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Sponsor asks voters whether surplus income taxes should be returned automatically; policy groups urge caution
Summary
Representative Caleb Hinkle asked the House Taxation Committee to send a question to Montana voters on whether the legislature should create an automatic system to return excess income-tax revenue.
Representative Caleb Hinkle introduced House Bill 3 27, a legislative referendum bill that would ask Montana voters whether the legislature may establish a program to return excess revenue to resident income taxpayers.
Hinkle said the idea arose during his campaign after conversations with constituents about ‘‘over collected’’ income taxes. He told the House Taxation Committee the bill is a request that the electorate consider an automatic return mechanism — not an immediate change to tax law — and cited Colorado’s Taxpayer…
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