The 18 states that cut taxes in 2013

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, left, hopes to cut taxes further next year (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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.