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June 6, 2023The Commonwealth Institute: Cutting Top Personal Income Tax Boosts the Wealthy, Excludes People with Lower Incomes
With no budget compromise yet from the Virginia General Assembly, $1 billion in untargeted tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and profitable corporations are still on the table. Read…
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January 17, 2023The Commonwealth Institute: Support Virginia Families Through a Commonwealth Kids Credit
True economic prosperity means that families are doing well and have the resources and opportunity to thrive. By coming together, people in Virginia have won an improved Earned Income Tax…
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October 24, 2022Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission: Options to Make Virginia’s Individual Income Tax More Progressive
Though Virginia has substantially reduced taxes for low and lower-middle income filers, it could further reduce the tax burden for these filers and make the income tax even more progressive.…
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March 29, 2022The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis: Gas Tax Proposal Misses the Mark
Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a new policy proposal to suspend the state’s 26-cents per gallon gas tax for three months and to cap gas tax rates… -
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February 7, 2022The Commonwealth Institute: Youngkin Administration’s Proposals Would Sharply Reduce State Resources, Largely Exclude Working Families with the Lowest Incomes
The Youngkin administration’s tax plan would leave out nearly 80 percent of the over 800,000 taxpayers in Virginia who have incomes below $24,000. Gov. Youngkin’s proposed changes would also sharply… -
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December 8, 2021The Commonwealth Institute: Tax Proposals Would Reduce Resources for Education, Transportation, and Other Priorities
The incoming Youngkin administration and state lawmakers have proposed several major tax proposals to reduce taxes for individuals and businesses. These include one-time tax rebates, dramatically increasing the state standard…
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September 24, 2021The Commonwealth Institute: Tax Policy in Virginia
Black and Latinx people face tremendous barriers in areas like employment, education, and housing. These barriers include explicitly racist policies like school segregation as well as policies that appear “race-neutral”… -
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February 21, 2020Commonwealth Institute: State Funding Proposals Include Regressive Tax Increases – Many without Offsets
Although many significant state (Virginia) tax policy bills filed for this year did not move beyond the committee level, several proposals remain under consideration. A large transportation funding package (HB… -
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September 11, 2019The Half Sheet: Over 1 Million Virginia Taxpayers Expected to Miss Out on Refund Checks
If everything goes according to schedule, Virginia’s tax department will begin issuing $110 refund checks – $220 for joint filers – to Virginia taxpayers beginning next week and continuing through…
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State Tax & Revenue Information
- Virginia Department of Taxation
- Center for Economic and Policy Studies (University of Virginia)
- Virginia General Assembly - Legislative Information System - State Budget
Tax Expenditure Reports
- Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Expenditure Study
- A Drop in the Bucket? (Unofficial report from the Commonwealth Institute)