Provide for an excise tax on individual incomes and create the Tax Equity Cash Fund
LB 974 would impose a supplemental 9.5% excise tax on individual income above $1 million for single filers or $2 million for married couples filing jointly, calculated after subtracting existing income tax rates. It creates the "Tax Equity Cash Fund" to collect this new tax revenue, which the Department of Revenue would manage. Funds in the account may only be used for administrative costs related to the tax or transferred to three specific state funds (General Fund, Education Future Fund, or Property Tax Credit Cash Fund), not for new programs. This bill directly affects high-income Nebraskans earning above the thresholds, with no specified new spending beyond fund transfers.
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Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026
Last action Apr 17, 2026
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Apr 17, 2026
Committee
Indefinitely postponed
legislature
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Revenue Committee
legislature
Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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