On apr. 13 in virginia's sleepy capital of Richmond, an alarm went off that could wake up a lot of other states. After months of bruising debate, the Republican-dominated legislature took a major step toward reforming the state's archaic tax code by approving the outlines of a plan offered by Democratic Governor Mark R. Warner. Details are still being hammered out, but the extraordinary bipartisan effort could close loopholes in the state's corporate tax, make the individual income tax more progressive, and modify Virginia's sales tax. And while the reform is driven by a $1 billion short-term deficit, Virginia heralds a lesson that many states may soon learn: Their tax systems are cracking under the pressure of a mobile, service-oriented economy.
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机译：在4月在弗吉尼亚州昏昏欲睡的首都里士满（Richmond）的13号警报响起，有可能唤醒其他许多州。经过数月的激烈辩论，共和党主导的立法机关通过批准民主党州长马克·华纳（Mark R. Warner）提供的计划纲要，朝着改革该州的旧税法迈出了重要一步。细节仍在敲定中，但两党的非常规努力可能会填补该州公司税的漏洞，使个人所得税更加累进，并修改弗吉尼亚州的营业税。虽然改革是由10亿美元的短期赤字推动的，但弗吉尼亚州预示着许多州可能很快就会吸取的教训：在流动，以服务为导向的经济压力下，他们的税收制度正在破裂。
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