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Did Sean McCann vote to expand the working families tax cut and end the retirement tax?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the 2023 law that raised the state earned income tax credit to 30% of the federal credit and, by 2026, let anyone deduct pension income up to a cap.

Sean McCann

The working families tax credit and the retirement tax

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He says the Legislature expanded the working families tax cut and ended the retirement tax.

“We expanded the working families tax cut, ended the retirement tax”

What the record shows ·

He voted for the final version of House Bill 4001 on February 16, 2023, when the Senate adopted it 20-17. As Public Act 4 of 2023, it raised Michigan's earned income tax credit from 6% to 30% of the federal credit from the 2023 tax year. By the 2026 tax year it phased out the 2011 limits that tied the pension deduction to a taxpayer's birth year. From 2026 anyone can deduct pension income up to a set cap.

Limit: He says "we": he was one of 20 senators voting for it, not its sponsor. The change phased in over four years, and pension income above the cap is still taxed.

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  1. Sean's Plan for Michiganhttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/issues/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. His issue positions and the claims about his own legislative record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

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  2. Journal of the Senate, February 16, 2023 (No. 17) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Feb 16, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call 22, adopting the conference report on House Bill 4001.

    official legislative record

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  3. House Bill 4001 of 2023 (Public Act 4 of 2023)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4001

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: the Senate adopted the conference report February 16, 2023 (roll call 22, 20-17); signed March 7, 2023.

    official legislative record

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  4. Public Act 4 of 2023 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text: the state earned income tax credit rises from 6% to 30% of the federal credit from 2023. Sec. 30(10) phases out the 2011 birth-year limits on the pension deduction over 2023-2025; from the 2026 tax year anyone may deduct pension income, but public and private pensions alike are capped at the subsection (1)(f)(iv) maximum (42,240 dollars single, 84,480 joint, indexed from 2007).

    official legislative record

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