This will allow the agency and the Legislature to focus resources on the state's highest environmental priorities. If the MPCA's Environmental Tax Reform proposal is accepted by the Legislature, hazardous waste permit fees and water quality permit fees will be eliminated. The amount of these fees currently collected does not cover the costs of the programs they were designed to fund. Businesses will still pay a Solid Waste Tax, but it will be renamed the Environmental Tax. Under the proposal, no existing fees or taxes will be increased.
Businesses can also create their own tax cut by decreasing the amount of solid waste they generate.
Solid Waste Tax Environmental Tax Tax reform impact on individuals and households The MPCA's Environmental Tax Reform proposal will not affect the environmental fees or taxes currently paid by individuals and households. They will continue to pay the Solid Waste Tax that is a part of their garbage collection bill, but it will be renamed the Environmental Tax. Individuals and households can also create their own tax cut by generating less garbage. Tax Environmental Tax Tax reform impact on communities and municipalities Under the MPCA's Tax Reform proposal, communities and municipalities served by a wastewater treatment facility would no longer pay water quality permit fees. They would continue to pay the Solid Waste Tax, but it would be renamed the Environmental Tax.