Des Moines, Iowa – Two influential conservative groups are urging Iowa lawmakers to cut state AND local taxes. Iowans for Tax Relief president Chris Hagenow says it’s time to force city and county officials to cut or at least freeze property taxes.
Iowans for Tax Relief is proposing that future yearly incrases in city budgets be limited to two percent in the future.
Some state funding was provided to cities and counties to offset cuts in local commercial property taxes that were ordered in a law Governor Terry Branstad signed in 2013. Hagenow says lawmakers should not consider that kind of a tax shift again. Taylor Raygor — state director of Americans for Prosperity — spoke to Governor Kim Reynolds at a recent state budget hearing and praised her signature on legislation that lowers Iowa’s personal income tax rate to three-point-85 percent on January 1st.
While Iowa’s economy is strong, we know that government spending should not outpace the growth of our household incomes.” Reynolds responded.
Reynolds has not shared details about her tax proposals for the 2025 legislative session, but she has previously said her goal is to completely eliminate the state income tax by the end of her current term as governor — and that would be in early January of 2027.
Image at top of story: Iowans for Tax Relief president Chris Hagenow (ITR photo)
