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Proposals call for sweeping tax changes: Governor's panel says current code too complex, unfair
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Charleston Daily Mail
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July 2, 1998
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Gov. Cecil Underwood today received a proposal to overhaul West
Virginia's tax code, calling the 129-page document a "monumental
piece of work."
The year-long study by the governor's Commission on Tax Fairness
"goes more deeply into the philosophy of our tax system than we've
ever done," Underwood told an audience of more than 50 state tax
officials, lobbyists, members of the tax review panel and others who
gathered at the governor's Capitol office.
The 14-member panel proposed consolidating numerous personal and
business taxes and tying income tax exemptions to the poverty rate.
The study also recommended that the Legislature approve a
constitutional amendment transferring authority from ...