The Tax Working Group has adjourned for today, and set its next meeting for Dec. 15, when it will likely review some conceptual draft legislation and take public comments. “We’ll draw up some legislation,” said Senate Tax Chairman Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton. Public input, he said,…
Members of the Idaho Legislature’s Tax Working Group were queried after their last meeting and asked to prioritize various proposals that have come before the panel; their answers were tallied up, and the results presented just now. The item that came out on top –...
As the Idaho Legislature’s Tax Working Group continues meeting today, it’s hearing continued presentations; you can listen live here. A panel of CPAs focused on some specific complications in the Idaho income tax code, in which it departs from federal law; Suzanne Budge, lobbyist for...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter today unveiled a new Idaho Medal of Achievement, which will be the highest civilian honor conferred by the state of Idaho, and will recognize one Idahoan each year, living or dead, for their “exceptional, meritorious and inspirational” service to the people…
Wayne Hoffman, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, called for cutting taxes, telling lawmakers on the Tax Working Group that North Carolina got good results when it cut its top individual income tax rate from 7.75 percent to 5.75 percent and its corporate rate from…
Ben Davenport, president of Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, a business group, ran through a long list of possible goals that lawmakers might have in changing state tax policy, including providing a stable funding source for education. “If your goal is to find a more stable…
Pam Eaton, president and CEO of the Idaho Retailers Association, told lawmakers on the Tax Working Group that if Idaho were to take the sales tax off groceries, it wouldn’t be easy to use the SNAP or food-stamp definitions, because those currently include broad definitions...
The Legislature’s Tax Working Group is meeting again this morning, with an agenda that includes an array of presentations, an update on the state’s general fund budget, and a half-hour discussion at the end of the meeting this afternoon, on next steps. You can see…
It’s Election Day across Idaho today, with mayor and city council races on the ballot, along with some school levies and local ballot measures. Boise Mayor Dave Bieter is facing a challenge from former Ada County Commissioner Judy Peavey-Derr and candidate Seth Holden, and Boiseans...
The Idaho Falls Post Register, which recently was sold to Minnesota-based Adams Publishing Group, has announced two major staff departures: Managing Editor Rob Thornberry left Oct. 31, and Editorial Page Editor Corey Taule will leave the paper Nov. 8. Thornberry has been with the newspaper...
GARDEN CITY, Idaho (AP) — Two men were injured at an Idaho gun show Saturday morning after a vendor from Washington state accidentally fired a rifle, Ada County Sheriff's officials said. A 74-year-old man reportedly was securing a rifle with a plastic zip tie at…
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