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Crain’s Detroit Business
March 19, 2025
David Eggert
The Republican-led House on Wednesday passed a $3.1 billion plan to boost road funding by earmarking existing tax revenue to the transportation budget and ensuring that taxes paid at the pump go to roads and bridges.
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The plan also would increase an old business tax six-fold to keep roughly 12 companies from continuing to claim credits that are worth more than $500 million a year currently. The proposed tax hike is designed to move those businesses over to paying the corporate income tax.
The Detroit Regional Chamber criticized the attempt to eliminate the credits, saying it “undermines trust in the state’s commitments, sending a disturbing signal to businesses that Michigan does not honor its contractual obligations.”