Property Tax Reform Survey

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Please take a moment to share your views on one of three property tax reform/elimination proposals in the 2019-20 Legislative Session. I detail these proposals in a column I wrote here. Your feedback will help me to better represent your interests at our state Capitol.

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Question 1: Voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to increase the allowable homestead and farmstead exclusion to 100% of the assessed value of all homesteads and farmsteads. If fully funded, this change would allow each school district to eliminate the collection of property taxes. House Bill 1200, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Hahn (R-Northampton), is specifically drafted as enabling legislation. Funding would be provided by increasing the state Personal Income Tax (PIT) by 1.8% to cover the amount needed to offset owner-occupied residential school property taxes. Do you support or oppose this proposal? *

Question 1: Additional Comments

Question 2: Senate Bill 76, the Property Tax Independence Act proposes to eliminate school property taxes by increasing the Personal Income Tax (PIT) from 3.07% to 4.95% and increasing and expanding the Sales and Use Tax (SUT) from 6% to 7%. These new revenue sources would replace dollar-for-dollar the revenues lost by school property tax elimination. Do you support or oppose this proposal? *

Question 2: Additional Comments

Question 3: House Bill 13, the School Property Tax Elimination Act, would also eliminate school property taxes by shifting school funding costs to a series of expanded taxes. A local Personal Income Tax of 1.85% which would be paid directly to the school district. A local sales tax of 2% would be added to existing items that are already taxed by the SUT and these taxes will be allocated to the school district in the county to which the sale took place. A local sales tax of 2% only would be added to food and clothing, but these items would not be subject to the current 6% SUT. Anyone receiving SNAP benefits or public assistance would be exempt from those taxes on food. Social Security would not be taxed. Retirement income would be taxed at a rate of 4.92% with 3.07% of that tax going to the state and 1.85% of the tax going to the school district. Do you support or oppose this proposal? *

Question 3: Additional Comments