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HOUSE BILL NO. 81 – Income tax credit, food

HOUSE BILL NO. 81

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H0081aaS............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
INCOME TAX CREDIT - FOOD - Amends existing law to increase the amount of
the grocery tax credit; to allow unclaimed credits or refunds to be
remitted to the Cooperative Welfare Fund, to be used to assist low-income
persons with energy costs.
                                                                        
01/31    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/06    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/07    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-7-1
      AYES -- Anderson, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Collins,
      Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, Loertscher,
      Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts,
      Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively,
      Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander
      Woude, Wills, Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Andrus, Bock, Clark, Hart, LeFavour, Luker, Wood(27)
      Absent and excused -- Ruchti
    Floor Sponsor - Bayer
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/26    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/13    Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/14    1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/15    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
    Rls susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron,
      Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
      Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
      Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Bastian
    Floor Sponsor - Fulcher
    Title apvd - to House
03/15    House concurred in Senate amens - to engros
03/16    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/19    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
    Rls susp - PASSED - 63-6-1
      AYES -- Anderson, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, Loertscher,
      Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Ruchti,
      Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively,
      Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander
      Woude, Wills, Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Andrus, Bock, LeFavour, Luker, Ringo, Wood(27)
      Absent and excused -- Harwood
    Floor Sponsor - Bayer
    Title apvd - to enrol
    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed - To Governor
03/20    Governor VETOED
03/21    Held at Desk
03/28    House vote to override veto - PASSED - 48-22-0
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block,
      Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Collins, Crane, Edmunson,
      Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
      Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Nonini, Patrick, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Schaefer,
      Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander
      Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Black, Bock, Boe, Chavez, Chew, Clark, Durst, Henbest,
      Jaquet, Killen, King, LeFavour(Herzfeld), Pasley-Stuart, Pence,
      Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Snodgrass
      Absent and excused -- None
    To Senate
03/28    Senate rec'd Bill from House and veto message
    Ret'd to Loc Gov

