Income tax cut expected to be a top priority

Kentucky House Votes to Reduce the Individual Income Tax Rate, a Top GOP Priority
The Kentucky House has voted to reduce the individual income tax rate, as Republicans deliver on a top priority three days into the new legislative session
Income tax cut expected to be a top priority as Kentucky lawmakers convene for a 30-day session
Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature has convened to start a 30-day session that's expected to include action to reduce the state’s individual income tax rate.
Kentucky House votes 90-7 to lower state’s individual income tax rate
(LEX 18) — The Kentucky House voted 90-7 to lower the state’s individual income tax rate on Thursday. Republicans delivered on a top priority just three days into this year’s 30-day legislative session as they moved on House Bill 1. The bill would lower the tax to 3.5% from 4% at the beginning of 2026.
Kentucky lawmakers advance bill to further lower income tax
The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee advanced House Bill 1, which will lower the individual income tax rate by another half-percent starting Jan. 1, 2026.
Income tax cut clears House by wide margin
Legislation that would cut the state’s income tax rate from four percent to 3.5 percent effective January 1, 2026, has become the first piece of legislation
What Kentucky lawmakers are proposing in 2025: Taxes, Ten Commandments & more
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Kentucky lawmakers filed over 100 bills across both the House and Senate chambers on their first day back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The clock to the 2025 Regular Session began counting down as lawmakers only have 30 days to pass their bills.
House committee advances bill to reduce state income tax in 2026
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS ARE TAKING STEPS TO LOWER THE STATE’S INCOME TAX RATE. TODAY, THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUE COMMITTEE PASSED HOUSE BILL ONE. THE MEASURE WOULD REDUCE THE RATE FROM 4% TO 3.5% AT THE START OF NEXT YEAR.
Another cut in Kentucky’s income tax is rolling as Republicans advance House Bill 1
Republican lawmakers wasted no time advancing a bill on the second day of this year’s legislative session to further reduce Kentucky’s individual income tax rate. The bill is a top GOP priority and would move Republicans closer to their goal of eventually eliminating the tax altogether.
Kentucky lawmakers pass session rules, introduce income tax cut on opening day
State lawmakers met in Frankfort on Monday to begin the 2025 legislative session — welcoming new members, introducing legislation and arguing over their own rules and procedures.
Bill to lower Kentucky’s income tax again clears first hurdle
Leaders in Kentucky’s General Assembly aim to eliminate the state income tax. Three years ago, they passed House Bill 8, a ...
Republicans and some Dems in House charge forward to pass income tax cut
Kentuckians $700 million and your voters will know about it,” one GOP legislator said. It cuts the income tax rate down from 4% to 3.5% by Jan. 1, 2026 ...
House GOP pledges major movement on income tax reduction in General Assembly's first week
Winter weather didn't stop the Kentucky General Assembly from gaveling in Tuesday — and moving quickly on key priorities for ...
Republicans tout lower income tax, gig Beshear at Kentucky Chamber of Commerce dinner
A few hours after the House passed another reduction of the state’s income tax, top Kentucky politicians addressed business ...
Plan to lower Kentucky's income tax advances with bipartisan support — and some caution
In a 90-7 vote, the Kentucky state House voted Thursday to advance a bill that would cut the state income tax rate from 4% to ...