Gumm: Extend Tax Break To Wives Of Veterans
One of the first bills filed for the 2008 session of the Oklahoma Legislature would extend an important tax break to the surviving spouses of disabled veterans, Senator Jay Paul Gumm said today.
Gumm filed Senate Bill 1131, which would allow surviving spouses of veterans with a 100 percent service-connected disability to keep the veterans’ sales tax exemption.
Gumm was the primary author of the bill that created the sales tax exemption for disabled veterans on every purchase up to an annual total of $25,000. The Democrat from Durant was named “Senator of the Year” in 2006 by the Oklahoma Department of Disabled American Veterans for his work to pass the original law.
The lawmaker said surviving spouses of disabled veterans endure extra hardships on the passing of their spouse. “Not only do they lose their soul mates, they often face severe financial difficulties,” he said. “The financial hardship is increased when the tax exemption dies with their loved one. It is an extra burden they should not have to bear.”
Gumm filed Senate Bill 1131, which would allow surviving spouses of veterans with a 100 percent service-connected disability to keep the veterans’ sales tax exemption.
Gumm was the primary author of the bill that created the sales tax exemption for disabled veterans on every purchase up to an annual total of $25,000. The Democrat from Durant was named “Senator of the Year” in 2006 by the Oklahoma Department of Disabled American Veterans for his work to pass the original law.
The lawmaker said surviving spouses of disabled veterans endure extra hardships on the passing of their spouse. “Not only do they lose their soul mates, they often face severe financial difficulties,” he said. “The financial hardship is increased when the tax exemption dies with their loved one. It is an extra burden they should not have to bear.”
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