Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says it’s a problem that is handcuffing Nebraskans: enormously high property taxes. He vows to cut those taxes by more than $2 billion, by taxing other things.
Nebraska taxes are divided into three main groups, and in 2024, the state expects $5.3 billion from local property taxes, $3.6 billion in state income taxes, and $2.5 billion in state sales taxes.
Gov. Pillen wants to get that $5.3 billion in property taxes down near the $3 billion mark — a 40 percent reduction.
But in order to do that, one of those other numbers would have to go up, and the most likely candidate according to policy experts, is sales tax.