State Senate still moving slowly on taxes
DFL leaders in the Minnesota Senate are planning to take a long look at the $500 million tax cut bill that the House passed this week, but it’s unlikely that they’ll meet the March 14 deadline Gov. Mark Dayton set for action.
Dayton, who’s pushing his own $616 million tax cut proposal, said lawmakers need to take quick action to benefit businesses and individuals this tax season.
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Katie Sieben, DFL-Newport, told reporters today that the Senate plans to move as judiciously and as quickly as possible on taxes. But she said the tax committee needs time to hold some public hearings.
“We’re talking about a very large amount of money here, and so we want to be careful in the Senate,” Sieben said. “That’s all that we’re saying. We’re not saying that we’re against it. We’re not saying that Minnesotans won’t receive this tax relief in the end. We just want an opportunity for the public to weigh in.”
Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, said quick action is needed on the bill, because it would repeal the sales tax on warehousing services that is scheduled to begin April 1.
The Senate tax committee is scheduled to discuss one piece of the tax relief proposal, a bill to line up state and federal tax law, on March 18.
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