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HOUSE BILL NO. 86 – Income tax, pymt, corporate officer

HOUSE BILL NO. 86

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H0086...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
INCOME TAX - Amends existing income tax law to allow individual officers,
directors, shareholders, partners or members of a corporation or
partnership transacting business in Idaho to pay Idaho income taxes through
the business entity with which they are associated; to require corporations
and partnerships paying income tax for such individuals to pay the
additional $10.00 tax for each such individual; and to amend the
definitions of "corporation" and "partnership."

01/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/22    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-1-3
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel,
      Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
      Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford,
      Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
      Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Williams
      Absent and excused -- Bell, Ellsworth, Taylor
    Floor Sponsor - Bruneel
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/04    3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-0-8
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins,
      Ingram, Keough, Lee, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Burtenshaw, Deide, Ipsen, King, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Thorne
    Floor Sponsor - Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    To enrol
03/08    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/09    To Governor
03/15    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 60
         Effective: 01/01/99

Bill Text


H0086


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 86

                            BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO INCOME TAXES; AMENDING SECTION 63-3006, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  AN
 3        ADDITIONAL  REFERENCE  TO  THE  INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE;  AMENDING SECTION
 4        63-3006B, IDAHO CODE, TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF "PARTNERSHIP" TO PROVIDE
 5        THAT IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ARE TAXED  AS
 6        A  CORPORATION  UNDER IDAHO LAW; AMENDING SECTION 63-3022L, IDAHO CODE, TO
 7        PROVIDE THAT RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE  OFFICERS,  DIRECTORS,  SHARE-
 8        HOLDERS,  PARTNERS  OR MEMBERS OF A CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP TRANSACTING
 9        BUSINESS IN IDAHO MAY ELECT TO PAY IDAHO INCOME TAXES THROUGH THE BUSINESS
10        ENTITY WITH WHICH THEY ARE ASSOCIATED AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;
11        AND  AMENDING  SECTION  63-3082,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REQUIRE CORPORATIONS AND
12        PARTNERSHIPS PAYING INCOME TAX FOR RESIDENT  OFFICERS,  DIRECTORS,  SHARE-
13        HOLDERS,  PARTNERS  OR MEMBERS THEREOF TO PAY THE ADDITIONAL TAX DUE UNDER
14        THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH SUCH PERSON;  DECLARING  AN  EMER-
15        GENCY AND PROVIDING A RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.

16    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

17        SECTION  1.  That  Section 63-3006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
18    amended to read as follows:

19        63-3006.  CORPORATION. The term  "corporation"  includes  any  corporation
20    formed under the laws of any government, any common law trust and any associa-
21    tion  of  whatever  kind other than a partnership. "Corporation" also includes
22    any entity classified or taxed as a corporation pursuant to section 7701 
23    or 7704  of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations  of  the  U.S.
24    department of the treasury issued thereunder.

25        SECTION  2.  That Section 63-3006B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
26    amended to read as follows:

27        63-3006B.  PARTNERSHIP. "Partnership" shall be as defined in section  7701
28    of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  and shall include any entity classified as a
29    partnership pursuant to regulations of the U.S.  department  of  the  treasury
30    issued  under  section  7701 of the Internal Revenue Code , but shall not
31    include a publicly traded partnership taxed as  a  corporation  under  section
32    63-3006, Idaho Code .

33        SECTION  3.  That Section 63-3022L, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
34    amended to read as follows:

35        63-3022L.   NONRESIDENT      INDIVIDUAL    OFFICERS,
36    DIRECTORS,  SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS OR MEMBERS OF A CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP.
37    (1)  Nonresident     Individual    officers,  directors,
38    shareholders,  partners or members of a corporation or partnership transacting
39    business in Idaho may elect to have Idaho taxable income described in  subsec-


