Governor: Tax Plan Would Cut Deductions for 900,000 Minnesotans

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is calling on President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers to abandon their tax proposal, which is estimated to cut deductions for 900,000 middle-class Minnesota families.

As a result, an average of $12,000 tax deduction would be eliminated per Minnesotan.

“One of their most offensive proposals would eliminate the deductibility of Minnesota’s state income and sales taxes and local property taxes from our citizens’ federal tax liabilities,” Gov. Dayton said in a statement Monday. “It would completely remove these important tax deductions, which total over $12.3 billion per year for 900,000 Minnesota families.”

Dayton went on to say that with this proposed tax plan, the top 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans would receive 80 percent of the bill’s tax benefits by 2027, while lower and middle class tax payers would see 13 percent.

Minnesota is currently one of the few states that receives less than its taxpayers contribute in federal tax dollars – each dollar Minnesotans pay, the state receives 90 cents in federal spending. As a result, Minnesotans would end up paying more in federal taxes.

The following chart shows the impact by county across the state and includes the estimates of the average tax deduction Minnesotans would lose.

County Number of Households Impacted Average Tax Deduction Lost
Aitkin County 1,840 ($7,395)
Anoka County 68, 460 ($9,861)
Becker County 4,060 ($9,751)
Beltrami County 4,380 ($9,436)
Benton County 5,290 ($8,533)
Big Stone County 470 ($8,279)
Blue Earth County 8,160 ($10,642)
Brown County 3,070 ($9,389)
Carlton County 4,990 ($8,570)
Carver County 23,460 ($16,132)
Cass County 3,740 ($9,268)
Chippewa County 1,200 ($9,638)
Chisago County 10,930 ($9,655)
Clay County 8,010 ($9,044)
Clearwater County 930 ($12,076)
Cook County 790 ($8,446)
Cottonwood County 1,100 ($10,161)
Crow Wing County 8,840 ($9,503)
Dakota County 90,680 ($11,932)
Dodge County 3,280 ($8,671)
Douglas County 5,730 ($11,168)
Faribault County 1,310 ($8,424)
Fillmore County 2,420 ($8,374)
Freeborn County 3,230 ($10,072)
Goodhue County 7,840 ($9,547)
Grant County 720 ($9,685)
Hennepin County 247,660 ($17,694)
Houston County 2,540 ($10,126)
Hubbard County 2,550 ($8,673)
Isanti County 6,650 ($8,234)
Itasca County 5,530 ($9,452)
Jackson County 1,010 ($10,876)
Kanabec County 1,920 ($8,034)
Kandiyohi County 5,920 ($9,937)
Kittson County 390 ($8,762)
Koochiching County 1,230 ($8,401)
Lac qui Parle County 630 ($9,494)
Lake County 1,340 ($7,969)
Lake of the Woods County 340 ($8,609)
Le Sueur County 4,680 ($9,192)
Lincoln County 520 ($7,708)
Lyon County 2,880 ($10,426)
Mahnomen County 280 ($6,939)
Marshall County 870 ($8,976)
Martin County 2,250 ($10,133)
McLeod County 5,280 ($8,446)
Meeker County 3,070 ($8,838)
Mille Lacs County 3,330 ($7,523)
Morrison County 3,940 ($7,628)
Mower County 3,800 ($12,080)
Murray County 920 ($8,821)
Nicollet County 4,800 ($12,225)
Nobles County 1,780 ($9,548)
Norman County 560 ($7,843)
Olmsted County 27,670 ($12,075)
Otter Tail County 7,220 ($9,895)
Pennington County 1,410 ($9,428)
Pine County 3,250 ($6,833)
Pipestone County 910 ($9,429)
Polk County 3,530 ($9,159)
Pope County 1,410 ($11,089)
Ramsey County 85,430 ($12,890)
Red Lake County 330 ($6,961)
Redwood County 1,430 ($9,198)
Renville County 1,560 ($10,617)
Rice County 9,820 ($10,147)
Rock County 1,000 ($8,636)
Roseau County 1,490 ($15,577)
Saint Louis County 25,790 ($10,466)
Scott County 32,020 ($12,654)
Sherburne County 18,070 ($9,312)
Sibley County 1,990 ($8,249)
Stearns County 20,400 ($11,553)
Steele County 5,500 ($8,791)
Stevens County 1,090 ($11,858)
Swift County 830 ($10,023)
Todd County 2,150 ($7,509)
Traverse County 350 ($10,640)
Wabasha County 3,130 ($9,250)
Wadena County 1,220 ($7,678)
Waseca County 2,340 ($8,101)
Washington County 59,260 ($13,930)
Watonwan County 1,010 ($8,007)
Wilkin County 720 ($10,069)
Winona County 5,560 ($10,578)
Wright County 25,580 ($9,964)
Yellow Medicine County 1,010 ($8,663)
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