Virginia Democrats Betray Virginia Veterans: Deny 2019 "Windfall Income Tax Rebate" proceeds to Military Families

With all the news coking out of Richmond regarding the infringements on the Second Amendment  by Virginia Democrats, one would think that gun control issues have the General Assembly all tied up in knots and nothing else is happening.

Virginia Democrats would certainly like for voters to be distracted by the circus they have orchestrated around the pro-gun  "Lobby Day" that drew almost 50,000 at the State Capital as they seek to undermine various bills proposed that would benefit Virginia veterans.

That's right. Veterans.

Do not expect to read about it via Virginia Mercury or the Richmond Times-Dispatch though. These are the things a majority like to do in silent and behind close doors like using sub committee to squash bills they want not true video or audio record over.

The never ending wars have been going on for almost twenty years where many veterans were separated from families on multiple deployments. Virginia represents one of the largest States with a veteran population and active military often file extensions with regard to personal income taxes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Of course taking advantage of extensions for late filing is a normal thing to do for military families and perfectly acceptable.

Now Virginia Democrats seek to take financial advantage of those veterans and military families that file for an extension in 2019 by not providing them their due rebates from the Commonwealth.

Almost 400,000 Virginians have yet to receive the rebates known as the "Windfall Income Tax Rebate" for those that did not file during the regular filing period. Married couples were to receive a $220 rebate as a result of the measure or $110 for individual filers.

So why has the Commonwealth not paid out the rebates as promised?

It seems Democrats did not factor in this almost 50 million in payments to the almost 400,000 Virginians made up of many military families into its newly proposed budget it has endorsed for the current General Assembly to vote on. In short, Northam and the Democrats left these Virginians out in the cold.

Its ironic now that we are begin to see all the "we support the military" rhetoric from the Democrat facebook post and ads from the Congressional Delegation who are all back on the ballot this November but in truth do they really support the military? The National Defense Authorization Act vote was hardly a ringing endorsement having lowered the requested budgets requested by the Trump administration nor supporting a pay raise amendment for the troops. Now the new majority in the Virginia Assembly appears poised to turn its back on what was promised military families.

One such elected official that was not having any of it last week in Richmond was Delegate Jason Miyares (R) of Virginia Beach. His district and region is home to many Virginia families with ties to the military. Miyares proposed his House Bill 607 which would allow those late filers to get their rebates this year from the "Tax Payer Relief Fund".

Virginia tax payers have a right to have their rebate promised them provided by their government. The Commonwealth and Democrats are withholding some say up to almost 50 million from Virginia families. Those families will not receive the rebates as it stands nor any interest of course on the Commonwealth holding their rebate.

What did Democrats do with the funds set up for the this very scenario for tax payers and the result of reset with the Trump Administration tax cut policy?

Simple. Democrats folded the folds into his new  budget to fund things that they wish to fund.

The Democrats in effect placed a tax increase on these families by not delivering the rebates they earned without making it public.

House Bill 607
House Finance Committee
Issuing income tax refunds to certain taxpayers from the Taxpayer Relief Fund. Directs the Department of Taxation to issue income tax refunds of $110 for an individual or $220 for married persons filing a joint return to taxpayers who lawfully obtained an extension for filing their tax return and as a result were ineligible to receive a similar refund issued pursuant to legislation enacted during the 2019 Session of the General Assembly. The refund issued under the 2019 legislation was available only to taxpayers who filed prior to July 1, 2019.

It is unfair for the Democrats to withhold rebates/refunds that rightfully belong to Virginia families.


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