{"id":2665,"date":"2011-12-08T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2011-12-09T09:46:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:46:58","slug":"gov-mary-fallins-income-tax-goal-around-3-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2011\/12\/08\/gov-mary-fallins-income-tax-goal-around-3-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Mary Fallin&#8217;s Income Tax Goal: &#8216;Around 3 Percent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Mary Fallin on Wednesday reiterated her support for reducing Oklahoma\u2019s personal income tax.<\/p><p>Fallin and several lawmakers spoke to about 300 people at the State Chamber\u2019s Public Affairs Forum and Governor\u2019s Economic Roundtable.<\/p><p><em>The Oklahoman<\/em>\u2019s Don Mecoy said \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/newsok.com\/oklahoma-policymakers-tout-business-friendly-issues\/article\/3630128?custom_click=pod_headline_financial-news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StatelineorgRss-Oklahoma+%28Stateline.org+RSS+-+Oklahoma%29&utm_content=Google+Reader\">business-friendly<\/a>\u201d was the buzzword du jour:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fallin said further reductions in the state income tax would help the state compete with adjacent states that have proposed cuts in their income tax or that, like Texas, levy no personal income tax.<\/p><\/blockquote><p><em><\/em><!--more-->Fallin said her goal was to reduce the individual income tax \u2014 the state&#8217;s largest tax revenue source \u2014 to &#8220;around 3 percent&#8221; over several years, <em>The Oklahoman<\/em> reported. Oklahoma\u2019s top personal income tax rate for 2012 is 5.25 percent.<\/p><p>Fallin emphasized a \u201cgradual\u201d income tax reduction. House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, also voiced support for income tax reduction, but some lawmakers urged caution.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/site\/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleid=20111208_16_A5_OKLAHO62760\">From the <em>Tulsa World<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Barbara Hoberock:<em><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>House Democratic Leader Scott Inman of Oklahoma City said if the state income tax is eliminated, sacrifices will have to be made in programs and services.<\/p><p>&#8220;We have got to make sure that whatever we do, what reforms we have, we don&#8217;t do it on the back of our most vulnerable citizens, those who depend on those services,&#8221; said Senate Minority Leader Sean Burrage of Claremore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Mary Fallin on Wednesday reiterated her support for reducing Oklahoma\u2019s personal income tax.Fallin and several lawmakers spoke to about 300 people at the State Chamber\u2019s Public Affairs Forum and Governor\u2019s Economic Roundtable.The Oklahoman\u2019s Don Mecoy said \u201cbusiness-friendly\u201d was the buzzword du jour: Fallin said further reductions in the state income tax would help the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[118,150,53,232,233,74],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}