16A.067 TAXPAYER RECEIPT.

(a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, must develop and publish on the Department of Management and Budget’s website an interactive taxpayer receipt in accordance with this section. The receipt must describe the share of state general fund expenditures represented by major expenditure categories in the most recent fiscal year for which data is available. The receipt must show the approximate allocation of motor vehicle fuel taxes among eligible transportation purposes.

(b) For each expenditure category, the receipt must include select data on the performance goals and outcomes for the category, based on the goals and outcomes data required under section 16A.10, subdivision 1b.

(c) The website must allow a user to input an income amount, and must estimate the amount of major state taxes paid by the user. The website must allocate the user’s estimated state tax liability to each major expenditure category based on the category’s percentage share of total state general fund spending. For the purposes of this section, “major state taxes” means income, sales, alcohol, tobacco, and motor vehicle fuels taxes.

(d) Using the income amount entered by the user, the website must estimate the amount of income and direct sales taxes paid based upon the taxpayer’s income. The website must allow a user to indicate whether the user used tobacco, consumed alcohol, or purchased motor vehicle fuel in the previous year, and provide a corresponding estimate of the cigarette, alcohol, and motor vehicle fuel taxes paid by the user.

(e) The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, must update the receipt by December 31 of each year, and must annually promote to the public the availability of the website.

History:

2023 c 64 art 15 s 3

History: History:

  2023 c 64 art 15 s 3