A Nebraska group that advocates for lower taxes is urging lawmakers to get rid of a number of sales tax exemptions and use the money to lower property taxes and the sales tax rate.

Sarah Curry is policy director for the Platte Institute and says they found a lot of potential state revenue is being missed…

The Revenue Committee of the Nebraska legislature has estimated about three hundred million dollars could be raised by eliminating some sales tax exemptions. Curry says the committee is being conservative…

Curry says the reduction of sales tax exemptions should not just be a tax shift…

The legislature got hung up on a plan to lower property taxes this year and adjourned without any agreement.