Alabama Arise has a flier on their website about Representative John Knight’s Tax Fairness Plan, HB274. Knight’s bill is a constitutional amendment (requiring voter approval) that would eliminate the deductibility of federal income taxes, increase the standard deduction and personal and dependent exemptions for state income taxes, and exempt food items from the sales tax.

Removing the deduction of federal income taxes would cause some upper-income Alabamians to have a higher tax liability, but all of the other provisions would lower taxes across the board. Knight claims his plan would be revenue neutral for the state.

I think it’s worth thinking over. The bill is currently dying a slow death in committee.