
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 14, 1995                   TAG: 9501160068
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

BEYER SEEKS INCOME LIMIT FOR TAX CUT

Lt. Gov. Don Beyer says General Assembly Democrats may push for a compromise that would limit the amount of income that qualifies for a tax reduction.

A tax cut proposed by Gov. George Allen would qualify everyone, regardless of income.

Rather than giving wealthier people a tax break, Beyer said, it may make more sense to peg the tax cut to ``those folks making $15,000 to $25,000, $15,000 to $30,000, where it can make a big difference in their family.''

Beyer made his comments in an interview taped for the ``This Week in Richmond'' television show.

``I think there is a common sense that we will support the tax cut, or some version of the tax cut, if we can find a way to do it responsibly,'' he said.

Ken Stroupe, Allen's press secretary, countered: ``Don Beyer should be ashamed of himself, because what he has proposed is a tax increase on the people of Virginia.''

While he had no knowledge of Beyer's proposal, on the surface it would appear to be a tax increase for higher-income people, because it would restore taxes proposed to be cut in Allen's plan, Stroupe said.

Allen has proposed tripling the personal, dependent, blind and age exemptions over a five-year period from the current $800 per person to $2,400.

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