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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • That, per current law, a zone must be at least 50% the size of the tax increment district, uh, or the
  • c> zone must be at least 50% the size of zone must be at least 50% the size of the<00:02:04.799><c> tax
  • 00:02:07.439><c> uh</c><00:02:07.520><c> or</c><00:02:07.759><c> the</c><00:02:07.920><c> t</c> the tax
  • increment district uh or the t the tax increment district uh or the t district.<00:02:09.119><c> Current
Bills: HB626, SB265
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're still going to allow for sales and use tax and non-educational taxes to be abated during their
  • We will continue to only abate the sales and use tax on operational IT equipment. it's the companion
  • /c><00:09:52.640><c> abated</c><00:09:53.519><c> during</c><00:09:54.480><c> their</c> taxes to be abated
  • during their taxes to be abated during their construction<00:09:55.519><c> period.
  • will no longer be state adorn taxes will no longer be abated.<00:10:06.880><c> We</c><00:10:07.120><
Bills: SB265, HB593
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> &gt;&gt; Is he the king of tax abatements today?
  • &gt;&gt; Is he the king of tax abatements today?
  • , and there's no change at all to any of the tax structure abatement for education.
  • </c> the IT type stuff that's getting abated the IT type stuff that's getting abated and<00:17:33.840
  • ><c> uh</c> of the tax structure abatement for uh of the tax structure abatement for uh education.<00
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/18/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • taxing lodging taxes in the taxing jurisdiction<00:20:03.159><c> and</c><00:20:03.440><c> sections</
  • </c><00:25:58.320><c> tax</c> some of the erosion of their tax tax some of the erosion of their tax tax
  • </c> this tax increase we would pay more tax this tax increase we would pay more tax to<00:46:40.359>
  • tax credits so that the sort of I tax tax credits so that the sort of I think<01:12:27.280><c> that<
  • </c><01:21:06.360><c> tax</c> clients are eligible for these tax tax clients are eligible for these tax
Bills: HF2274, HF1932
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Local Government Aug 1st, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • tax bill?
  • When you look at the tax years 2005 to 2019, the statewide taxes, property taxes, were growing at nearly
  • Tax rates matter. Yes, and property taxes for industrial property taxes.
  • Tax rates matter. Yes, and property taxes for industrial property taxes.
  • Compared to property taxes? Property taxes are 48% of our general revenue. Sales tax, 27%.
Bills: SB9
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met to hear Senate Bill 9, which would lower the voter-approval tax rate for certain local taxing units from 3.5% to 2.5%. Sen. Bettencourt, the bill author, argued the change would continue the state’s property tax reforms begun in 2019, slow local levy growth, and give voters more say over larger tax increases. He and supporters cited data showing property tax levies have grown faster than population plus inflation, and said the bill would help protect taxpayers while preserving the state’s broader investments in school tax relief, water, rural law enforcement, and ambulance funding. Supporters included the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Texas Association of Manufacturers. They said the bill would improve transparency, encourage more disciplined budgeting, and create certainty for homeowners and businesses. They argued that lower tax-rate growth would help attract and retain employers and investment, and that voters would still be able to approve higher rates when needed. Local officials and other opponents said the bill would constrain cities and counties facing rapid growth, inflation, infrastructure needs, and public safety costs. Testimony from county judges, city finance officials, firefighters, and urban county representatives emphasized pressures from jail operations, roads, water, EMS, police and fire staffing, and unfunded mandates. Several witnesses asked for carve-outs or exemptions for public safety and disaster-related costs, warning that a one-size-fits-all cap could force service cuts or shift costs elsewhere. The committee heard extensive questioning but no final vote or disposition on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> income that's taxed in Minnesota. income that's taxed in Minnesota.
  • tax.
  • </c> because it affects two tax types. because it affects two tax types.
  • One of them is for the first time in the city of Blaine and Anoka County, uh, we're using tax abatement
  • They entered into a tax abatement agreement with us.
Bills: HR1, HF387
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • They've raised $133,000 and the request is to exempt the sales tax on those... to exempt that sales tax
  • We give abatements.
  • tax credit.
  • We would not reduce anyone's income taxes. ...would not reduce anyone's income taxes.
  • aren't paying tax here anyway.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 7th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • beginning in tax year 2030.
  • beginning in tax year 2030.
  • The Tax Commission, nor elected assessors, are in the business of tax collection; tax collection is done
  • I'm not the tax collector.
  • I'm not the tax collector.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Mar 16th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • That portion of the severance tax.
  • Is it possible that a lot of people don’t file their taxes personally and Liberty Tax or whoever else
  • We have the capacity to put 26 tax returns on the... ...to put 26 tax return or tax donations on the
  • tax return.
  • rate rather than multiple tax rates.
Bills: HB156, HB474, HB602, HB633, HB852
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 12th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would extend the franchise tax credit, repeal the sales tax exemption, and tie the franchise
  • The law allows a taxing unit to levy an unrestricted INS, interest and sinking property tax rate, to
  • Senate Bill 1453 does permit a taxing entity to adopt an INS rate higher than the minimum tax rate if
  • a hard time affording their taxes.
  • Adjusting their INS tax rates.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Lee County Legislation Committee Apr 24th, 2025

Lee County Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first one, SB301 by Hobie, is related to electronic filing of business property taxes allowed by
  • , where the revenue commissioner is authorized to perform duties of selling and redeeming land for taxes
Bills: SB301, SB329
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-05-06

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • tobacco products tax and the alcohol excise tax.
  • Sections 15, 16, 17, and 18 would allow local units of government to abate property tax.
  • Line 28 and 29 are a property tax abatement for land bank property, which is unchanged from how it was
  • The state has a tax, the county has a tax, and now the city has a tax.
  • That tax base erosion is causing tax increases.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 5/6/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sections 15, 16, 17, and 18 would allow local units of government to abate property taxes on property
  • > property</c><00:16:08.639><c> that</c> to abate property taxes on property that to abate property taxes
  • Line 28 and 29 are a property tax abatement for land bank property, which is unchanged from how it was
  • :43:40.720><c> abatement</c><00:43:41.200><c> for</c><00:43:41.359><c> land</c> um a property tax abatement
  • for land um a property tax abatement for land bank<00:43:42.400><c> property</c><00:43:42.800><c> which
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Mar 17th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And decreasing taxes, the tax year would allow us to.
  • A lot of that taxable revenue is actually going towards tax incentives and abatements actually to go.
  • tax abatements and this all starts I guess in 2025. and in January 1st of 2024.
  • in exchange for up to 75% abatement of sales tax.
  • tax.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • I haven't arrived to call the House Tax Committee to order.
  • Welcome to the Tax Committee.
  • As tax practitioners, we use published state letter rulings as a tool to provide tax guidance for our
  • Her options currently are to collect and remit sales tax, perhaps overcharging customers a sales tax
  • It would improve tax administration by creating consistency for both the taxpayer and tax administrators
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/24/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • property taxes, sales and motor vehicle property taxes, sales taxes, and corporate franchise taxes.
  • tax.
  • taxes nor property tax refunds.
  • taxes nor property tax refunds.
  • </c> effective tax rates but is by tax type. effective tax rates but is by tax type.
Bills: HF331, HF916
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/10/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> tax relief programs. tax relief programs.
  • /c> um these corporate tax cuts and um tax um these corporate tax cuts and um tax cuts<00:24:28.400><
  • , wheelage taxes, hospitality taxes.”
  • taxes, wheelage taxes, hospitality sales taxes, wheelage taxes, hospitality taxes.<00:57:54.920><c>
  • . taxes. taxes.