LANSING – House Democratic leadership on Friday introduced nearly a dozen tax bills, some of which could likely be used as vehicle bills for a revenue increase, including a proposal to place a use tax on services at a rate of 6 percent.

Dropping the legislation into the hopper before the weekend means the bills could be acted on as early as Wednesday in compliance with the five-day rule that requires bills to lie over in each body for that period of time.

The 6 percent service tax measure is captured in HB 5196 and HB 5199 .

This week’s breakdown in the budget negotiations centered around a House Democratic proposal to move on a sales tax on service and income tax increase in exchange for letting the voters decide whether to move the sales tax up 1 percentage point by the November ballot.

Majority Floor Leader Steve Tobocman (D-Detroit) is sponsoring all of these tax bills, which were referred to the House Tax Policy Committee, but could be discharged to the floor.

House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) said late this week he is preparing to have the chamber act alone on proposing a resolution to the 2007-2008 budget that begins October 1 (see related story) as he has grown increasingly frustrated with movement on the Senate side to resolve the issue in a bicameral fashion.

Here is a look at the other bills introduced Friday that could see floor action:

HB 5191 would permit the Department of Treasury to set up a pilot program for electronic sales tax filings. The bill also expands the definition of a person under the sales tax act to include a limited partnership or limited liability company.

HB 5192 provides definition revisions and references to the new Michigan Business Tax in the use tax.

HB 5193 revises references to the Single Business Tax in the revenue sharing statute. HB 5194 and HB 5195 clean up the business tax references and rate provisions in the income tax.

HB 5197 and HB 5198 would have a wide area telecommunication service or a similar type service, an interstate private network and related charges or an international call either inbound or outbound taxed the same way as interstate telephone communications under the use tax starting October 1. All 800-prefix service or similar type services would continue not to be taxed under the bills.

HB 5200 provides general amendments to the sales tax.

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