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Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$87,911,521
$9,519,328
$97,430,849
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$86,502,030
$10,323,428
$96,825,458
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$80,343,481
$79,095,742
$159,439,223
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$79,265,900
$80,095,742
$159,361,642
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$82,800,439
$13,534,945
$96,335,384
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$85,577,236
$13,309,945
$98,887,181
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$91,639,551
$13,570,577
$105,210,128
Base Budget
$85,344,620
$13,309,945
$98,654,565
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$6,294,931
$260,632
$6,555,563
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$92,585,814
$13,570,577
$106,156,391
Base Budget
$85,344,620
$13,309,945
$98,654,565
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$7,241,194
$260,632
$7,501,826
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
959.50
37.00
996.50
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
959.50
37.00
996.50
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
955.50
37.00
992.50
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
955.50
37.00
992.50
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
890.00
37.00
927.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
888.00
42.00
930.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
892.00
47.00
939.00
Base Budget
888.00
42.00
930.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
5.00
5.00
10.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
892.00
47.00
939.00
Base Budget
888.00
42.00
930.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
4.00
5.00
9.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$4,184,113
$4,184,113
•
Expand compliance collection initiative
Decision Package
Provides funding for the department to fill 10 full-time positions. These positions will be part of an expanded compliance collection initiative which will result in additional revenue.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$740,262
$731,348
•
Provide funding for new mobile applications and computer tablets
Decision Package
Provides funding to develop new mobile applications and purchase computer tablets for field collector and auditor staff. The new tablets will enable field collectors to accept debit and credit card payments and create new operational efficiencies for both collectors and auditors.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$406,180
$880,720
•
Provide funding for information technology security analysts and software
Decision Package
Provides funding for four full-time positions and security software. This amendment will additional security for taxpayer information and vulnerability testing for the agency’s applications.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$745,600
$520,600
Positions
4.00
4.00
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$96,116
$667,802
•
Provide additional staff for the administration of the Insurance Premiums License Tax
Decision Package
Provides additional funding and three full-time positions to administer the Insurance Premiums License Tax. The program was transferred from the State Corporation Commission to the agency as of January 1, 2013.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$210,632
$210,632
Positions
3.00
3.00
•
Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$121,491
$198,222
•
Provide additional staff for the administration of the E-911 Wireless Tax
Decision Package
Provides additional funding and one full-time position to administer the E-911 Wireless Tax. The agency has accepted greater responsibility for administering the tax over the last three years.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$50,000
$50,000
Positions
1.00
1.00
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$56,615
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$8,443
$8,443
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($7,675)
($7,070)
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$401
$401
•
Accelerate the due date for employer withholding records from February 28 to January 31
Decision Package
Accelerates the due date for employers to submit employee income tax withholding records to the agency from February 28 to January 31, which is the same day employers must submit such records to their employees. The agency expects this action will assist its efforts to identify and reduce the number of fraudulent returns.
•
Transfer appropriation to properly reflect service area
Decision Package
Makes a technical change to move appropriation between service areas to properly reflect the agency's organization. This action nets to zero.
•
Provide additional staff for the administration of the Motor Vehicle Rental Tax
Decision Package
Provides one full-time position to administer the Motor Vehicle Rental Tax. The program was transferred from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the agency as of July 1, 2012.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Positions
1.00
1.00
•
Increase the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit
Decision Package
Increases the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit cap by $1.0 million in the first year and $2.0 million in the second year. This amendment increases the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit cap to $16 million in the first year and $17 million in the second year. The tax credit may be claimed by businesses and individuals that donate to neighborhood organizations for approved programs that benefit impoverished people.
