
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that the state had “decided to end its income tax reciprocity program with Wisconsin,” effective next Jan. 1, after three months of negotiations with Wisconsin revenue officials broke down without an agreement.

In a rare moment of bipartisan sentiment following yesterday’s confrontational Legislative Advisory Commission meeting, House Taxes Committee chair Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington) applauded Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s letter to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle demanding that income tax reciprocity payments from Wisconsin residents who work in Minnesota be remitted sooner. (The June 16 letter went on to threaten [...]

In a rare moment of bipartisan sentiment following yesterday’s confrontational Legislative Advisory Commission meeting, House Taxes Committee chair Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington) applauded Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s letter to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle demanding that income tax reciprocity payments from Wisconsin residents who work in Minnesota be remitted sooner. (The June 16 letter went on to threaten [...]