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Springfield leaders will discuss a new payroll tax in the new year, though the city can’t collect it until 2027 at the earliest.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White reports.

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Springfield City Council will discuss the possibility of a new payroll tax next month [January]. The proposal was one of several suggested by a committee of local government, business and community leaders to stabilize the city’s ongoing financial challenges.

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