Lawmakers are looking at repealing exemptions, taxing more services and levying excise taxes as they seek solutions to what they believe is a broken sales tax structure.
“I am trying to unify the Legislature behind the idea that nobody is that special, and we need to make sure that all the activity in the economy generates and supports the services that are needed in our economy,” said Fillmore, who’s part of a work group to design tax reform legislation.
The stakes could be even higher in view of new, disheartening state revenue numbers. Sen. Jerry Stevenson on Tuesday said the new figures shaved $300 million or so from the state’s projected $1 billion budget surplus.