Senate Vote Complicates DC’s Local Filing Season: BGOV Tax

Feb. 17, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC

DC Tax Filing Season Gets Complicated

Filing season in Washington, DC, could be headed toward uncharted territory.

The typically mundane and predictable annual exercise for district residents has been knocked off-kilter this year after the US Senate voted on Feb. 12 to force a rollback of the city-passed tax law decoupling from the GOP’s 2025 tax-and-spending law. District officials so far maintain that the Senate’s vote came outside the window it has to intervene in city affairs, setting up what could become a fierce legal battle.

The result is that taxpayers—who normally expect certainty—face a confusing filing season.

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