Mississippi House panel starts study that could lead to tax cuts

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could consider a comprehensive proposal next year to make the state’s tax system fairer and more efficient, a state House leader said Wednesday.

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar said he joins other top Republicans, including House Speaker Jason White and Gov. Tate Reeves, in continuing to advocate for eventually erasing the state’s income tax.

Mississippi is reducing its personal income tax under a law Reeves signed in 2022. Efforts to completely phase out the tax fell short in 2023 and never gained traction during this year’s legislative session.

“I’ve been on the record more times than I can count over the last five or six years,” Lamar said Wednesday at the Capitol. “Eliminating the tax on work in the state of Mississippi is our goal — and how we can do that responsibly and in as quick a time as we can.”

Lamar and Republican Rep. Scott Bounds are leading a bipartisan group of House members that White appointed to examine Mississippi taxes.

Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has appointed a bipartisan Senate committee to study taxes and other financial issues.

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