4-18-18 governor signs child tax credit, sales tax holiday

Gov. Scott Walker expanded an election year $137 million tax cut Tuesday, using his partial veto powers to lengthen a sales tax holiday from two to five days in August and ensure that a $100 per-child rebate will go to any family with dependent children. The bill Walker signed into law will result in families who apply for the $100 per-child rebate receiving the payment by Sept. 1, timing Democrats have assailed as amounting to an election bribe.  Fond du Lac Republican state senator Dan Feyen says he thinks it’s a good thing.  “That will benefit a lot of people because the checks will be coming out sometime this summer,”  Feyen told WFDL news.   Feyen says the sales tax holiday will save parents a lot of money on school supplies.