 state tax shift governor snyder rsquo s administration is lobbying communities to back a statewide ballot issue that would phase out a billiondollar tax burden on businesses and change how municipalities fund their services michigan voters will decide in august 2014 whether to shift part of the revenue from the state rsquo s use tax to communities to make up for the gradual end of the personal property tax a key source of municipal funding for a detailed article on the tax shift plan click on the following link  http wwwdetroitnewscom article 20131021 politics02310210023 govlobbiestaxrevenueshift odyssey mod newswell text frontpage p 