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Bipartisan 2021-23 budget does include a middle-class tax cut

Tony Evers was sworn in as Wisconsin governor Jan. 7, 2019. Tony Evers was sworn in as Wisconsin governor Jan. 7, 2019.

Tony Evers was sworn in as Wisconsin governor Jan. 7, 2019.

Madeline Heim
By Madeline Heim July 23, 2021

In signing the state budget into law on July 8, 2021, Gov. Tony Evers OK'd a Republican plan for tax cuts that would reduce the state's third tax bracket to 5.3%. 

Tax cuts were at the heart of the GOP-written, $87.3 billion spending plan, to which Evers made only minor vetoes. That tax bracket includes individual Wisconsinites making as much as $263,000 a year and married residents making as much as $351,000. 

In his original campaign promise, Evers said he would cut income taxes in his first budget for individuals making up to $100,000 and families making up to $150,000. 

While the cut didn't happen until his second budget, and isn't as targeted at people making less as he had originally proposed — about three-quarters of the tax cuts would go to those making $100,000 or more a year — it still accomplishes his end goal. 

That said, the original promise was for the cut to be achieved in his first budget. With that in mind, we give this a final rating of Compromise.

 

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Office of Gov. Tony Evers