Taxed Out? Ohio Senator Continues Effort to Eliminate State Income Tax
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44% Medium Conservative
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74% Very Conservative
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-44% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
50% : Ohio residents have been paying state income tax for 50 years since voters passed the measure on the ballot in 1972.50% :If fully enacted by 2032, Huffman's bill would save taxpayers nearly $830 million each year, based on information from the Ohio Department of Taxation.
47% : In a state where citizens can pay income taxes to as many as five entities, an Ohio State Senator is leading an effort to eliminate one of them over the next 10 years.
47% : "People would have more money to spend, and some of the money they pay in taxes would go back in their pocket."
46% : In Lorain County west of Cleveland, residents also pay taxes to RITA (the Regional Income Tax Agency).
46% : "It just doesn't seem to me like a way towards prosperity for the state to look at cutting income tax as a way forward," Antonio said.
43% : SB 327 would reduce state income tax by 10 percent in each of its five tax brackets every year or so over the next decade until it's gone.
42% : Huffman said that the income tax in Ohio has been reduced in some way or another since 2010.
41% : Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have repealed it and the state has been reducing taxes in one form or other since the mid-1980s.
41% : Huffman said he has no plans to increase taxes elsewhere -- such as sales tax -- but the decision would be up to future lawmakers.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.