Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established. (HB2246)
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Description
Virginia Tax Amnesty Program. Establishes the Virginia Tax Amnesty Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation (the Department) during the 2017-2018 fiscal year for not less than 60 nor more than 75 days, as determined by the Tax Commissioner. The Program will be open to any taxpayer that is required but has failed to file a return or to pay any tax administered by the Department. All civil or criminal penalties assessed or assessable and one-half of the interest assessed or assessable, resulting from nonpayment, underpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of tax liabilities will be waived upon payment of the taxes and interest. For purposes of implementing the Program, the Department is exempt from the project management and procurement oversight of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2017 | Committee |
01/11/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101767D |
01/11/2017 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
01/15/2017 | Impact statement from TAX (HB2246) |
01/17/2017 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 |
01/25/2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) |
01/30/2017 | Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2017 | Read first time |
02/01/2017 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/02/2017 | Read third time and passed House (94-Y 0-N) |
02/02/2017 | VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/03/2017 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
02/06/2017 | Impact statement from TAX (HB2246) |
02/08/2017 | Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2017 | Read third time |
02/10/2017 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2017 | Enrolled |
02/14/2017 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2246ER) |
02/14/2017 | Signed by Speaker |
02/15/2017 | Signed by President |
02/15/2017 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17 |
02/15/2017 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017 |
02/17/2017 | Impact statement from TAX (HB2246ER) |
02/20/2017 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/17) |
02/20/2017 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 50 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
BEEN NOW BOOKED IN THE BUDGET FOR HOW YOU CONSIDER FINDING THE EXTRA MONEY TO FUND ALL THESE RAISES WE ARE GOING TO DO. I WOULD ANSWER THE GENTLEMAN, NO, WE HAVE NOT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THE BILL HASN'T PASSED BOTHDel. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU. CHAMBERS. WILL THE GENTLEMAN FROM SCOTT RESUME THE FLOOR FOR A QUESTION?
[Unknown]: GENTLEMAN YIELD? I YIELD. GENTLEMAN YIELDS. MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD ASK THE GENTLEMAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN THE COALFIELDS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, AND WHEN THIS CREDIT WENT TO IN EFFECT, THERE WERE ABOUT 11 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE COALFIELDS EMPLOYED, AND IT DROPPED TO -- DROPPED PRECIPITOUSLY DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN IT WEST DOWN TO ABOUT 2800 IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.