Bill Text: WV HB4402 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: To remove the taxation on burials, funerals and cremation
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-10 - To House Finance [HB4402 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4402-Introduced.html
FISCAL NOTE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4402
By Delegate Crouse
[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-9v, relating to creating a tax exemption for funeral, cremation, and burial services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 15. Consumer sales and service tax.
§11-15-9v. Funeral, cremation and Burial Services.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the sale of funeral, cremation, and burial services, as those terms are defined in §30-6-1, et seq. of this code, are exempted from the taxes imposed by this article and by §11-15A-1 et seq. of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a tax exemption for funeral, cremation, and burial services.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
