Bill Text: VA HB2245 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Va. Free File Program and related agreement with Consortium of Va.; Tax Commission to terminate.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-07 - Left in Finance [HB2245 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB2245-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §58.1-202.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§58.1-202.3. Fillable tax forms.
The Tax Commissioner shall ensure that all required state tax
forms are fillable forms in a portable document format for
taxable periods beginning on and after January 1, 2012, and
are available on the Department of Taxation's website. The
Tax Commissioner shall begin making fillable forms available no later than
January 1, 2012, and shall make all fillable forms available no later than
March 1, 2013.
The Tax Commissioner shall develop guidelines for using such forms and publish them on the Department's website.
Nothing in this
section shall replace, supersede, modify, duplicate, or compete with the
Virginia Free File program in its provision of online interactive tax software
and filing products and services for Virginia taxpayers.
2. That Chapter 535 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 is repealed.
3. That having established the Virginia Free File program based on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Free File program pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 535 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010, the Tax Commissioner shall terminate the agreement entered into with the Consortium of Virginia, phase out the Virginia Free File program, and prepare the Commonwealth to offer electronic filing services directly to taxpayers without monetary charge for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024.
4. That the Tax Commissioner shall reinstate the Virginia iFile program or develop and offer a substantially similar program that offers electronic filing services directly to Virginia individual taxpayers without monetary charge for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024.
