Otter warns lawmakers re: tax cuts

“It’s no surprise that we all want tax relief,” Gov. Butch Otter told lawmakers. “For some, it’s the top priority of this legislative session. But I would remind you that together we have reduced the burden on our citizens, on taxes, during my tenure by about $1 billion. And soon you will have legislation before you to cut the base tax rate for unemployment insurance paid by Idaho employers by 6.3 percent this year. Now that’s $46 million in tax relief in the coming year alone, and $115 million over the next three years”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.