Taxation
US Congress 115th Congress
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [HB-173]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the authority of the board of directors of an appraisal district to acquire or convey real property or construct or renovate a building or other improvement. [SB-348]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Construction ]
Relating to the authority of the board of directors of an appraisal district to acquire or convey real property or construct or renovate a building or other improvement.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the use of tax revenue by certain municipalities for the payment of certain hotel-related bonds or other obligations. [SB-345]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Relating to the use of tax revenue by certain municipalities for the payment of certain hotel-related bonds or other obligations.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating WV Earned Income Tax Credit [SB-452]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a West Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit at ten percent of the federal credit. The bill states certain requirements for eligibility for the tax credit. The bill makes the tax credit refundable. The bill allows a taxpayer claiming the tax credit to also apply for the low-income family tax credit. The bill authorizes rule-making.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates. [SB-1018]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates. Extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2022, the sunset dates for the sales tax holiday periods for school supplies and clothing, Energy Star and WaterSense products, and hurricane preparedness products. This bill is identical to HB 1529.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia taxable income; deduction for personal exemptions. [SB-1029]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Virginia taxable income; deduction for personal exemptions. Increases the deduction, for purposes of computing Virginia taxable income, for personal exemptions. For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018, a taxpayer may deduct $1,000 for each personal exemption allowable to the taxpayer on federal income taxes; current law allows a deduction of $930 per exemption. A blind or aged taxpayer may deduct an additional personal exemption in the amount of $900; current law allows an additional deduction of $800.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to late applications for certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. [HB-626]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Relating to late applications for certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act [HB-190]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the residence and income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession is a person who has a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the calendar year. (Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.) (Under current law, income is
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school. [HB-620]
[Education ]
Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the first day of the school year for public schools. [SB-338]
[Education ]
Relating to the first day of the school year for public schools.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Payment of estimated taxes by certain public service corporations; repeal. [SB-1025]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
Payment of estimated taxes by certain public service corporations; repeal. Repeals provisions requiring that certain public service corporations make payments of estimated state licenses taxes to the State Corporation Commission. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Imposing an indefinite moratorium on new business and occupancy or privilege taxes [HB-2716]
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[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to impose an indefinite moratorium on new business and occupancy or privilege taxes in West Virginia municipalities; prohibiting municipalities that annex new territory from imposing preexisting business and occupancy or privilege taxes on businesses within the annexed territory; prohibiting municipalities from raising preexisting business and occupancy or privilege taxes; and permitting municipalities to lower preexisting business and occupancy or privilege taxes.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. [SJR-1]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. [SB-330]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Permitting counties increase excise tax on privilege of transferring real property [SB-433]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit counties to increase the excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property.
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Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2017 [HB-110]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
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FairTax Act of 2017 [HB-25]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Poverty ]
FairTax Act of 2017 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2019, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Motion picture production tax credit. [SB-982]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Economic Development ]
Motion picture production tax credit. Extends the sunset date of the motion picture production tax credit from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. This bill is identical to HB 1665.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the decrease of the rates of the franchise tax under certain circumstances and the expiration of that tax. [HB-599]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Relating to the decrease of the rates of the franchise tax under certain circumstances and the expiration of that tax.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. [HJR-43]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.