Increase sales and use taxes to 7% and increase gas tax and vehicle registration fees; dedicate revenue to transportation purposes | |||||||||||||
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 No
90–100%
80–90%
70–80%
60–70% | |||||||||||||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State[1] | |||||||||||||
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2015 Michigan Proposal 1, also known as the Michigan Sales Tax Increase for Transportation Amendment, was a referendum held on May 5, 2015, concerning a legislatively-referred ballot measure. The measure's approval would have caused one constitutional amendment and 10 statutes to go into effect. It is estimated that Proposal 1 would raise state revenues from sales and use taxes by $1.427 billion, fuel taxes by $463 million, truck registration fees by $50 million, and vehicle registration fees by $10.1 million in the first year.[2] If approved, the proposal was estimated by the Associated Press to result in an average tax increase of $545 per household in 2016.[3]
The proposal was defeated in an historic landslide, receiving support from only 20% of voters.[a][5]
- ^ "INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUMS UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONOF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN OF 1963" (PDF). Lansing: State of Michigan Bureau of Elections. January 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan's May Tax Proposal". Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ Eggert, David (April 11, 2015). "Prop 1 would cost households hundreds more in taxes". The Detroit News. Associated Press. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
- ^ Egan, Paul; Gray, Kathleen (May 6, 2015). "Michigan voters soundly reject Proposal 1 road tax plan". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
- ^ Oosting, Jonathan (May 6, 2015). "Michigan voters made 'road kill' of Proposal 1, which failed in historic fashion". Mlive. Lansing, Michigan: Booth Newspapers. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
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