Income tax, state; standard deduction and earned income tax credit.
Summary
Income tax; standard deduction and earned income tax credit. Removes the sunset from and makes permanent the standard deduction amounts of $8,750 for single individuals and $17,500 for married individuals filing jointly. Under current law, the standard deduction is scheduled to revert to $3,000 for single individuals and $6,000 for married individuals filing jointly after taxable year 2026. The bill also removes the sunset from and makes permanent the increase in Virginia's refundable earned income tax credit from 15 percent to 20 percent of the allowable federal earned income tax credit. Under current law, the Virginia refundable earned income tax credit expires in taxable year 2027 and Virginia's nonrefundable earned income tax credit, which has no expiration date, is equal to 20 percent of the federal credit.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 17, 2025
Last action Jan 20, 2026
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
1
Nov 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
Co
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
Co
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
Co
Chris Head
RRepublican
Co
Christie Craig
RRepublican
Co
Danny Diggs
RRepublican
Co
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
Co
Glen Sturtevant
RRepublican
Co
Luther Cifers
RRepublican
Co
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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