Has Michigan got a deal for you

From beer to gas to church cars and license plates, Michigan tax law has a deal for someone. Many of the state’s tax breaks are tied to income taxes, with residents getting breaks for having children, saving for college and owning a home. But nonprofits, students, military veterans, Native Americans, the disabled and the poor also benefit from tax breaks.

Click on any of the categories below to see how many tax breaks are out there, and how much they cost the state treasury. The numbers were taken from the state’s executive budget for 2013 and 2014.

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Who gets a tax break? Almost everyone

by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
September 23, 2014

<h1>Who gets a tax break? Almost everyone</h1> <p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />September 23, 2014</p> <br /> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Has Michigan got a deal for you</h3> <p>From beer&nbsp;to gas to church cars and license plates, Michigan tax law has a deal for someone. Many of the state’s tax breaks are tied to income taxes, with residents getting breaks for having children, saving for college and owning a home. But nonprofits, students, military veterans, Native Americans, the disabled and the poor also benefit from tax breaks.</p> <p>Click on any of the categories below to see how many tax breaks are out there, and&nbsp;how much they cost the state treasury.&nbsp;The numbers were taken from the state’s <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/ExecutiveBudgetAppendixOnTaxCreditsDeductionsAndExempts_FY_2013and2014_394614_7.pdf">executive budget for 2013 and 2014.</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-table"> <table class="has-fixed-layout"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-individuals/">Individuals</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-nonprofits/">Nonprofits</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-businesses/">Businesses</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-manufacturers/">Manufacturers</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-miscellaneous/">Miscellaneous</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-farmers/">Farmers</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-veterans-and-active-military/">Veterans and active military</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-students/">Students</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-historic-preservation/">Historic preservation</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-oil,-mineral-industries/">Oil, mineral industries</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-the-poor/">The poor</a></h2> </td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-religious-organizations/">Religious organizations</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&amp;nbsp</td> <td> <h2><a href="http://bridgemi.com/2014/09/tax-breaks-for-native-americans/">Native Americans</a></h2> </td> <td>&amp;nbsp</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/truth-squad-companion/who-gets-tax-break-almost-everyone/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=10868&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/truth-squad-companion/who-gets-tax-break-almost-everyone/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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