Senate Republicans are proposing the biggest tax cut in state history.

Historic budget surpluses call for historic tax cuts. You’ve said we need to give the surplus back, and we heard you loud and clear.

Our plan reduces the first-tier income tax rate from 5.35% to 2.8% and eliminates the state’s tax on Social Security benefits. It will provide $8.43 billion in tax relief to taxpayers over the next three years.

It is real, permanent, ongoing tax relief that makes your paycheck bigger week after week, month after month, and year after year. No election-year gimmicks.

While every family is facing its own unique challenges, we know they need relief, and they need it now. Families don’t need some big government program that picks winners and losers – they need relief.

On top of that – we want to see our seniors stay in our communities. There are too many ‘little Minnesota’ communities in lower-tax states like Florida, Texas, or Arizona. We want them to stay here and be part of our communities. We want them to spend time with their grandchildren and not have to count days on a calendar to qualify as a resident of a state with a better tax climate.

Government took too much money from taxpayers. It’s time to give it back.

A tax cut for every single taxpayer

Minnesota’s lowest tax bracket is higher than the highest tax bracket in 24 other states. That’s just insanity.

Over 2.4 million filers would benefit from the historic Republican tax rate cut, with an average annual savings of $759. A typical family making $100,000 would see a savings of $1,064 every year.

Under the Governor’s tax proposal, the same family would simply receive one-time check, with no long-term savings or reductions.

Which would you rather have?

Fully eliminating the double tax on Social Security

This is a no-brainer. Minnesota seniors deserve better than harmful taxes on their fixed incomes. We have been chipping away at this for years. It’s time to end the tax on social security.

Minnesota is one of just 13 states that tax Social Security benefits. None of the states that border us — Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and South Dakota — tax Social Security income. Impacting taxpayers starting at just $25,000 in income, the Social Security Income tax hits more than 407,000 Minnesota filers.

Eliminating the Social Security tax would put $1.6 billion back into the hands of beneficiaries, with an average benefit of $1,254 every year.