Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants $96 million over four years to replace Virginia’s outdated tax management system before he’ll consider letting the state participate in a new federal program to let taxpayers file their federal income tax returns directly, without going through a private tax preparer.
But Virginia Democrats want to force his hand. They plan to file legislation to return to the “iFile” system that about 278,000 taxpayers used to file their state income taxes directly online before the state passed a law in 2010 that closed that option in favor of a more limited direct filing system run by a consortium of for-profit companies.
