Senate spikes House tax plan
From staff and wire reports | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 8 months AGO
BOISE — The Idaho Senate has spiked a broad tax plan backed by House Republican leadership, claiming the sweeping proposal had insufficient support to survive the chamber.
Some lawmakers expect to see a new version of the bill emerge, focused only on raising the gas tax.
The original bill would have eliminated sales tax on groceries, lowered income taxes for high-income earners, and increased the fuel tax by seven cents. Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis announced the bill’s fate just hours after a legislative panel endorsed sending the proposal to the Senate floor, but didn’t attach a do-pass recommendation.
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