FISCAL NOTE



FUND(S):

General Revenue Fund

Sources of Revenue:

General Fund

Legislation creates:

Neither Program nor Fund



Fiscal Note Summary


Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.


The stated purpose of this bill is to amend the West Virginia personal income tax to cause federal civil service pension income derived from military retirement system pensions that have been converted into federal civil service system pensions to have the same decreasing modification treatment as military retirement system income. The State Tax Department does not have access to information necessary to distinguish between normal federal civil service pensions and federal civil service pensions that include converted military pensions. Thus, we are unable to estimate the potential revenue impact that would result from passage of this bill. Passage of this bill may require the State Tax Department to alter normal tax return processing in order to determine whether a federal civil service pension was solely attributable to federal civil service or if the pension included converted military retirement benefits. The additional administrative costs could be significant.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2009
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2010
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 0 0
Personal Services 0 0 0
Current Expenses 0 0 0
Repairs and Alterations 0 0 0
Assets 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
2. Estimated Total Revenues 0 0 0


Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):


The stated purpose of this bill is to amend the West Virginia personal income tax to cause federal civil service pension income derived from military retirement system pensions that have been converted into federal civil service system pensions to have the same decreasing modification treatment as military retirement system income. The State Tax Department does not have access to information necessary to distinguish between normal federal civil service pensions and federal civil service pensions that include converted military pensions. Thus, we are unable to estimate the potential revenue impact that would result from passage of this bill. Passage of this bill may require the State Tax Department to alter normal tax return processing in order to determine whether a federal civil service pension was solely attributable to federal civil service or if the pension included converted military retirement benefits. The additional administrative costs could be significant.



Memorandum






    Person submitting Fiscal Note: Mark Muchow
    Email Address: kpetry@tax.state.wv.us