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Tax conformity bill — finally making it happen

Other Editors

Thumbs up to the Minnesota Legislature’s swift passage this week of a tax conformity bill. Gov. Tim Walz signed the bill into law, and the changes will be effective for the filing season that starts later this month; the state department of revenue had said it needed the bill to pass by Friday, and the lawmakers met that deadline.

The measure lines the state’s tax code up with the federal code for the first time in five years, which figures to simplify filing for many Minnesotans. And it exempts income from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a pandemic relief program, from state taxes.

The bill not only cleared both chambers swiftly but without opposition. Which raises the question: Why has it taken five years to pass a conformity bill?

That the Legislature was divided during that time would appear to be irrelevant, since there was not a single “no” vote in either chamber this week. Something as broadly popular as this should not have gotten killed by the chronic partisan rancor.

But these pages have long recognized bipartisan work and we congratulate those who made this happen.

— Mankato Fee Press

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