Article: Tax relief passed by House The sales tax rebate would assist some low-income residents

By Ilene Olson

rep3@wyomingnews.com

CHEYENNE - One of three remaining bills that would provide utility or tax relief for state residents passed the House on third reading Tuesday.

House Bill 55, which would create a sales tax rebate program for people living on low incomes, was approved on a vote of 47-13. It now moves on to the Senate.

Sponsor Rodney "Pete" Anderson, R-Pine Bluffs, said the program would provide sales tax rebates of about $210 each, based on the average sales tax paid by a family of four. It also would offer utility tax relief for two years, bringing the maximum total rebate a family could get to $335 for fiscal years 2007-08.

But Rep. Ann Robinson, D-Casper, said the bill ...

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