State of North Dakota Archives: on Tax Reform

Rick Becker: Flatten and simplify personal income tax

Decrease Our Tax Burden
• Income Tax--Flatten and simplify personal income tax and keep it low. Instead of using special-interest deals and government subsidies, our corporate rates should simply be lower.
• Property Tax--Implement true reform rather than buy-downs, which are backfilled by local counties and cities.

Heidi Heitkamp: Never eliminate home mortgage deduction

Heidi Heitkamp: We need to have a discussion on specific tax breaks

In public appearances, Heitkamp has detailed her objections to a budget-cutting plan offered by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., which potential GOP Senate rival Rick Berg has supported. Ryan's blueprint would reduce tax rates, including those for high-income Americans, and end guaranteed Medicare benefits for younger people once they reach retirement age, Heitkamp said.

It suggests ending some tax breaks, without being specific, Heitkamp said. "None of these (budget plans) are detailed. The problem is, they're all political documents. They're not real budgets. That needs to end, and we need to have a discussion," Heitkamp said. "I will tell you specifically what I think in the budget can work and what can't work."

Jack Dalrymple: Incentives promote job creation in new enterprises

Jack Dalrymple: Tax relief to share economic gains with people of ND

I signed into law House Bill 1047, legislation that provides nearly $500 million in property tax relief and income tax relief during the 2011-2013 biennium.