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Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden remains at record low
Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden stayed at a record-low 9.6% in 2025 as personal income and tax collections both rose 5%.
Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden hit another record low in 2024
State and local taxes fell once again as a share of Wisconsinites’ incomes in 2024, pushing this ratio — known as the state and local tax burden — to its lowest level since at least 1970.
Tax changes small business owners should be aware of as the tax deadline looms
Some tips include getting organized and considering an extension before April 15.
Municipal revenues rise sharply but not uniformly
With last year’s enactment of historic state legislation, most Wisconsin municipalities are receiving their first substantial increase in a generation in their main source of state aid, shared revenue.
Evers to propose local sales tax hikes to fund government
Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday that he will ask the Legislature to approve allowing counties and most large cities be able to ask voters to raise the sales tax to pay for local services, like police and fire protection and road repairs.
GOP leader proposes flat income tax; Evers opposes
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate plans to propose Friday moving to a 3.25% flat income tax rate, a roughly $5 billion proposal that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to block.
Evers opposes GOP flat income tax cut plan
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is promising to veto any flat income tax cut plan passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, favoring instead his proposal to reduce taxes for the middle class by 10%.
Vos wants ‘significantly’ more than $3 billion in tax cuts
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Friday he wants to cut taxes by "significantly" more than $3.4 billion in the next state budget, while remaining coy about how he wants to address major issues such as funding for schools and local governments.
Evers calls for tax cut as rival Michels tours Kenosha
Gov. Tony Evers proposed a $600 million annual tax cut on Tuesday — an election year proposal that's all but certain to be summarily rejected by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Wisconsin Republicans insert $3.3 billion tax cut in budget
Wisconsin Republicans wrapped up revisions on the 2021-23 state budget Thursday night by leaning on unprecedented revenue projections to build a roughly $3.3 billion tax cut into the spending plan.
Report: Wisconsin’s tax burden drops below national average
Wisconsin's sate and local tax burden dropped below the national average and taxes as a share of income in 2020 reached its lowest level in at least half a century, a report released Tuesday from the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum showed.
Wisconsin tax collections up $818 million above projections
Wisconsin tax collections came in more than $818 million above projections made last summer, an increase reported Thursday that will fuel the push to make an election year tax cut.
Today’s News
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
- Interstate 41 work continues with $167M contract
- Sixth Street roundabout in Milwaukee could be reworked
- Wisconsin lawmaker accepts award for helping pass DACA bill
- Plans for $107M Wauwatosa library gain momentum
- Trump signs additional tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 27, 2026
- Feds commit $5B to AI-powered research for construction
- Worker files NLRB complaint against Wisconsin painters union
- Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
- Sheboygan TID proposal targets public incentives of $5M or more
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)