Income tax, state; rolling conformity with the Internal Revenue Code.
Summary
Income tax; rolling conformity with the InternalRevenue Code. Provides that, beginning with taxable year 2021,Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rollingbasis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to theInternal Revenue Code as soon as Congress enacts them. However, thebill provides that, unless subsequently adopted by the General Assembly,Virginia shall not conform to any amendments to the Internal RevenueCode that have an impact of more than 0.25 percent on general fundrevenues in the fiscal year in which the amendment was enacted orany of the next four fiscal years. The Secretary of Finance, in consultationwith the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriationsand the House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, shall beresponsible for determining when an amendment meets these criteria.The Secretary of Finance shall also provide an annual report to suchchairmen on the fiscal impact of amendments to the Internal RevenueCode.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 1, 2021
Last action Jan 18, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 18, 2021
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jan 18, 2021
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 18, 2021
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 1, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100180D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe McNamara
RRepublican
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