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HOUSE BILL NO. 130 – Income tax/electronic filing/credit

HOUSE BILL NO. 130

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H0130..................................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
INCOME TAX - ELECTRONIC FILING - Amends existing law to delete the credit for
filing an income tax return electronically.
                                                                        
01/29    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/04    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/05    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/06    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-1-3
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
      Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Kellogg, Kulczyk,
      Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
      Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo,
      Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer(Schaefer), Shepherd,
      Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson,
      Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood
      NAYS -- Miller
      Absent and excused -- Bradford, Jones, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Roberts
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/07    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-2-3
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Calabretta,
      Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Gannon, Geddes, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy,
      Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble,
      Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- Bailey, Davis
      Absent and excused -- Goedde, Noh, Stennett
    Floor Sponsor - McKenzie
    Title apvd - to House
02/18    To enrol
02/19    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/20    Pres signed
02/21    To Governor
02/27    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 30
         Effective: 01/01/03 for all returns filed under
         63-3030 IC for tax period after 01/01/03;
         07/01/03 for all other tax returns

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 130
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO TAXATION; AMENDING SECTION  63-115,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  DELETE  THE
  3        CREDIT  FOR FILING AN INCOME TAX RETURN ELECTRONICALLY; DECLARING AN EMER-
  4        GENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INCOME TAX  RETURNS
  5        AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER INCOME TAX RETURNS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  63-115, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        63-115.  FILING OF ELECTRONIC RETURNS AND DOCUMENTS  --  ELECTRONIC  FUNDS
 10    TRANSFERS.  (1)  Any  return  or other document filed with or submitted to the
 11    state tax commission may be transmitted electronically to the commission  when
 12    permitted  by  rules  or procedures established by the commission. Payments of
 13    any amounts to the commission by electronic funds transfer shall be in  accor-
 14    dance with sections 67-2026 and 67-2026A, Idaho Code, or section 63-117, Idaho
 15    Code.
 16        (2)  In the case of any tax return electronically filed with the state tax
 17    commission  as  provided  in  subsection  (1)  of this section, there shall be
 18    allowed a credit against any taxes properly reported on such return  a  nonre-
 19    fundable credit of two dollars ($2.00).
 20        (3)  As  used  in this section, "transmitted electronically" means the use
 21    of a telecommunication or computer network to transfer information in an opti-
 22    cal, electronic, magnetic or other machine sensible form.  The  term  includes
 23    the use of facsimile machines and third party value added networks.
 24        (43)  Any  return or other document transmitted electronically to the com-
 25    mission and accepted by the commission shall be deemed received on the earlier
 26    of:
 27        (a)  The date it arrives at the commission or,  in  the  case  of  returns
 28        filed  through  the  Internal  Revenue  Service,  the  date  the return is
 29        received by the Internal Revenue Service; or
 30        (b)  The date that a third party, in accordance with  procedures  approved
 31        by  the  commission,  transmits  the  return to the commission or makes it
 32        otherwise available to the commission.
 33        (54)  Any payment made electronically shall be deemed paid on the date the
 34    funds are available to the state treasurer.
 35        (65)  To constitute a properly filed valid tax return or report,  a  docu-
 36    ment  transmitted  electronically  or submitted in a physical machine sensible
 37    form such as tape or disk must:
 38        (a)  Be filed in a format prescribed by the tax commission and  be  suffi-
 39        ciently  free of errors to identify the filer and the tax type and to cal-
 40        culate the amounts due;
 41        (b)  Contain the taxpayer's name, address (if required by the tax  commis-
 42        sion) and identifying number;
 43        (c)  Be signed by the taxpayer or other individual effecting the signature
                                                                        
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  1        or verification; and
  2        (d)  Include  sufficient  information to permit the mathematical verifica-
  3        tion of any tax liability.
  4        (76)  The tax commission may, by rule,  prescribe  exclusive  methods  for
  5    electronically  signing  or  verifying  a return or other document transmitted
  6    electronically to the commission that shall have the same validity and  conse-
  7    quences  as  manual  signing by the taxpayer or other individual effecting the
  8    signature or verification.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 10    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 11    passage  and  approval  and  retroactively  to January 1, 2003, in the case of
 12    returns required by Section 63-3030, Idaho Code, for taxable periods beginning
 13    on and after January 1, 2003, and in the case of all other returns the  effec-
 14    tive date shall be on and after July 1, 2003.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 12677

This bill repeals the two-dollar credit allowed for filing tax
returns with the State Tax Commission electronically.









                         FISCAL IMPACT

Estimated annual savings to the General Fund is $290,000.















CONTACT
Name:        Dan John
Agency:      State Tax Commission
Phone:       334-7537

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                     H 13