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A top Republican said GOP leaders are planning to include a $400 million middle-class tax cut in the final version of their budget package.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told the State Journal in a brief interview Monday that Republican leaders are keeping a tax cut in mind as they wrap up work on the state’s two-year budget, which will be sent to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers this summer.

“We’re conscious of the idea that at the end of the day, we want to hit that tax cut number,” Fitzgerald said, referring to the roughly $400 million figure.

Spending levels set by the Republican-controlled budget committee in the coming days could change the size of the tax cut.

Fitzgerald didn’t say how Republicans would fund the measure, and a Fitzgerald spokesman declined to provide further details. A plan could be introduced as early as Tuesday.

The Juneau Republican said their tax cut plan would be similar to the one the Legislature passed in January. That proposal would have cut $170 in taxes, on average, for nearly 2 million qualifying, mostly middle-income tax filers. To fund it, Republicans had planned to use one-time surplus funds, prompting Evers to veto it, saying it was fiscally irresponsible.