Virginia State Income Tax Burden

Virginia’s 1999 income tax threshold — the income level at which families begin paying income tax:	Ranking among 42 states with income taxes
For two-parent families of four: $8,200.	4th lowest
For single-parent families of three: $5,400.	4th lowest
Virginia’s 1999 income tax on working-poor and near-poor families:
For families of four with incomes at the poverty line ($17,028): $311.	6th highest
For families of three with incomes at the poverty line ($13,290): $265.	3rd highest
For families of three with minimum-wage earnings ($10,712): $135.	5th highest
For families of four with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($21,285): $525.	6th highest
For families of three with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($16,613): $431.	5th highest
Virginia has consistently taxed families with incomes below the poverty line. Virginia’s tax threshold for families of four has not changed during the 1990s. Taxes owed by a family of four with poverty-level income increased between 1994 and 1999. In 1991, a family of four owed tax when its income exceeded 59 percent of the poverty line. For 1999, Virginia’s tax threshold is 48 percent of the poverty line.