Letter: The simple solution is to cut sales taxes

Complicated competing proposals by North Dakota legislators purpose to scale back state earnings tax and native property taxes. Rob Port advocates for making tax aid simpler.

There are many wants in North Dakota if we need to obtain Gov. Burgum’s aim of attracting extra folks to develop our inhabitants. Maybe that ought to be the precedence. Then resolve if and the right way to have some tax discount. North Dakota state taxes are already fairly affordable in comparison with different states.

If tax aid is an actual precedence, it may be performed very merely. Scale back the state gross sales tax. That’s the most straightforward, would profit everybody, and will happen instantly.

The earnings tax aid proposals clearly give most profit to these with probably the most earnings, those that want monetary assist the least. Revenue tax aid additionally sends cash to these out of state who’ve North Dakota earnings.

Chopping or eliminating your state earnings tax won’t prevent cash in the long term. The state and native governments will at all times want to boost a certain quantity from the residents to pay the payments. If there is no such thing as a state earnings tax, probably the most progressive tax, we can pay extra in gross sales taxes and/or property taxes, probably the most regressive taxes. Take a look at the gross sales taxes and property taxes in these states that haven’t any earnings tax. A balanced tax system of earnings, gross sales, and property tax is probably the most rational and honest to all.

Rob Port is correct. It shouldn’t be this difficult to chop taxes. Lower the state gross sales tax. It’s a no-brainer.

Charles Linderman lives in Carrington, N.D.

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