Seal of West Virginia West Virginia

West Virginia does not currently have a tax and expenditure limit.

 
The base year represents the year the hypothetical Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) would have been enacted. Selecting a base year changes how the state’s TABOR is calculated because the annual growth rates of inflation and population change depending on when TABOR is enacted.
  • Year Inflation-adjusted Actual Spending
    1992 5,833,350,000
    1993 6,011,710,000
    1994 6,141,270,000
    1995 5,806,520,000
    1996 5,125,890,000
    1997 5,428,280,000
    1998 5,978,400,000
    1999 6,372,670,000
    2000 6,400,500,000
    2001 7,099,980,000
    2002 16,338,240,000
    2003 17,935,200,000
    2004 18,163,460,000
    2005 19,070,870,000
    2006 21,921,280,000
    2007 19,098,750,000
    2008 18,507,600,000
    2009 20,113,830,000
    2010 18,924,570,000
    2011 19,248,700,000
    2012 20,151,290,000
    2013 20,251,950,000
    2014 13,483,300,000
    2015 12,689,780,000
    2016 12,599,280,000
    2017 13,467,300,000
    2018 12,747,280,000
    2019 13,386,540,000
    2020 12,988,000,000
*All spending figures are in inflation-adjusted 2020 dollars.