Kentucky workers see bigger paychecks after a tax cut, but experts warn of looming budget shortfalls and deeper cuts to schools and services.
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…
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.
The sweeping measure— House Bill 8 — included no reduction in the state corporate income tax.
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.
In 2017, a typical nurse earning an average of $70,000, paid $5,400 in federal income taxes, according to Americans for Tax Fairness.
Jefferson County council approved two separate income tax increases Tuesday to help pay for the $36 million jail.