Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Iowa Lawmakers Discuss Taxing CUs at State Level

State lawmakers highlighted the challenges of taxing credit unions at the state level at a banker convention.

According to BankBeat, a panel of lawmakers at the recent Iowa Bankers Association Annual Convention pointed out that state chartered credit unions could switch to a federal charter, if taxed at the state level.

The Federal Credit Union Act exempts federal credit unions from all state and local taxes, except property taxes.

Lee Hein, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, stated: "Credit unions have options. They can move to a federal charter, so that makes taxing credit unions not such an obvious solution."

Gary Carlson, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, commented: "If they all go to a federal charter, we do not achieve our goal of leveling the competitive playing field."

While I think the threat of switching charters for Iowa credit unions are overblown because the state charter is more liberal than the federal charter, this perceived threat shows that Congress needs to solve this issue.

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