US EditionKentucky House votes to reduce the individual income tax rate, a top GOP priority
- A bill to lower Kentucky's income tax from 4% to 3.5% in 2026 passed the House with a vote of 90-7 and now moves to the State Senate for consideration.
- 13 of the 20 House Democrats supported the tax cut despite some hesitation, indicating a divided stance within the party.
- Governor Andy Beshear has expressed support for the tax reduction, which aims to promote economic growth and allow families to keep more of their earnings.
- Critics argue that the tax cut benefits wealthier Kentuckians while lower-income families face increased costs from sales tax on more services.
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Local legislators talk lowering state income tax, sales tax speculations | NewsRadio 1230 AM/99.3 FM | Hopkinsville's News Leader | Hopkinsville, Kentucky
As the Kentucky legislature adjourns the first week of the 2025 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, moves have been made to lower the state income tax down to 3.5 percent. House Bill 1 has made it out of the House and over to the Senate, where he now heads into committee for further review before going in front of the full Senate for a vote. Essentially, it would continue the incremental lowering of the income tax, down to 3.5 percent in J…
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WDRB NewsKentucky House votes to reduce the individual income tax rate, a top GOP priority
The Kentucky House voted Thursday to reduce the state’s individual income tax rate, as Republicans delivered on a top priority just three days into this year's 30-day legislative session.
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Hoptown ChronicleIncome tax cut clears Kentucky House on bipartisan vote
Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives debate House Bill 1, Jan. 9. 2025. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)FRANKFORT — Republicans in the GOP-dominated Kentucky House of Representatives easily advanced a bill over concerns voiced by some Democrats Thursday to further reduce the state’s income tax rate as part of their goal of eventually eliminating the income tax entirely. House Bill 1 was approved 90-7 as 13 of the 20 House De…
Kentucky House votes 90-7 to lower state’s individual income tax rate
The Kentucky House voted 90-7 to lower the states individual income tax rate on Thursday.Republicans delivered on a top priority just three days into this years 30-day legislative session as they moved on House Bill 1. The bill would lower the tax to 3.5% from 4% at the beginning of 2026.Since Republican lawmakers passed a tax overhaul in 2022, the individual income tax in Kentucky has gradually been reduced by increments of a half-percentage po…
Kentucky House clears tax cut bill
Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne of Prospect (left) in the state House of Representatives on Thursday, January 9, 2025.(Joe Sonka / KPR )The Republican supermajority in Frankfort followed through on their plans to quickly advance a bill to cut taxes, passing it out of the House on just the third day of Kentucky General Assembly’s 2025 session.House Bill 1 would cut Kentucky’s individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5% percent beginning in th…
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