Taxes

NINTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, January 31, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE NINTH MEETING
NINETY-THIRD SESSION

TAXES MINUTES

Representative Aisha Gomez, Chair of the Committee on Taxes, called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM on January 31, 2023 in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
GOMEZ, Aisha, Chair
NORRIS, Matt, Vice Chair
DAVIDS, Greg, Minority Lead
AGBAJE, Esther
ANDERSON, Patti
BRAND, Jeff
ELKINS, Steve
HOWARD, Michael
JOY, Jim
KOZNICK, Jon
LEE, Liz
LISLEGARD, Dave
OLSON, Bjorn
OLSON, Liz
PINTO, Dave
ROBBINS, Kristin
SMITH, Andy
SWEDZINSKI, Chris
WIENER, Mike
WITTE, Jeff
YOUAKIM, Cheryl

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Norris moved the minutes from January 25, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 721 (Stephenson) A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; expanding the working family credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0671, subdivisions 1, 7.

Presentation from House Research on the Minnesota Working Family Credit.

Chair Gomez moved that HF 721 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Taxes Omnibus bill.

Representative Stephenson presented HF 721.

Testifying on HF 721:
• Nan Madden, Director, Minnesota Budget Program
• Anna Odegaard, Director, Minnesota Asset Building Coalition
• Katy Schultz, Training and Learning Manager, Prepare + Prosper

Chair Gomez renewed the motion that HF 721 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Taxes Omnibus bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 705 (Youakim) A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring a report on free filing for individual income taxpayers; appropriating money.

Representative Youakim moved that HF 705 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Taxes Omnibus bill.

Representative Youakim presented HF 705.

Testifying on HF 705:
• Eric Bernstein, Director, We Make Minnesota
Representative Youakim renewed the motion that HF 705 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Taxes Omnibus bill.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:04 PM.

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Representative Aisha-Gomez, Chair

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Lauren Sabes, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF705 (Youakim) - Individual income tax provisions modified, free filing for individual income taxpayers report required, and money appropriated.
HF721 (Stephenson) - Individual income tax provisions modified, and working family credit expanded.

Documents:

1) Taxes Agenda 1.31.23.pdf - 1/30/2023
2) 1.25.23 Taxes Eighth Meeting Minutes.docx - 1/30/2023
3) HF0721 Bill Language.pdf - 1/30/2023
4) HF721 House Research Summary.pdf - 1/30/2023
5) Revenue Estimate HF721_1 WFC Expansion.pdf - 1/30/2023
6) Map Who Receives the Working Family Credit in MN_TY2019 MBP.pdf - 1/30/2023
7) Who Receives the Working Family Credit TY 2019 MBP.pdf - 1/30/2023
8) 2023 Minnesota Asset Building Coalition Member Organizations.pdf - 1/30/2023
9) HF705 Bill Language.pdf - 1/30/2023
10) HF705 House Research Summary.pdf - 1/30/2023
11) Revenue Estimate HF0705_1 Free File.pdf - 1/30/2023
12) HF705 Support Letter Steenblock.pdf - 1/30/2023
13) HF721 House Research Modeling memo 1-31.pdf - 1/31/2023

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00:57 - Minnesota Working Family Credit overview.
05:28 - HF721 (Stephenson) Individual income tax provisions modified, and working family credit expanded.
52:51 - HF705 (Youakim) Individual income tax provisions modified, free filing for individual income taxpayers report required, and money appropriated.
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House Research Overview of Working Family Tax Credit
HF721 (Stephenson) Expanding the Working Family Tax Credit
HF0705 (Youakim) Individual income tax provisions modified, free filing for individual income taxpayers report required, and money appropriated.

Additional items may be added to the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Monday, January 30th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM to the Committee Administrator on Monday, January 30th. Please note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.

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