Proponents of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (HR 1), including all four of West Virginia’s members of Congress, have repeatedly touted the tax provisions of the legislation as benefiting most or all West Virginia families. The WVCBP has already covered in detail how the SNAP and Medicaid provisions of HR 1 are particularly harmful for West Virginians and our broader economy, so it’s unsurprising that proponents have shied away from highlighting those provisions. But independent analyses find that many West Virginia households will see their taxes increase compared to what they are paying now, even before accounting for the harmful income impacts of sweeping cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Moreover, the figures proponents tout as the “average” tax cuts for West Virginians are skewed by counting existing tax cuts as “new” and the massive tax breaks given to the state’s wealthiest households.
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