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Proposals call for sweeping tax changes: Governor's panel says current code too complex, unfair

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 ...

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