Governors and legislators in 18 states will be able to claim credit for cutting billions of dollars in taxes heading into an election year, according to a new report.
The report, from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, catalogues the tax-cutting states, which stretch from Alaska to Florida. The bulk of those states — 13 of the 18 — have both Republican governors and Republican legislatures. A 14th, Nebraska, technically has a non-partisan unicameral legislature, though conservatives dominate the chamber.
Democratic governors of Montana and Arkansas signed tax-cut packages, while Democratic legislative chambers in Iowa and New Mexico passed their own tax cuts.
Here’s where states cut taxes in 2013:
| State | Type of Tax | Estimated relief* | Source: |
| Alaska | Oil tax | $750 million | Marketplace.org |
| Arkansas | Personal income tax | $160 million | Arkansas News Bureau |
| Florida | Manufacturing sales and use tax | $115 million | WLRN |
| Idaho | Personal property tax | $20 million | StateImpact |
| Indiana | Personal and corporate income tax, inheritance tax | $1.1 billion | National Review |
| Iowa | Property tax, personal income tax | $4.4 billion | Cedar Rapids Gazette |
| Kansas | Personal income tax, sales tax | $3.8 billion | Kansas City Star |
| Mississippi | Energy sales tax | $6 million | Associated Press |
| Montana | Personal property tax | $100 million | Legislative News Service |
| Nebraska | AMT, capital gains tax | $7.8 million** | |
| New Mexico | Corporate income tax | $55 million | Citizens for Tax Justice |
| North Carolina | Personal and corporate income tax, inheritance tax, others | $500 million | CNN Money |
| North Dakota | Property tax | $1.1 billion | WDAY |
| Ohio | Personal income, small business | $2.7 billion | Ohio Department of Taxation [pdf] |
| Oklahoma | Personal income tax | $237 million | The Oklahoman |
| Tennessee | Sales tax | $164 million | Chattanooga Times Free Press |
| Texas | Margins tax | $1 billion | Reuters |
| Wisconsin | Personal income tax | $650 million | Associated Press |
* Note: States estimate the impact of tax cuts over different budget cycles, some in one-year segments, others over two-, three- or five-year periods.
** Nebraska’s Department of Revenue estimated the AMT cut will have a $7.8 million fiscal impact in FY 2014-2015.
Several other states are expected to revisit their tax codes when legislative sessions kick off next year. In Nebraska, Gov. Dave Heineman (R) pursued a more aggressive tax-cutting agenda, but legislators couldn’t come to an agreement this year.
