Nov 2, 2007 | Legislative
This week Gov. Granholm signed the state transportation budget, after a month-long delay because of wrangling over general fund tax increases. As predicted by MITA over the past year, the state road and bridge program will see a sizeable $300 million – or 18 percent –...
Oct 26, 2007 | Legislative
Since the passage of the new Michigan Business Tax, many in the heavy construction industry have asked whether their construction equipment should be classified as industrial or commercial for purposes of personal property taxes and credits. The State Tax Commission...
Oct 18, 2007 | Legislative
Now that the much-debated income tax and sales tax on services are in place, the Legislature and governor are quickly working to finalize the FY 2008 budget by the October 31st deadline. Because the Transportation budget is based off gas tax and vehicle registration...
Oct 12, 2007 | Legislative
MITA has been consistently opposed to cities applying local hiring preferences and will continue to strongly oppose those types of local ordinances. The following is an update on recent local preference issues in Detroit and Lansing. City of Detroit On November 1,...
Oct 8, 2007 | Legislative
Creating a new sales tax on services after midnight has its drawbacks. In the dead of night last weekend, legislators passed a plan to put a sales tax on some services. Included in the new tax were various “consulting” services and “landscaping” services. At the same...
Oct 1, 2007 | Legislative
State government is open for business after lawmakers gave Governor Granholm what she wanted this morning to call off a shutdown. After the Senate early this morning passed a sales tax expansion, Granholm ordered state employees to work, ending a brief halt in...
