Rob Sand and Zach Lahn Outline Tax Agendas

ITR Foundation·
Iowa’s gubernatorial candidates recently outlined their tax philosophies during separate interviews on Simon Conway’s WHO Radio program, offering some of the clearest policy positions of the campaign so far. Rob Sand discussed legalizing and taxing recreational cannabis and ending the sales tax exemption for data center equipment to generate additional state revenue, while maintaining he did not believe higher taxes would be necessary. Zach Lahn pledged not to raise Iowa’s sales, income, or property taxes…

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