The Des Moines Register reports that the legislators trying to reconcile the separate bills passed by the houses of the Iowa General Assembly are so far too busy preening to tell us what the tax law is for the returns we are trying to prepare right now:
House Republicans said they don’t want that tax break in the bill they’re trying to reach a compromise over, saying it should be part of a larger discussion about a 20 percent income tax cut for all Iowans…
Gronstal pointed out that thousands of low-income working Iowans don’t have any state income tax liability and instead get money backTags: Iowa bonus depreciation, Iowa code conformity, iowa tax policy, Section 179
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BTW – a little side effect of this gridlock is that the indigent defense fund is out of money. Until the bill passes, nobody who does court appointed cases gets paid. I know several attorneys who are scrambling to figure out how to pay their mortgages and buy groceries this month. I doubt most will care, it’s not like even pro-bono type lawyers are all that sympathetic. But it is a huge problem for these families.
Random, I didn’t know that; thanks for pointing it out.
They keep paying the prosecutors, no doubt. Can’t let the jailers go hungry…