Tax Expenditures
Legislative History
St. Paul History
Not in the Bill
Paul Wilson Retirement
100
This tax expenditure that is based on income was extended to individuals ages 21 to 24 who don’t have qualifying children.
What is the working family credit?
100
The last year before 2017 in which an omnibus tax bill was signed into law
What is 2014?
100
The Green Line that runs by the Stassen building opened to the public in this year
What is 2014?
100
This income and corporate tax proposal had a very healthy fiscal note, and would have required some DOR employees to become experts in foundations and private schools.
What is the equity and opportunity scholarship credit?
100
The number of current commissioners who spoke at Paul Wilson's retirement party
What is three?
200
This tax expenditure is no simpler or more complicated to calculate than it was this time last year, although one of its rates did increase
What is the Research and Development Credit?
200
(last name only is acceptable) The report on residential home property tax burdens is named after this former tax committee member
Who is Rep. Gordon Voss
200
Before 2013 when the legislature approved a property tax exemption for what would become CHS Field, the St. Paul Saints played at this stadium.
What is Midway Stadium?
200
This existing tax expenditure was proposed to be greatly expanded, with tuition becoming an eligible expense along with pre-k expenses and other general increases
What is the K-12 Credit
200
The year in which Paul Wilson helped incorporate the incidence of business taxes into the Tax Incidence Study
What is 1993?
300
With the estate tax exemption increasing to $3 million by 2020, these deductions will decrease to $2 million by that time.
What are the Farm and Small Business Property Deductions?
300
Local Government Aid first came into being as a result of the "Minnesota Miracle" which occurred under this Governor?
Who is Wendell Anderson?
300
In 1857 the then territorial capital was nearly moved from St. Paul to this Minnesota city.
What is St. Peter?
300
The requirement for DOR to issue these binding judgments to specific taxpayers and for them to be made public was not included in the final bill. Hopefully that decision does set a precedent.
What are private letter rulings?
300
The representative that spoke on behalf of the Minnesota House at Paul Wilson's retirement
Who is Rep. Lyndon Carlson
400
17 of these tax expenditures were enacted in 2017, including one project for a parking ramp in Wayzata that was certified in 1996.
What is Tax Increment Financing (TIF)?
400
The 2017 omnibus tax bill was larger than any tax bill passed since this person was Governor
Who is Jesse Ventura?
400
Before it was renamed St. Paul in 1841, this is what the city was known as this
What is Pig's Eye Landing?
400
This tax expenditure for investors usually gets extended a year or two at a time, it's as if no guardian was watching over it.
What is the Angel Investment Tax Credit?
400
The Governor's proclamation mentioned that Paul Wilson did not enjoy in sitting in this kind of seat
What is a three legged stool?
500
This credit for employers in greater Minnesota was actually repealed by the legislature this year
What is the Greater Minnesota Internship Credit?
500
(within two years is good enough) The state sales tax was introduced to Minnesota with a 3% rate in this year
What is 1967?
500
Charles Schultz and Dave Winfield both graduated from this St. Paul High School
What is St. Paul Central High School?
500
A thorough reading of the bills shows this aid was repealed in the vetoed bill but not in the omnibus bill
What is Minneapolis Library Debt Service Aid?
500
Paul graduated from this Indiana college, home of the Quakers
What is Earlham College
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