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Did Joe Lombardo lower Nevada's Modified Business Tax rate by 15%?

Record does not bear out the claim. The rate fell about 15% in July 2023, but automatically under a 2015 law, on a finding made before he took office; no bill he signed changed it.

Joseph Lombardo

Cutting the Modified Business Tax

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

His campaign says he lowered the Modified Business Tax rate by 15%.

“lowered the Modified Business Tax rate by 15%”

Source: Lombardo for Governor

What the record shows · Sep 30, 2022

The rate did fall about 15%, from 1.378% to 1.17%, on July 1, 2023. But a 2015 state law cut it automatically because tax collections ran high. The Department of Taxation made that finding on September 30, 2022, before he took office.

Sources: Legislative Counsel Bureau, Fiscal Analysis Division, Nevada Department of Taxation

Limit: The cut took effect in his first year as governor. We found no bill he signed that changed the rate.

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