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House approves income tax cut after floor debate

2886237 · March 18, 2025
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The Michigan House passed House Bill 4170, amending the Income Tax Act of 1967, by a 65-43 vote after floor debate where lawmakers sharply disagreed about who would benefit from the change.

House Bill 4170, a bill to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967, passed the Michigan House of Representatives by a 65-43 roll-call vote after roughly 10 minutes of floor debate.

The measure passed on a recorded vote after members debated the distributional effects of the proposed tax cut. Representative Forman, speaking against the bill, called it “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” and cited modeling by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy showing that “nearly 64% of the tax cut for this legislation would go…

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