IMPACT OF FISCAL CLIFF IN MINNESOTA
$3,946
Tax increase on a typical Minnesota family of four making $87,319 (in 2011) from automatic hikes, end of 2 percentage-point temporary cut to payroll tax and expiration of such exemptions as the 10 percent tax bracket, marriage penalty relief and expanded Child Tax Credit
$3.6 billion
Decline in consumer spending in all of 2013 due to middle-class tax hikes in Minnesota
203,000
Minnesota families that would lose the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college
12,200
Minnesotans that would lose extended unemployment benefits
Sources: White House, Tax Foundation, president's National Economic Council and Pew Center on the States
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