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Ways and Means hears bill to create tax reconciliation program for justice-involved individuals
Summary
House Bill 634 would establish an income tax reconciliation program in the Comptroller's Office to reduce tax burdens for justice-involved individuals released from incarceration; Comptroller Brooke Lierman and advocates testified in support.
Delegate Williams and Comptroller Brooke Lierman presented House Bill 634 on Feb. 6, asking the Ways and Means Committee to create an "income tax reconciliation program" to help justice-involved individuals resolve tax debts accumulated during incarceration.
Delegate Williams described the program as targeted to people sentenced to between six months and 10 years and said the initiative grew from his prior work in prison ministry. The bill would let the…
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