{"id":72906,"date":"2026-02-19T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=72906"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:06:29","slug":"matt-hall-pitches-4b-michigan-tax-overhaul-1b-energy-bill-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/matt-hall-pitches-4b-michigan-tax-overhaul-1b-energy-bill-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hall pitches $4B Michigan tax overhaul, $1B energy bill savings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Republican House Speaker Matt Hall is pitching a $4 billion tax overhaul plan<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The proposal would eliminate personal property taxes, the State Education Tax and real estate transfer tax, among other things<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Also part of the plan: Requiring utilities roll back a least $1 billion in rates in exchange for personal property tax cuts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>LANSING \u2014 Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is developing a $4 billion tax overhaul plan in a bid to address rising housing costs and statewide affordability issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Richland Township Republican offered a partial outline of the plan on Thursday, telling reporters he wants to eliminate the State Education Tax, personal property taxes and a real estate transfer tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utilities that benefit should be required to cut energy bills by a combined $1 billion, he said, and schools and local governments that rely on property taxes should not face funding cuts as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How would he pay for it all? Hall declined to say, but noted the potential for spending cuts in this year\u2019s budget negotiations.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a plan. I\u2019m not going to get into it today, but it\u2019ll be lower taxes,\u201d he said during a Lansing press conference. \u201cWe\u2019re going to replace all the funding. It\u2019ll be revenue neutral on these schools and local governments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-seeks-625m-for-literacy-tax-holiday-for-school-supplies\/\"><strong>Whitmer seeks $625M for literacy, tax \u2018holiday\u2019 for school supplies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-pitches-88b-budget-what-it-means-for-michiganders-schools\/\"><strong>Whitmer\u2019s $88B budget: What it means for Michiganders, schools<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/fact-check-how-gretchen-whitmer-delivered-and-didnt-on-her-promises\/\"><strong>How Whitmer delivered \u2014 and didn\u2019t \u2014 on her 2025 promises<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan began phasing out personal property taxes for many large businesses under a 2014 law. But Hall said he\u2019d \u201clike to go further\u201d and scrap the tax altogether, arguing it \u201cpunishes growth and investment\u201d throughout Michigan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utilities could save money as a result, he said, telling reporters he would not eliminate their personal property taxes \u201cwithout also mandating at least a $1 billion rollback in our energy bills.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t take away the cost, push them toward investment and then not see a major reduction in our utility bills,\u201d Hall said. \u201cI think this will lead to major savings for our residents of Michigan. We can get a more reliable grid and a more affordable energy bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key component of Hall\u2019s plan: Eliminating the State Education Tax, which is a 6-mill tax rate that Michiganders pay on their summer property taxes. It generated nearly $3 billion in the 2025 fiscal year. If eliminated, Hall estimated it&#8217;ll save the average Michigan homeowner about $900 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall\u2019s comments came about a week after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a 10% property tax cut for <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-seeks-625m-for-literacy-tax-holiday-for-school-supplies\/\">seniors 65 and older<\/a> as part of her <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-pitches-88b-budget-what-it-means-for-michiganders-schools\/\">$88 billion budget proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall applauded the spirit of the proposal but said Thursday he opposes it because it could discourage seniors from downsizing, which would open up larger homes for other residents looking to buy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is instead proposing to eliminate the state\u2019s real estate transfer tax and what he called a \u201cpop-up tax,\u201d which he said could eliminate barriers for people to more easily buy and sell homes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1994, Michigan voters passed Proposal A, which limits the amount that property taxes can increase on an annual basis, meaning when a property is purchased the taxable value is capped and cannot increase by more than the rate of inflation or 5%, whichever is less.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longer a person owns the property, the more likely there is a difference between a property&#8217;s taxable value and the home&#8217;s market rate. 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Whitmer\u2019s and Speaker Hall\u2019s proposals to further erode tax dollars available to support essential services would blow massive holes in Michigan\u2019s budget, and our students would pay the price,&#8221; Spadafore said. &#8220;Schools are not a piggy bank to be raided for political tax cut talking points this fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Consumers Energy appeared to endorse the plan, however, saying the company&#8217;s personal property tax liability has &#8220;more than doubled since 2017, and this proposal would provide meaningful reductions in utility bills for Michiganders.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We support efforts to stop overtaxing Michiganders on grid investments,&#8221; the spokesperson, Katie Carey, said in a statement. &#8220;Every dollar of personal property taxes paid by Consumers Energy is directly paid by customers dollar for dollar.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DTE Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican House Speaker Matt Hall is proposing a major tax overhaul he says should amount to a net cut for Michiganders and reduce energy bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":72907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-02-19T21:55:48Z","apple_news_api_id":"44cd98fd-b665-491a-b2ea-7dbdc5f2780c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-02-20T10:06:34Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ARM2Y_bZlSRqy6n29xfJ4DA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[2445],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2457],"class_list":["post-72906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michigan-government","entry"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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