SB 1531 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Virginia taxable income; equalizes standard deduction with the federal standard deduction.

Summary
Equalizes the Virginia standard deduction with the federal standard deduction. For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2019, the amount of the standard deduction shall be $12,000 per taxpayer or $24,000 for married persons filing jointly. In future tax years, the deduction will be adjusted by a percentage equal to the difference in the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers between the current year and 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill was incorporated into
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Jan 2019
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Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Last action Jan 8, 2019
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Jan 8, 2019
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19103444D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.
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