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 1    tion  (2)  of  this  section reported and taxed as Idaho taxable income of the
 2    corporation or partnership. Income subject to the election in this  subsection
 3    shall  be  taxed at the rate applicable to corporations. The election shall be
 4    made on the return of the corporation or partnership from which the income  is
 5    received  and  on  which  the  income is reported in Idaho taxable income. The
 6    election in this section is not available  to a n     nonresi-
 7    dent     individual  who has Idaho taxable income in addition
 8    to income described in subsection (2) of this section.
 9        (2)  The election in subsection (1) of this section applies to:
10        (a)  Wages, salary and other compensation paid  by the corporation or
11        partnership  to such  nonresident   officers,  directors,
12        shareholders,  partners or members to the extent the compensation is Idaho
13        taxable income of the  nonresident   individual   to
14        whom it is paid under section 63-3026A, Idaho Code; and
15        (b)  The  share  of any income, loss, deduction or credit of an S corpora-
16        tion or partnership required to be  included  on  such    nonresident
17          shareholder's,  partner's  or  member's federal return except that
18        such amount shall first be apportioned and allocated in  the  manner  pro-
19        vided in section 63-3027, Idaho Code.
20        (c)  When the  total   gross  income attributable to
21        a  n      nonresident   individual  under
22        paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection  (2)   is  less  than
23        the  filing  requirement  of the  nonresident   individual
24         under section 63-3030 (2) , Idaho Code,  the  income  is
25        not income under this subsection.
26        (3)  If  no  election is made and a n   nonresident 
27    officer, director, shareholder, partner or member of a corporation or partner-
28    ship transacting business in Idaho fails to file  an  Idaho    individual
29      income  tax return reporting all or any part of the items described in
30    subsection (2) of this section or fails to  pay  any  tax  due    thereof
31        thereon  ,  such corporation or partnership shall include
32    such items in its Idaho taxable income and be taxed at the rate applicable  to
33    corporations.
34        (4)  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to a corporation,
35    other than an S corporation, with less than fifty  per cent   
36    percent  (50%) of its income taxable within this state.

37        SECTION  4.  That  Section 63-3082, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
38    amended to read as follows:

39        63-3082.  ADDITIONAL TAX REQUIRED WHEN FILING INCOME TAX RETURN. (1) Every
40    person required to file an income tax return shall pay a tax  of  ten  dollars
41    ($10.00).  For this purpose, a husband and wife filing a joint return shall be
42    deemed a single person. This tax shall be in the nature of an excise tax  upon
43    the receipt of the income which requires the filing of such return.
44        (2)  When,  pursuant to section 63-3022L, Idaho Code, the income of a
45    n   nonresident   individual   officer,  director,
46    shareholder,  partner  or  member  of a corporation or partnership is taxed as
47    Idaho taxable income of the corporation or  partnership,  the  corporation  or
48    partnership  shall  also pay the tax imposed in subsection (1) of this section
49    for each  nonresident  individual.
50         (3)   For purposes of this section, a husband and wife  filing
51    a joint federal return may be deemed a single individual.

52        SECTION  5.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby


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 1    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 2    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 1999.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                               RS08399

This bill refines the Idaho Income Tax Act's rules for the
taxation of S-corporations, partnerships, and limited liability
companies. It amends:

  Sections 63-3006 and 63-3006B, Idaho Code, to provide that
publicly traded partnerships taxed as corporations under the
Internal Revenue Code will be taxed as corporations for
purposes of the Idaho Income Tax Act.

  Section 63-3022L to permit resident individuals who are
officers, directors, shareholders, partners or members of a
corporation, limited liability company or partnership doing
business in Idaho to make the same election presently allowed
to only nonresident officers, directors, shareholders,
partners or members to pay income taxes of the individual on
the return of the corporation, limited liability company or
partnership.

  Section 63-3082, Idaho Code, to require corporations, limited
liability companies partnerships paying income tax for
resident officers, directors, shareholders, partners or
members thereof to also pay the ten dollar permanent building
fund tax for each such individual.

                       The bill would be effective on and after January 1, 1999.
                       
                          FISCAL IMPACT
                                 
No fiscal effect.

CONTACT
Name: Dan John/Ted Spangler
Age-ncy: State Tax Commission
Phone: 334-7530

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact             H 86