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Kentucky income tax cut boosts paychecks but raises concerns over future budget cuts
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Kentucky income tax cut boosts paychecks but raises concerns over future budget cuts

  • Adi Schanie
  • Updated Jan 5, 2026

Kentucky workers see bigger paychecks after a tax cut, but experts warn of looming budget shortfalls and deeper cuts to schools and services.

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No state has ended personal income taxes since 1980, but Mississippi and Kentucky may change that
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No state has ended personal income taxes since 1980, but Mississippi and Kentucky may change that

  • By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
  • Apr 6, 2025

About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and…

Kentuckians will get an income tax break in January. Here are the 35 things that will cost more to pay for it.
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Kentuckians will get an income tax break in January. Here are the 35 things that will cost more to pay for it.

  • Monica Harkins
  • Updated Nov 30, 2022

Starting in January, Kentuckians will begin paying less income tax. But to pay for that dip in state revenue, lawmakers tacked on dozens of expansions to the sales tax.

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Kentucky bill proposes phase out of individual income taxes
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Kentucky bill proposes phase out of individual income taxes

  • By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
  • Feb 26, 2022

The sweeping measure— House Bill 8 — included no reduction in the state corporate income tax.

What you need to know about Joe Biden's tax plan
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What you need to know about Joe Biden's tax plan

  • By Katie Lobosco | CNN
  • Updated Oct 20, 2020

In general, Biden is proposing to raise taxes on the wealthy and on corporations by reversing some of the Republican-backed tax cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law in 2017.

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Why you pay taxes, and rich Americans -- like Donald Trump -- don't always have to
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Why you pay taxes, and rich Americans -- like Donald Trump -- don't always have to

  • By Anna Bahney | CNN Business
  • Updated Sep 30, 2020

In 2017, a typical nurse earning an average of $70,000, paid $5,400 in federal income taxes, according to Americans for Tax Fairness.

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Jefferson County, Indiana, to raise income tax to pay for new jail
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Jefferson County, Indiana, to raise income tax to pay for new jail

  • Updated Sep 12, 2019

Jefferson County council approved two separate income tax increases Tuesday to help pay for the $36 million jail. 

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