Post by Logan on Jun 2, 2016 13:38:44 GMT -6
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at increasing taxes on tobacco products while rejecting a proposal for a 1 percent state sales tax increase.
Lawmakers returned for a 12th day for work on a state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The session costs $35,000 a day, a running tab of $420,000.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday he was concerned about lawmakers' "lack of progress" on the state budget. Tomblin called the Republican-led Legislature into session May 16. Without a budget, state government would shut down July 1. A $270 million budget gap remains.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected the sales tax proposal that would have raised nearly $200 million per year but advanced a bill to bring in about $100 million from new taxes on tobacco products. It now goes before the full Senate.
Read more: www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/1180052/West-Virginia-Senate-committee-passes-tobacco-tax-hikes.html?isap=1&nav=5071
Lawmakers returned for a 12th day for work on a state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The session costs $35,000 a day, a running tab of $420,000.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday he was concerned about lawmakers' "lack of progress" on the state budget. Tomblin called the Republican-led Legislature into session May 16. Without a budget, state government would shut down July 1. A $270 million budget gap remains.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected the sales tax proposal that would have raised nearly $200 million per year but advanced a bill to bring in about $100 million from new taxes on tobacco products. It now goes before the full Senate.
Read more: www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/1180052/West-Virginia-Senate-committee-passes-tobacco-tax-hikes.html?isap=1&nav=5071