Virginia Dems take tax hikes into overtime, target fantasy football leagues

Amid a slew of fresh taxes proposed by the newly emboldened Democratic majority in Virginia, the latest entry seeks to sack people's fantasy football leagues.

Five percent, or 0.5 percentage points of the overall 10% tax, would go to the state's problem-gambler treatment fund, while the other 95% (9.5 percentage points) would go to the state's general fund.

Fox News Digital reached out to Ebbin for comment on the tax, and how he came up with the idea for it.

Fox News Digital also reached out to the state's two legislative Republican caucuses for additional comment.

There, a bill would grant the state's gaming board the ability to tax and regulate such play at anywhere from 10 to 15%.

"As with every tax and fee imposed on businesses, the cost doesn't stay with the company; it's ultimately passed on to consumers," ATR wrote.

ATR also criticized the logic behind how the bill was crafted, saying that if fantasy sports truly are skill-based - in that players use their sports knowledge to draft, start, sit and trade players - they should not be taxed "as though they were a vice."

One such bill creates a net-investment income tax on trusts and estates, raising the Commonwealth's top marginal rate to just under 10%.