Tax Cut Bills Causin a Rucus

For those of you that like a good ball game or inclined to like dramas you will not want to miss what is going on in the Arkansas Legislature right now.  The Arkansas House has passed 4 tax cutting bills (sponsored by House Republicans), the Senate has passed 3 (sponsored by Senate Republicans),  all 7 bills are sitting in the opposing house and tensions are building.


Today in the Senate Tax & Revenue Committee HB1369 (Back to School Tax Holiday Bill) failed. Rep Justin Harris tweeted that the Democrats on that committee were at the root of the failure. 

Rep Justin Harris~AR Dems on Rev and Tax voted down the Back to School Tax Holiday! Wow, the people will speak loudly in 2012! Not helping working families through tax cuts is a huge mistake!

On the 18th of February I posted   ~Tax Nazi Loses to Minority Majority~ pointing out that the Governor has made is quite clear the only tax cut he endorses this session is his Grocery Tax cut. His wishes may soon come to fruition, the political tensions are mounting. 




To spice things up a little Talk Business reported today that Rep Davy Carter will be adding to the mix: 

"It has long been a goal of House Revenue and Tax Committee chairman Rep. Davy Carter (R-Cabot) to systematically over a multi-year period restructure the rates on personal income taxes. Carter and Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R-Searcy) are filing a bill on Wednesday to shift those brackets" (read more...)

The next few weeks of the 88th General Assembly will prove to be very exciting, it would be the perfect time for the citizens of our fair state to contact and communicate with their elected officials. Let them know we are not interested in political shenanigans but in what is best for the families and business of Arkansas and that we expect them to take into account our input and to do their due diligence in determining what that is and vote accordingly