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Income tax cut moves this one to Promise Kept as well

Tom Kertscher
By Tom Kertscher July 12, 2013

By signing the 2013-'15 state budget June 30, 2013, Gov. Scott Walker acted on his promise to reduce taxes on employers.


As we've noted previously on this pledge, Walker had already approved measures to cut taxes for small businesses; remove all income taxes for two years for businesses that move to Wisconsin; and phase out the state tax on the production earnings of manufacturers and agricultural businesses to almost nothing by 2016.


With the new budget, the state cuts rates across all individual income tax brackets and reduces the number of income tax brackets from five to four.


That's relevant because many business owners run their profits through the individual tax system.


When we previously evaluated this promise, we noted the progress Walker had made and said that until he signed an income tax cut, we'd rate the promise In the Works. We now move the rating to Promise Kept.

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