Articles Tagged: Taxes

Over 5,600 callers tuned into an hourlong tele-town hall held Monday evening, Hinson said.

The City of North Liberty is looking to Iowa lawmakers for help after its Fiscal Year 2026 budget missed being formally approved because a public hearing notice wasn’t published in time. If it can’t correct the mistake, the city would fall $1.3 million short of its planned property tax revenue next year.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa House committee moves ahead breaks on sales tax

Also, a bill mandating the creation of a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa heads to the governor.

Revised plan includes doubling the proposed homestead property tax exemption to $50,000 from $25,000.

This week on the podcast: legislative forums in Eastern Iowa and the second funnel week at the Iowa Capitol.

Iowa House Democrats highlighted their plans to end state taxes on tips and overtime pay as the session’s second legislative deadline approaches at the State Capitol this week.

Iowa local governments and business groups say they generally support getting rid of the state’s complicated property tax rollback system, but continue to explore the fiscal toll they would face from statehouse Republican’s proposed “reboot” and overhaul the state’s property tax system.

Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham’s proposal was considered publicly for the first time Thursday by lawmakers and stakeholders

Dozens of stakeholders representing Iowa businesses, pork producers, builders and local taxing entities — from cites, counties and schools to hospitals and regional transit services — said they remain “undecided” on the 52-page proposal as they continue to study and analyze potential impacts from the myriad changes proposed.

Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers.

Also, state lawmakers are considering taxes on vape products

The number of donors to Iowa’s Fish and Wildlife Fund has declined by 50 percent in the last 20 years, the DNR reports.

The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including a new and lower state income tax rate, new restrictions for those convicted of drunken driving and a new data privacy law.

The Iowa Revenue Estimating Conference projects slightly better state revenue numbers than it did in October, but revenue still is expected to fall short of current state spending levels.