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 81
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO A FOOD TAX INCOME TAX CREDIT;  AMENDING  SECTION  63-3024A,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT AGAINST INCOME TAXES TO OFFSET
  4        THE SALES TAX ON THE SALES OF FOOD, TO PROVIDE WHEN THE CREDIT  SHALL  NOT
  5        BE  GRANTED,  TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES, TO ALLOW MONEYS TO BE REMITTED TO THE
  6        COOPERATIVE WELFARE FUND, TO REVISE WHEN AN APPLICATION FOR REFUND MUST BE
  7        FILED AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY  AND  PRO-
  8        VIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That Section 63-3024A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        63-3024A.  FOOD TAX CREDITS AND REFUNDS. (a1) Any resident individual  not
 13    entitled  to  the credit allowed in subsection (b)(12) of this section, who is
 14    required to file by law and who has filed an Idaho income tax return, shall be
 15    allowed a credit against taxes due under the Idaho income tax act equal to the
 16    amount of twenty fifty dollars ($250.00) for each personal exemption for which
 17    a deduction is permitted by section 151(b) and (c)  of  the  Internal  Revenue
 18    Code  if  such deduction is claimed on the taxpayer's Idaho income tax return,
 19    and if the individual for whom the deduction is claimed is a resident  of  the
 20    state  of Idaho. If taxes due are less than the total credit allowed, the tax-
 21    payer shall be paid a refund equal to the balance of the unused credit. If the
 22    credit or refund is not claimed for the year for which the  individual  income
 23    tax return is filed, the right thereafter to claim such credit or refund shall
 24    be forfeited. The state tax commission shall prescribe the method by which the
 25    refund, if any, is to be made to the taxpayer.
 26        (b) (12)  A  resident  individual who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday
 27    before the end of his taxable year, who is required to file by law and who has
 28    filed an Idaho income tax return, shall be allowed a credit against taxes  due
 29    under the Idaho income tax act equal to the amount of thirty-five seventy dol-
 30    lars  ($3570.00)  for  each  personal exemption representing himself, a spouse
 31    over the age of sixty-five (65) years, or a dependent over the age  of  sixty-
 32    five  (65)  years,  but  shall be allowed a credit against taxes due under the
 33    Idaho income tax act equal to twenty dollars ($20.00) the  credit  allowed  in
 34    subsection  (1)  of  this  section  for each personal exemption representing a
 35    spouse or dependent under the age of sixty-five (65) years. If taxes  due  are
 36    less  than the total credit allowed, the taxpayer shall be paid a refund equal
 37    to the balance of the unused credit. If the credit or refund  is  not  claimed
 38    for  the  year  for which the individual income tax return is filed, the right
 39    thereafter to claim such credit or refund shall be forfeited.  The  state  tax
 40    commission  shall  prescribe  the method by which the refund, if any, is to be
 41    made to the taxpayer.
 42        (23)  A resident individual who has reached his sixty-fifth  birthday  and
 43    is not required by law to file an Idaho income tax return and who has received
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    no credit or refund under any other subsection of this section, shall be enti-
  2    tled  to  a refund of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) equal to the credit allowed
  3    in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, whichever is applicable. Any  refund
  4    shall  be paid to such individual only upon his making application therefor at
  5    such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the state tax commission.
  6        (c)  A resident individual of the state of Idaho who is:
  7        (i)   blind, or
  8        (ii)  a disabled American veteran of any war  engaged  in  by  the  United
  9        States,  whose  disability is recognized as a service connected disability
 10        of a degree of ten percent (10%) or more, or who is in receipt of  a  pen-
 11        sion  for  nonservice  connected disabilities, in accordance with laws and
 12        regulations administered by the  United  States  veterans  administration,
 13        substantiated  by a statement as to status signed by a responsible officer
 14        of the United States veterans administration, or
 15        (iii) over sixty-two (62) years of age, and has been allowed none, or less
 16        than all, of the credit provided by subsection (a) or  subsection  (b)  of
 17        this  section,  shall  be entitled to a payment from the refund fund in an
 18        amount equal to twenty dollars ($20.00), or  the  balance  of  his  unused
 19        credit,  whichever  is less, upon making application therefor at such time
 20        and in such manner as the state tax commission may prescribe.
 21        (d4)  Any part-year resident entitled to a credit under subsection (1)  or
 22    (2)  of this section shall receive a proportionate credit, in the manner above
 23    provided, reflecting the part of the year in which he was  domiciled  in  this
 24    state.
 25        (e5)  No credit or refund may be claimed for an exemption which represents
 26    a person who has himself filed an Idaho income tax return claiming a deduction
 27    for  his  own personal exemption, and in no event shall more than one (1) tax-
 28    payer be allowed a credit or refund for the same exemption, or under more than
 29    one (1) subsection of this section.
 30        (6)  No credit or refund shall be paid for any individual who:
 31        (a)  Has been incarcerated for a majority of the year for which the credit
 32        or refund is claimed;
 33        (b)  Is residing illegally in the United States; or
 34        (c)  Has received the maximum food stamp benefit for the entire  year  for
 35        which the credit or refund is claimed.
 36        (7)  If  the  credit  or  refund  claimed  pursuant to this section is not
 37    claimed for the year for which the individual income tax return is filed,  the
 38    right  thereafter to claim such credit or refund shall be forfeited. The state
 39    tax commission shall prescribe the method by which the refund, if any,  is  to
 40    be made to the taxpayer.
 41        (8)  The state tax commission shall provide income taxpayers the irrevoca-
 42    ble option of donating credited funds accruing pursuant to subsections (1) and
 43    (2)  of  this  section. Any funds so donated shall be remitted from the refund
 44    fund to the cooperative welfare fund created pursuant to section 56-401, Idaho
 45    Code, and shall be  used  solely  for  the  purpose  of  providing  low-income
 46    Idahoans with assistance in paying home energy costs.
 47        (f9)  The  refunds authorized by this section shall be paid from the state
 48    refund fund in the same manner as the refunds authorized by  section  63-3067,
 49    Idaho Code.
 50        (g10) An  application  for  any  refund which is due and payable under the
 51    provisions of this section must be filed with the state tax commission  within
 52    three one (31) years of:
 53        (ia)  tThe  due  date,  including extensions, of the return required under
 54        section 63-3030, Idaho Code, if  the  applicant  is  required  to  file  a
 55        return, or
                                                                        
