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HOUSE BILL NO. 667 – Income tax, marriage penalty

HOUSE BILL NO. 667

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H0667...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
INCOME TAX - Repeals and adds to existing law to eliminate from the
calculation of Idaho taxable income any marriage penalty that may exist in
the basic standard deduction of the Internal Revenue Code.
                                                                        
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/24    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax

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 H0667
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 667
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 30, TITLE 63, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
  3        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 63-3022O, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE  ELIMI-
  4        NATION  FROM  THE CALCULATION OF IDAHO TAXABLE INCOME ANY MARRIAGE PENALTY
  5        THAT MAY EXIST IN THE BASIC STANDARD DEDUCTION PROVIDED  IN  THE  INTERNAL
  6        REVENUE  CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ADJUSTMENTS, TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF "THE
  7        MARRIAGE PENALTY" AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES; REPEALING  SECTION  63-3022N,
  8        IDAHO CODE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  30,  Title 63, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 11    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 12    ignated as Section 63-3022O, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        63-3022O.  MARRIAGE PENALTY ADJUSTMENT. (1) To eliminate from the calcula-
 14    tion  of Idaho taxable income any marriage penalty that may exist in the basic
 15    standard deductions provided in the Internal Revenue Code, basic federal stan-
 16    dard deductions shall be adjusted as provided in this section.
 17        (2)  As used in this section, "the marriage penalty" means the  difference
 18    obtained by subtracting:
 19        (a)  The basic standard deduction for joint returns, from
 20        (b)  Two  (2)  times the basic standard deduction for an individual who is
 21        not married and who is not a surviving spouse or head of household.
 22        (3)  For each taxable  year beginning on and after January  1,  2000,  the
 23    standard  deduction in section 63-3022(k)(1), Idaho Code, shall be: on a joint
 24    return, the basic federal joint standard deduction plus the marriage  penalty,
 25    rounded  to  the  nearest  dollar,  plus the amount of any additional standard
 26    deduction for the aged or blind for which a taxpayer may qualify under section
 27    63 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 28        (4)  The basic federal standard deduction for an  individual  for  whom  a
 29    deduction  under  section  151  of  the  Internal Revenue Code is allowable to
 30    another taxpayer shall not be reduced below the minimum adjusted  basic  stan-
 31    dard deduction provided by section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  2.  That Section 63-3022N, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    repealed.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 3.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 35    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 36    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2000.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 09865

The purpose of this legislation is to provide for the elimination
from the calculation of Idaho taxable income any marriage penalty
that may exist in the basic standard deduction provided in the
Internal Revenue Code.







                           FISCAL NOTE
The Division of Financial Management estimates that this would
reduce the General Fund $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 for FY 2001.




Contact:  Senator J.L. "Jerry" Thorne
          208-331-1323



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       H 667