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HB 154 Commonwealth's tax system; conformity with federal law, emergency.

Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to February 9, 2018. The bill conforms only to certain provisions of Public Law 115-97, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," that affect taxable years prior to 2018. The bill conforms to provisions creating an incentive for taxpayers to make contributions to hurricane relief efforts and certain other provisions. The bill also conforms to provisions of Public Law 115-123, known as the "Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018," that affect taxable year 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 230.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2017; however, the bill conforms only to certain provisions of Public Law 115-97, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," that affect taxable years prior to 2018. The bill conforms to provisions creating an incentive for taxpayers to make contributions to 2017 hurricane relief efforts and certain other provisions. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 230.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 31, 2017; however, the bill conforms only to certain provisions of Public Law 115-97, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," that affect taxable years prior to 2018. The bill conforms to provisions creating an incentive for taxpayers to make contributions to 2017 hurricane relief efforts, reducing the threshold for medical expense deductions from 10 percent to 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income, repealing an exception to the substantiation requirement for charitable contributions, and certain other provisions. The bill contains an emergency clause.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency. Advances conformity of the Commonwealth's tax code with the federal tax code to December 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause.