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Debate over tax breaks intensifies

Senate Tax Chairman Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, said his Senate committee won't back new tax exemptions until existing breaks are re-examined. The committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to kill a new temporary exemption for non-profit homeless shelters, which had earlier passed the House on a 70-0 vote. (Betsy Russell)
Senate Tax Chairman Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, said his Senate committee won't back new tax exemptions until existing breaks are re-examined. The committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to kill a new temporary exemption for non-profit homeless shelters, which had earlier passed the House on a 70-0 vote. (Betsy Russell)

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how the debate over tax breaks intensified in Idaho today, with a Senate committee's decision to kill a popular tax break for homeless shelters that had unanimously passed the House, and a congressman's call for a bipartisan commission to re-examine the state's sales tax structure and budget needs.

Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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