Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established.
Summary
Establishes the Virginia Tax Amnesty Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation (the Department) during the 2017-2018 fiscal year for not less than 60 nor more than 75 days, as determined by the Tax Commissioner. The Program will be open to any taxpayer that is required but has failed to file a return or to pay any tax administered by the Department. All civil or criminal penalties assessed or assessable and one-half of the interest assessed or assessable, resulting from nonpayment, underpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of tax liabilities, will be waived upon payment of the taxes and interest. For purposes of implementing the Program, the Department is exempt from the project management and procurement oversight of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017
Signed Feb 20, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 17, 2017
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101767D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
S. Chris Jones
RRepublican
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