Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1942, Page 21

Virginia Law Asked To Relieve Dual Taxing of Income Proposal Will Be Offered To Exempt Voters Living Elsewhere By ALEXANDER R. PRESTON. The Virginia General Assembly this week will be asked to pass a law that would ease the income tax hurden of hundreds of District resi- dents who retain voting privileges in Virginia. Commissioner of Revenue Harry K. Green of Arlington County.said | he will ask the country’s representa- tives in the legislature to sponsor a law to relieve Virginia voters living in other jurisdictions from dual in- come taxes. Another proposal to be urged on | State Senator William D. Medley and Delegate Charles R. Fenwick, both of Arlington, would give county taxpayers “a day in court,” or pro-| vide them a right to protest to re- assessment officers when a higher valuation is placed on properties for | tax purposes. A third major item of legislation favored by the revenue commissioner would clarify the status of new resi- dents of Virginia so as to make them subject to State income taxes when they have resided in Virginia one year prior to the tax deadline. Other Technical Points. Mr. Green will seek passage of the legisiation in his capacity as chairman of the Legislative Com- | mittee of the Commissioners of Revenue Association of Virginia. ‘There are several other bills which | the association is sponsoring, but| they are concerned only with 'Achnl- calities, Mr. Green said. The amendment to the tax code, | which would relievé Virginia voters | living in other jurisdictions Irom‘ “dual taxation” on their incomes, is patterned after an amendment | recently adopted in North Carolina, | Mr. Green saild. The proposed law| would flatly exempt from Virginia | income taxes all persons who pay | their poll taxes to retain voting | privileges in the Old Dominion, but | who actually reside and are em- | ployed in another jurisdiction and | who are taxed by that jurisdiction. Unaffected by the proposed law| would be cases such as that of an| individual living in the District,| or any other State, who is em- | ployed and is paid in Virginis.| Such a person would continue to| pay a Virginia tax on his income, | but Virginia would deduct the| amount the person was required to | pay to the other jurisdiction by | reason of his residence there. This| is a reciprocal agreement which | Virginia has with certain other Jjurisdictions. As an example, the! District levies no income taxes against District workers who live in Virginia. The second legislative proposal, designed to place property owners on notice when a new assessment is to be made, would supplant the present method whereby property is reassessed and the property owners | learn of this only “when it is too late,” Mr. Green declared. No Notice of Reassessment. A general reassessment of real estate is made every four years by | officers appointed by the Circuit| Court judge. The assessment is| agreed on and the taxpayers do not | know of any new valuations placed | on their property until the commis- | sioner of revenue mails the annual | tax bills Protests of assessments can be made only by petition to the Circuit | Court for review, often involving | substantial expenses such as at- | torneys’ fees and court costs which | in some instances exceed the amount | of tax that might be saved. The Commissioners of Revenue Association recommends that the! assessing officers be required to give at least 30 days’' notice to all tax- payers whose assessments have been | raised, before the permanent value! is established and the records are| closed. Although his office must issue the, tax bills in accordance with the | assessments established every lom'\ years, Mr. Green said he has no authority to adjust any erroneous| assessment. In years between the’ general reassessment Mr. Green's office is authorized only to assess new improvements made on real es- | tate. The commissioner has long | followed the practice of notifying | taxpayers of the assessments plaeed by his office and the affected citizen | is informed: “If for any reason you deem the assessment on your new building too high, we would be pleased to talk ! the matter over with you within the next two weeks, before our land | book is prepared.” | Permanent Assessing Studied. The League of Virginia Munici- | palities will sponsor legislation per- | mitting Virginia cities to set up a | permanent assessing officer who will make a continual reassessment study to replace the present method of investigating values every four years. | The plan has been indorsed by. Alexandria officials. When asked if the league's pro- posal should be altered to mclude Arlington County because of that county’s urban characteristics, Mr. Green said he believed a permanent assessing organization would be li needless expense which would not be compensated by the amount of | extra revenue attained. | legislative pro- extended to Virginia residents vho claim to be domiciled in another State. At present, persons who have lived in Virginia less than six months prior to January 1 of any year, but wno claim legal domicfle in another State, are not subject to Mr. Gnenvmmanewhv that would make any person living in Virginia on January 1 of any year and who will have lived in the State for 12 months or more on the December 5 tax deadline of that year, subject to taxation. THE EVENING o |Swedish Riksdag fo Get Huge Armaments Plan B the associated Press. STCOKHOLM, Jan. 13—A new five-yexr plan for Swedish arma- ments which will increase the num- ber of heavy tanks, anti-tank weap- ons anl automatic infantry weapons, will be presented soon to the Swedish Riksdsg, Defense Minister Per Edvin Skoelc said yesterday. He aid the eight-year plan an- nounced in 1936 had been finished well atead of schedule in 1941. The new plan will give the Swed- ish Axmy a proportionately larger mobile force than any other army. Its nary will get new submarines, | destroyers and motor torpedo boats. 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