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  1        (iib) tThe  15th  day of April of the year following the year to which the
  2        application relates if the applicant is not required to file a return.
                                                                        
  3        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
  4    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
  5    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2007.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Fulcher             
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Hill                
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                              SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 81
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1  of  the  printed  bill,  in  line  16,  delete  "fifty  dollars
  3    ($250.00)"  and insert: "forty dollars ($240.00)"; in line 29, delete "seventy
  4    dol-"  and  in  line  30,  delete "lars ($3570.00)" and insert: "sixty dollars
  5    ($3560.00)".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                        HOUSE BILL NO. 81, As Amended in the Senate
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO A FOOD TAX INCOME TAX CREDIT;  AMENDING  SECTION  63-3024A,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT AGAINST INCOME TAXES TO OFFSET
  4        THE SALES TAX ON THE SALES OF FOOD, TO PROVIDE WHEN THE CREDIT  SHALL  NOT
  5        BE  GRANTED,  TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES, TO ALLOW MONEYS TO BE REMITTED TO THE
  6        COOPERATIVE WELFARE FUND, TO REVISE WHEN AN APPLICATION FOR REFUND MUST BE
  7        FILED AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY  AND  PRO-
  8        VIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That Section 63-3024A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        63-3024A.  FOOD TAX CREDITS AND REFUNDS. (a1) Any resident individual  not
 13    entitled  to  the credit allowed in subsection (b)(12) of this section, who is
 14    required to file by law and who has filed an Idaho income tax return, shall be
 15    allowed a credit against taxes due under the Idaho income tax act equal to the
 16    amount of twenty forty dollars ($240.00) for each personal exemption for which
 17    a deduction is permitted by section 151(b) and (c)  of  the  Internal  Revenue
 18    Code  if  such deduction is claimed on the taxpayer's Idaho income tax return,
 19    and if the individual for whom the deduction is claimed is a resident  of  the
 20    state  of Idaho. If taxes due are less than the total credit allowed, the tax-
 21    payer shall be paid a refund equal to the balance of the unused credit. If the
 22    credit or refund is not claimed for the year for which the  individual  income
 23    tax return is filed, the right thereafter to claim such credit or refund shall
 24    be forfeited. The state tax commission shall prescribe the method by which the
 25    refund, if any, is to be made to the taxpayer.
 26        (b) (12)  A  resident  individual who has reached his sixty-fifth birthday
 27    before the end of his taxable year, who is required to file by law and who has
 28    filed an Idaho income tax return, shall be allowed a credit against taxes  due
 29    under  the  Idaho income tax act equal to the amount of thirty-five sixty dol-
 30    lars ($3560.00) for each personal exemption  representing  himself,  a  spouse
 31    over  the  age of sixty-five (65) years, or a dependent over the age of sixty-
 32    five (65) years, but shall be allowed a credit against  taxes  due  under  the
 33    Idaho  income  tax  act equal to twenty dollars ($20.00) the credit allowed in
 34    subsection (1) of this section for  each  personal  exemption  representing  a
 35    spouse  or  dependent under the age of sixty-five (65) years. If taxes due are
 36    less than the total credit allowed, the taxpayer shall be paid a refund  equal
 37    to  the  balance  of the unused credit. If the credit or refund is not claimed
 38    for the year for which the individual income tax return is  filed,  the  right
 39    thereafter  to  claim  such credit or refund shall be forfeited. The state tax
 40    commission shall prescribe the method by which the refund, if any,  is  to  be
 41    made to the taxpayer.
 42        (23)  A  resident individual who has reached his sixty-fifth  birthday and
