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West Virginia Senate approves two bills updating tax-code terms to match federal definitions
Summary
The West Virginia Senate on Feb. 14 approved House Bill 2024 and House Bill 2025, updating terminology in the state personal income tax and corporate net income tax acts to align certain definitions with federal law; both bills were declared effective from passage.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate on Feb. 14 passed two bills that update terminology in the state tax code to align with federal definitions.
House Bill 2024, described by the junior senator from the Sixteenth as doing "two simple things," updates the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act to conform certain terms with federal law and makes the state definition of federal adjusted gross income identical to the federal definition. The Senate suspended the constitutional rule requiring three separate readings and approved the bill (32 yays, 0 nays, 2 absent). The Senate then voted to make the bill effective from passage (32 yays, 0 nays, 2 absent). The clerk will communicate the action to the…
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