LFB Offers Tax, Fee Comparisons of Budgets
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has released analyses of the tax and fee modifications included in the 2007-09 budgets from Gov. Jim Doyle, the Joint Finance Committee, the Dem-run Senate and Republican-run Assembly.
The GOP Assembly budget would collect the least in taxes and fees of competing budget plans, and the Dem Senate's plan would collect the most, according to the analysis.
The comparison shows the Assembly version collects $1.4 billion less in taxes and fees than the Joint Finance version, nearly $1.5 billion less than Dem Gov. Jim Doyle's budget, and $9.5 billion less than the budget devised by the Senate.
The Assembly budget decreases net taxes by $82 million over the biennium, but increases fees by $339 million. The JFC budget increases net taxes by $1.3 billion and fees by $347 million; the Senate budget increases net taxes by $9 billion and fees by $419 million; and Doyle's budget increases taxes by $1.4 billion and fees by $376 million.
Doyle analysis
JFC analysis
Senate analysis
Assembly analysis
