Tax Reform for Michigan Schools Prepared for: State Board of Education January 12, 2010 Charles L. Ballard Department of Economics Michigan State University.

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Tax Reform for Michigan Schools Prepared for: State Board of Education January 12, 2010 Charles L. Ballard Department of Economics Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Tax Effort Has Reduced Substantially

In the 1970s, the portion of all of the income in Michigan that went to taxes was about two percentage points higher than it is today. That works out to a reduction in tax effort of about $8 billion per year.

The Structural Deficit: None of the major sources of revenue for state and local governments in Michigan keeps up with the economy.

Sources of the Structural Deficit In the Sales Tax: The sales tax applies to few services, and services have grown more rapidly than taxed goods. If we tax services, we can raise more revenue and still reduce the rate below its current 6%. Sales tax is usually evaded on Internet and mail-order sales. (But Michigan can’t change this without changes in federal law.)

Sources of the Structural Deficit In the Income Tax: Our flat-rate income tax is not as responsive to the changes in income as a graduated income tax would be. Michigan is more generous to pension income than any other state. The revenue losses grow as our population gets older.

Other Sources of the Structural Deficit: The property tax has a cap on growth of taxable value. The taxes on beer and wine are levied on a unit basis, rather than as a percent of value. Thus, they don’t keep up with inflation unless their rates are changed. The beer tax was last changed in 1966, when it was decreased.

A Tax-Reform Package for Michigan (i) Extend the Sales Tax to Services and Entertainment. Establish a Graduated Income Tax, or at least raise the flat rate of the current income tax. Reduce the Tax Preference for Retirement Income.

A Tax-Reform Package for Michigan (ii) Decouple from the Federal Estate Tax, so that we can once again collect estate taxes. Convert the excise taxes on beer and wine a percentage basis, and/or return them to earlier levels.

A Tax-Reform Package for Michigan (iii) Reduce or eliminate the Michigan Business Tax (but only if we make up the revenue elsewhere). Chip away at the vast array of small tax expenditures.