OK Income Tax Reduction Bills Advance
Two bills advance to cut Oklahoma’s income tax
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
By Michael McNutt
Two bills that call for cutting Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate won easy approval Monday evening in a legislative committee.
The House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Committee voted 17-5 to pass House Bill 1598, which would drop the top personal income tax rate from 5.25 percent to 4.99 percent.
Committee Chairman Scott Martin, R-Norman, said the reduction would cost the state about $47 million in revenue for the 2014 fiscal year, which begins July 1, and about $121 million in future years when fully implemented. Personal income taxes are projected to bring in about $2.1 billion of the legislatively appropriated $7 billion budget for the 2014 fiscal year.
The committee also passed HB 2032, by House Speaker T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, which would drop the personal income tax rate to 5 percent. It passed 18-5.