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Committee advances ordinance to offset federal tax on same‑sex spouse/domestic partner health premiums
Summary
Supervisors advanced an ordinance that would require city payments to offset federal income taxation on employer‑paid health insurance premiums for same‑sex spouses or domestic partners; budget staff estimated an annual city cost of about $616,000.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Feb. 6 voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance that would require the City and County of San Francisco to make payments to affected city employees to offset federal income tax owed on health insurance premiums provided for same‑sex spouses or domestic partners.
Chair Supervisor Mark Farrell, who introduced the legislation, described the measure as a local remedy to what he called a…
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