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2016 SESSION

16100187D
HOUSE BILL NO. 22
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled November 16, 2015
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-339.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the expiration of the political candidate contribution tax credit.
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Patrons-- Farrell, Hugo and Morris
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 58.1-339.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 58.1-339.6. Political candidate contribution tax credit.

For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2000, but before January 1, 2017, any individual shall be entitled to a credit against the tax levied pursuant to § 58.1-320 of an amount equal to fifty 50 percent of the amount contributed by the taxpayer to a candidate, as defined in § 24.2-101, in one or more primary, special, or general elections for local or state office held in the Commonwealth in the taxable year in which the contributions are made. The amount of the credit shall not exceed twenty-five dollars $25 for an individual taxpayer or fifty dollars $50 for taxpayers filing a joint return.