Wisconsin Budget Project: Guess Who Pays More with a Flat Income Tax Rate?

Read Tamarine Cornelius' report.

Who Would a Move to a Flat Tax Benefit? The Best Off.  (Wisconsin Budget Project Blog, 10/31/2012)

Experts To Wisconsin: Save the Income Tax, Close the Loopholes.  (Citizen for Tax Justice,  9/7/2012)

Excerpt:  To that end, a joint House [i.e. Assembly]-Senate committee convened a hearing on income tax reform this week that was generally understood to be designed to give cover to legislative leaders' goal of replacing the state's graduated income tax with a flat-rate income tax (thus undermining the most progressive feature of any tax system, the graduated income tax).

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Imagine my surprise when I found no summaries of the four hearings or any published testimony from the invited speaks.

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I suppose this special committee's business falls under "Reforming Government" on the list of Governor Walker's 5 main priorities for the 2013-15 budget.