A proposal to increase sales and cigarette taxes in order to lower property taxes is headed to the Nebraska Legislature for debate.
Sales taxes could increase by up to a penny on the dollar. People would have to start paying sales taxes on pop, candy, and services ranging from dry cleaning to pet grooming. Cigarette taxes would go from 64 cents to a dollar a pack. And the money raised would go toward Gov. Jim Pillen’s goal of lowering property taxes by 40 percent.
Those are among changes proposed in a bill the Revenue Committee sent to the full Legislature Thursday.