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
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Jan 8, 2019
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2
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Committee
1
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19103444D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.
RRepublican
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