Taxation & Property Tax Burdens

HB 2: Accelerated Elimination of the Investment Tax

HB 2 sped up the elimination of New Hampshire’s tax on interest and dividend income and lowered the tax rate on business profits—reducing the amount of revenue the state collects from these sources.

When the state collects less revenue, towns can be left to cover more costs locally—putting greater pressure on property taxes to make up the difference.

VOTING RECORD:

  • Senator Daryl Abbas: Yea (Favor)

  • Salem State Representatives

    • Lorie Ball: Yea (Favor)

    • Tanya Donnelly: Yea (Favor)

    • John Janigian: Yea (Favor)

    • Dennis Mannion: Yea (Favor)

    • Valerie McDonnell: Yea (Favor)

    • Joe Sweeney: Yea (Favor)

    • John Sytek: Yea (Favor)

    • Susan Vandecasteele: Yea (Favor)

HB 1580: Opposition to Vacation Home Local Tax Surcharge

HB 1580 would have let towns charge certain second and vacation homes more in property taxes, bringing in additional local revenue.

Salem Republicans unanimously voted against it—rejecting a tool towns could have used to reduce the property-tax burden on full-time homeowners.

VOTING RECORD:

  • Salem State Representatives

    • Lorie Ball: Yea (Kill)

    • Tanya Donnelly: Yea (Kill)

    • John Janigian: Yea (Kill)

    • Dennis Mannion: Yea (Kill)

    • Valerie McDonnell: Yea (Kill)

    • Joe Sweeney: Yea (Kill)

    • John Sytek: Yea (Kill)

    • Susan Vandecasteele: Yea (Kill)

CACR 10: Constitutional Income Tax Ban

CACR 10 would constitutionally ban a state income tax, leaving fewer options to reduce New Hampshire’s reliance on property taxes and shift costs away from homeowners.

VOTING RECORD:

  • Salem State Representatives

    • Lorie Ball: Nay

    • Tanya Donnelly: Nay

    • John Janigian: Nay

    • Dennis Mannion: Nay

    • Valerie McDonnell: Nay

    • Joe Sweeney: Nay

    • John Sytek: Nay

    • Susan Vandecasteele: —

CACR 15: Supermajority Requirements

CACR 15 proposed requiring a two-thirds vote to create or raise state taxes, making changes to New Hampshire’s tax system more difficult.

That could make it harder to shift costs away from local property taxpayers—keeping more of the burden on homeowners.

VOTING RECORD:

  • Salem State Representatives

    • Lorie Ball

    • Tanya Donnelly

    • John Janigian

    • Dennis Mannion

    • Valerie McDonnell

    • Joe Sweeney

    • John Sytek

    • Susan Vandecasteele

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