HB896: Retail Sales & Use Tax; gratuities or service charges on meals excluded when calculating.
Chief Patron
Del.
Tom Gear (R-91)

Tom Gear
(R-91)
Hampton, VA
Served: 2002–
Progress
 |
Introduced |
 |
Passed Committee |
 |
Passed House |
 |
Passed Senate |
 |
Signed by Governor |
 |
Became Law |
Status
04/05/2006: signed by governor
View Entire History
- 01/10/2006 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 065124304
- 01/10/2006 Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/18/2006 Assigned to Finance sub-committee: #1 (Orrock)
- 02/13/2006 Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2006 Read first time
- 02/15/2006 Read second time and engrossed
- 02/16/2006 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2006 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2006 Communicated to Senate
- 02/17/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/2006 Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/20/2006 Fiscal impact statement from TAX (HB896)
- 02/22/2006 Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2006 Committee substitute printed 064008712-S1
- 02/23/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/24/2006 Passed by for the day
- 02/27/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2006 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2006 Read third time
- 02/28/2006 Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/2006 Committee substitute agreed to 064008712-S1
- 02/28/2006 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB896S1
- 02/28/2006 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2006 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2006 Placed on Calendar
- 03/01/2006 Senate substitute agreed to by House (69-Y 29-N)
- 03/01/2006 VOTE: ADOPTION (69-Y 29-N)
- 03/07/2006 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER)
- 03/07/2006 Enrolled
- 03/07/2006 Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2006 Signed by President
- 03/13/2006 Fiscal impact statement from TAX (HB896ER)
- 04/05/2006 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/12/2006 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602)
Summary
State and local sales and use tax and local taxes on meals;
gratuities or service charges on meals. Excludes from the sales price of
meals all gratuities or service charges for purposes of calculating the sales
and use tax and the local tax on meals; however the mandatory service charges
or gratuities in excess of 20 percent would still be subject to the sales and
use tax and the local meals tax. This bill is identical to SB 85. View Full Text »
Poll Results
No Richmond Sunlight visitors voted on this bill while voting was open.
Tags
Bill Text
Subscribe

Keep track of the status of this bill as it moves through the General Assembly
—
subscribe
via RSS.