Holcomb Says No To Payroll Tax Deferral For State Employees

Indiana won’t participate in the payroll tax deferral for state workers offered by President Donald Trump last month.

The Trump executive order allows employers to push back payroll taxes from September through the end of December for employees making less than four thousand dollars every two weeks.

But Gov. Eric Holcomb said Indiana state government declined to do so.

“It’s a delay and you end up having to pick up in January and pay double,” Holcomb said.

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Trump officials have floated the idea of forgiving those deferred taxes entirely – but Congress would need to approve such a move and it’s unclear whether it will do so.

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