So, uh, about that Virginia back-to-school sales tax holiday that usually hits around this time in August … It’s not happening. Not yet, maybe not at all.
Lawmakers apparently forgot about it. With the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) tussling over billions of dollars and hundreds of amendments to the state budget in the legislative session that ended Feb. 25, renewing the sales tax break didn’t make it into the conversation.
“It was just an oversight. Nobody put in the bill,” said Sen. Janet D. Howell (D-Fairfax), co-chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.
“I’m not putting a finger on anybody, I’m saying it was a total oversight by everybody,” said Del. Barry D. Knight (R-Virginia Beach), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
The Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Democratic-controlled Senate are still at loggerheads over amendments to the state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1. Senate budget negotiators are working this week on a possible new proposal to send to the House, but the school sales tax holiday is not part of that plan or previous offers from the House.
Source : Washington Post
