Income tax rebates will arrive soon for Virginia taxpayers, courtesy of the General Assembly through a budget initiative that Gov. Glenn Youngkin is using to help frame his legacy as he prepares to leave office.

Youngkin announced the tax rebates on Wednesday without mentioning the Democratic-controlled assembly, which proposed them as part of the budget package it adopted as an alternative to the Republican governor’s attempt to use the money for partial car tax relief.

The governor had proposed in December to use almost $1 billion to issue income tax credits over three years to offset local car tax payments by some Virginians, depending on how much they earned and where they lived.

“As usual, the governor is taking credit for other folks’ work,” said House Speaker Don Scott, D-Po

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