Mike Holmes pre-files bill to establish Fair Tax

File / The Outlook State Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) voted against the gas tax increase, one of the few Republicans in the Alabama House to do so. He said the bill was ‘rammed through’ and also does not favor connecting future increases to a federal road cost index.

State Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) has pre-filed legislation to eliminate Alabama’s traditional income tax and sales tax system and replace it with a system of taxation based on consumption.

TPI initially reported Holmes’ tax plan in June.