund percentage increase is higher than the inflation rate. Former Republican Governor Rick Snyder issued a statement after her ruling, saying it was intended to be a permanent tax rate reduction, not temporary.
Hall told Michael Patrick Shiels on “Michigan’s Big Show” on WKZO Wednesday the issue most likely is headed to court.
Hall also said, “Since the beginning Gov. Whitmer has tried every trick in the book to undermine this income tax cut. After Republicans stopped the governor’s attempt to block the tax cut with accounting shell games, she and Attorney General Nessel are resorting to fringe legal theories to keep long-lasting relief out of people’s pockets.”
Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County said state government “is sitting on nine-billion-dollars of your money, and Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to keep every penny of it from you.”
