JACKSON • A sweeping bill that would eliminate Mississippi’s personal income tax and shift the state’s tax burden onto sales tax within about a decade passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon.
House Bill 1439 – authored by the three top House Republicans, Speaker Philip Gunn, Speaker Pro Tempore Jason White and Rep. Trey Lamar – passed on an 85-34 vote, with all but one Republican and a few Democrats backing the measure. It now goes to the Senate for consideration.
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