- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan push to end a tax Wisconsin businesses pay on property that has long been targeted for elimination gained momentum Wednesday, even as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers remained silent on whether he will sign or veto the bill.
Republicans proposed eliminating the tax and included $202 million in the state budget proposal to pay for it. A separate bill to eliminate the tax cleared the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee and another panel on bipartisan votes Wednesday. The full Legislature is expected to vote on it next week, along with the state budget.
Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach joined with Republicans on the budget committee in voting to eliminate the tax. Democrats who voted against it said they were concerned that funding set aside to replace the lost property tax dollars would be held by the budget committee rather than returned to local governments.
Erpenbach also supported sending the money directly to…
