Lawmakers Send Property Tax, Income Tax Amendments to NC Voters
The measures cleared the House by 73-46 votes and would let voters decide whether to limit income and property tax increases.
- On Wednesday, the GOP-led General Assembly approved two constitutional amendment proposals for the November ballot, seeking to cap income tax at 3.5% and regulate property tax levy increases.
- House Speaker Destin Hall promised Senate leader Phil Berger support for the income tax cap amendment in exchange for higher state employee raises during budget negotiations.
- The House passed both measures 73-46 on Wednesday with crucial support from State Reps. Carla Cunningham and Nasif Majeed, former Democrats who recently left their party and provided Republicans the supermajority backing needed.
- Democrats criticized the amendments as "political theater" designed to boost November turnout, warning that limiting revenue could force cuts to schools, police, and fire services.
- North Carolina voters will decide in November whether to grant the legislature power to set property tax limits, as rising cost of living remains a top concern ahead of midterm elections.
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Morganton News Herald
General Assembly passes constitutional amendment bill capping individual income tax rate
Senate Bill 1080, titled "Lower taxes for all," places a state constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 general election ballot that would allow North Carolina voters to decide on whether to cap the individual income tax rate at 3.49%.
Lawmakers send property tax, income tax amendments to NC voters
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina voters will decide two tax-related constitutional amendments this November after the General Assembly passed both proposals on Wednesday. House lawmakers on Wednesday approved two constitutional amendment proposals that would cap the state income tax rate at 3.5% and give lawmakers the power to limit how much local governments can [...]
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Winston-Salem JournalNC voters will have ballot-box say on restricting property tax levy increases
Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford, said that "we talk about the struggle of commissioners and town councilmen. What about the struggle of average working people? They don't have a source that they can just raise every year. This is just allowing…
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