Glenn Youngkin, who is scheduled to take office in mid-January, has said that the tax is regressive and disproportionately affects low-income people.
Though Northam talked about eliminating the tax when he ran for governor in 2017, it was not as much of a key campaign base as it was for Youngkin. The governor-elect, set to take office in mid-January, included the measure in his"Day One game plan.""As governor, I will eliminate Virginia's grocery tax.
Outgoing Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam is asking Virginia lawmakers to oust the state's 1.5 percent grocery tax, an issue that Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin heavily campaigned on. In this photo, Northam speaks at an event titled “Transforming Rail in Virginia” at the Amtrak-VRE station in March 30, 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia.Speaker-designee Todd Gilbert had a more blunt assessment of Northam's tax proposals.
State Secretary of Finance Joe Flores said 1 percent of the revenue from the state's 1.5 percent share of the tax goes to school districts, while the other 0.5 percent is earmarked for transportation projects. Flores said Northam's proposed budget makes up the revenue that will be lost by school districts.
Northam said Virginia's strong economic position allows the state to reduce taxes and to pay for other provisions in his budget proposal, including raising salaries for teachers and law enforcement and funding historically Black college universities at record levels.
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