Overview

As a constitutional tax, authority to advance legislative action or change the taxation of tangible personal property in the state ultimately rests with lawmakers and West Virginia voters. However, solutions and adjustments to intricate tax laws are easiest to consider when decisionmakers have access to impacts, facts and stakeholder perspectives, since tax changes do not operate as simple toggle switch choices. Through an analysis of research, assessment of tax policy best practices, a series of fact-finding efforts and input from stakeholders, WV Forward, in collaboration with experts, is producing a written overview of this tax policy.