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May was a great month for state tax collections in Ohio, with sales and income tax revenue coming in above estimates.

Ohio Senate lawmakers unveiled hundreds of amendments to House Bill 96, the biennial state budget, which is due June 30.

Proposals to cut or flatten Ohio's income tax are being talked about again by Republican state lawmakers, but also by the GOP candidates for governor next year.

The bill doesn鈥檛 adjust the income tax rate for Ohioans who make anywhere between $26,700 and $102,400, since they already fall within that 2.75% bracket.

Republican lawmakers are once again proposing eliminating Ohio's income tax by no later than 2028, and this bill also would erase the commercial activity tax, which 90% of businesses now don't pay.

Some advocates for lower-income Ohioans are pushing back against a plan to eliminate the state income tax, which has fallen sharply since 2004.

The plan could make Ohio the eighth state to eliminate personal income taxes as the main source of state revenue.

Ohio鈥檚 tax policy took a major shift in 2005 when lawmakers moved away from income tax. Lower income taxes have been sold through the years by Republicans as a way to increase jobs and bring business to Ohio. Now, a policy group鈥檚 new study shows that shift has increased taxes for low and middle-income Ohioans.

The Commercial Activity Tax was created by Republicans under Gov. Bob Taft in 2005, and raises more than $1.7 billion a year.

With a little over a day till the deadline on Wednesday, the new two-year state budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine after overwhelmingly bipartisan votes in the House and Senate late Monday evening.