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m) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I PRESS RELEASE November 5, 1983 For Further Information Call: Minnesota Tax Study Commission .Department of Finance 309 Administration Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 [612 ) 297-4397 TAX STUDY CO~IISSION ANNOUNCES HEARINGS The Minnesota Tax Study Comission will be holding the first three of a series of public hearings on state and local tax issues during the months of November and December. The November hearing locations, dates and times are as follows: Moorhead, Minnesota Tuesday, November 15 l:O0 - 5:00 p.m. Moorhead City Council Chambers Saint Paul, Minnesota Monday, November 21, 6:00 - lO:O0 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, 6:00 - lO:O0 p.m. State Office Building, Room 83 Subsequent public hearings will be held in Duluth (December 12), Rochester (December 14), St. Cloud [December 15) and Marshall [December 20). Each of the~e- December hearings will be set for l:O0 to 5:00 p.m. at the respective City Council Chambers. The purpose of these hearings is to receive the viewpoints of the public regarding the equity, administration, and efficiency of the Minnesota state and local tax structure. Specific topics of interest to the Comission include the interrelationships of state and local taxes and direct tax relief programs, the state sales tax and its base, the need for and usage of property tax relief programs, the relationship between taxes and business and job development, simplification of the income tax system, tax policy relating to agricultural land, the appropriate mix of taxes, and proposals for tax changes, including innovative tax sources. Not included in the scope of these hearings are topics relating to the state and local expenditure structure, level of expenditures or the issues pertaining to the structure of workmen's compensation and unemployment compensation programs.