MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate plans to propose Friday moving to a 3.25% flat income tax rate, a roughly $5 billion proposal that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to block.
The conflict comes as both sides say they want to tap a nearly $7 billion state budget surplus to lower taxes. Evers has also listed other costly priorities that will compete with cutting taxes, including increasing funding for K-12 public schools and giving local governments more money.
Details of Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu’s proposal, provided to The Associated Press ahead of its release, would phase in a flat income tax rate of 3.