Ohio House GOP overhauls Gov. Kasich’s sweeping tax package

COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House want to remove many of Gov. John Kasich’s tax plans in his budget and retain a smaller state income tax cut.

House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger and his GOP colleagues said today their plan would provide $1.2 billion in tax relief over the next two years, including a 6.3 percent across-the-board income tax cut.

They want to create a commission to review Kasich’s proposed increases to the sales tax and certain taxes on businesses, cigarettes and the oil and gas industry.

A House committee is scheduled to make the changes to the governor’s $72.3 billion, two-year spending blueprint at a hearing later this afternoon.

The income tax cut will be less than the governor’s plan. He has proposed a 23 percent over the next two years.