Kentucky’s personal income tax rate to go down

Kentucky’s personal income tax rate to go down after Beshear signs GOP-sponsored cut
Lowering the income tax rate has been a priority for Republican lawmakers in recent years. Gov. Andy Beshear signed the bill Thursday.
Beshear signs bill cutting Kentucky's income tax
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a Republican-backed measure to further reduce Kentucky’s income tax. The state's personal income tax will be lowered from 4% to 3.5% percent on Jan. 1, 2026.
Kentucky lawmakers send bill to cut the state’s income tax to the governor. He supports it.
Kentucky lawmakers have completed their work to reduce the state’s individual income tax rate. They delivered on a top Republican priority on the fifth day of this year’s session.
Governor signs bill into law to lower Kentucky's income tax
Kentucky's bill to lower the state's individual income tax has been signed into law. The Senate took up the bill Tuesday, the first day that lawmakers reconvened since the January break. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.
Beshear signs off on House Bill 1, lowering income tax rate for Kentucky families
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) -Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 1, lowering the income tax rate for Kentucky families. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the bill will drop the state income tax rate from 4% to 3.5% This story may be updated.
Democrat Beshear signs GOP’s top priority – another income tax cut – into Kentucky law
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signs another GOP-enacted income tax cut, saying“things cost too much for our families” despite a “booming economy.”
Republicans tout lower income tax at Kentucky Chamber of Commerce dinner
A few hours after the House passed another reduction of the state's income tax Jan. 9, top Kentucky politicians addressed business leaders at the annual Kentucky Chamber Day Dinner in Lexington. Republicans House Speaker David Osborne and Senate President Robert Stivers,
Beshear makes it official: Kentuckians will pay less in income taxes in 2026
Fulfilling comments he made earlier, Gov. Andy Beshear has signed House Bill 1, which drops Kentucky’s income tax rate by one-half percent, to three-and-a-half percent, and
Beshear signs another income tax cut into law
As expected, Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law another cut to the state’s individual income tax rate Thursday, saying that “things cost too much for our families” despite
Senate votes to slash Kentucky’s individual income tax from 4% to 3.5% in 2026
Some Democrats voted with Republicans Tuesday to pass a half-a-percent cut to Kentuckians’ individual income tax rate.
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Kentucky Takes Another Step Toward Phasing Out Income Tax
Kentucky’s personal income tax rate will drop to 3.5% next year under legislation approved by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear Thursday.
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