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Slaughter To Testify
Seventh District Congressman French Slaughter expects to give testimony at a Congressional hearing conducted to air complaints about controversial new Internal Revenue Service tax reporting requirements related to the business use of automobiles.
Slaughter, who sponsors legislation to repeal the new requirements, said the hearing will be conducted by a subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee to which he was recently assigned. Slaughter was also assigned to the Science and Technology Committee.
• Bill To Cover Half Of Insurance
Under legislation newly co-sponsored by Virginia Congressman French Slaughter, self-employed taxpayers, like farmers and small business owners, would be allowed to take a federal tax deduction for one half of the cost of their health insurance coverage.
In reporting his support, Slaughter noted that many medium and large sized businesses provide health insurance coverage for their workers that is tax-free to employees, and for which the employers are allowed a tax deduction as a legitimate expense. Slaughter called it “unfair” that there is no similar tax treatment for the self-employed.
• Medicaid Coverage
The Virginia Department of Social Services has announced that certain former Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) recipients may be eligible for nine additional months of Medicaid coverage.
This extension of Medicaid benefits applies only to those ADC cases that were terminated between October 1, 1981, and October 1, 1984, because of a policy that limits to four months the disregard of the first $30, and one-third of the remaining earned income.
All persons believing that they are eligible for this extended benefit must make the necessary application no later than March 31, 1985.
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