 43    is not required by law to file an Idaho income tax return and who has received
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    no credit or refund under any other subsection of this section, shall be enti-
  2    tled to a refund of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) equal to the  credit  allowed
  3    in  subsection (1) or (2) of this section, whichever is applicable. Any refund
  4    shall be paid to such individual only upon his making application therefor  at
  5    such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the state tax commission.
  6        (c)  A resident individual of the state of Idaho who is:
  7        (i)   blind, or
  8        (ii)  a  disabled  American  veteran  of  any war engaged in by the United
  9        States, whose disability is recognized as a service  connected  disability
 10        of  a  degree of ten percent (10%) or more, or who is in receipt of a pen-
 11        sion for nonservice connected disabilities, in accordance  with  laws  and
 12        regulations  administered  by  the  United States veterans administration,
 13        substantiated by a statement as to status signed by a responsible  officer
 14        of the United States veterans administration, or
 15        (iii) over sixty-two (62) years of age, and has been allowed none, or less
 16        than  all,  of  the credit provided by subsection (a) or subsection (b) of
 17        this section, shall be entitled to a payment from the refund  fund  in  an
 18        amount  equal  to  twenty  dollars  ($20.00), or the balance of his unused
 19        credit, whichever is less, upon making application therefor at  such  time
 20        and in such manner as the state tax commission may prescribe.
 21        (d4)  Any  part-year resident entitled to a credit under subsection (1) or
 22    (2) of this section shall receive a proportionate credit, in the manner  above
 23    provided,  reflecting  the  part of the year in which he was domiciled in this
 24    state.
 25        (e5)  No credit or refund may be claimed for an exemption which represents
 26    a person who has himself filed an Idaho income tax return claiming a deduction
 27    for his own personal exemption, and in no event shall more than one  (1)  tax-
 28    payer be allowed a credit or refund for the same exemption, or under more than
 29    one (1) subsection of this section.
 30        (6)  No credit or refund shall be paid for any individual who:
 31        (a)  Has been incarcerated for a majority of the year for which the credit
 32        or refund is claimed;
 33        (b)  Is residing illegally in the United States; or
 34        (c)  Has  received  the maximum food stamp benefit for the entire year for
 35        which the credit or refund is claimed.
 36        (7)  If the credit or refund claimed  pursuant  to  this  section  is  not
 37    claimed  for the year for which the individual income tax return is filed, the
 38    right thereafter to claim such credit or refund shall be forfeited. The  state
 39    tax  commission  shall prescribe the method by which the refund, if any, is to
 40    be made to the taxpayer.
 41        (8)  The state tax commission shall provide income taxpayers the irrevoca-
 42    ble option of donating credited funds accruing pursuant to subsections (1) and
 43    (2) of this section. Any funds so donated shall be remitted  from  the  refund
 44    fund to the cooperative welfare fund created pursuant to section 56-401, Idaho
 45    Code,  and  shall  be  used  solely  for  the  purpose of providing low-income
 46    Idahoans with assistance in paying home energy costs.
 47        (f9)  The refunds authorized by this section shall be paid from the  state
 48    refund  fund  in the same manner as the refunds authorized by section 63-3067,
 49    Idaho Code.
 50        (g10) An application for any refund which is due  and  payable  under  the
 51    provisions  of this section must be filed with the state tax commission within
 52    three one (31) years of:
 53        (ia)  tThe due date, including extensions, of the  return  required  under
 54        section  63-3030,  Idaho  Code,  if  the  applicant  is required to file a
 55        return, or
                                                                        
                                       3
                                                                        
  1        (iib) tThe 15th day of April of the year following the year to  which  the
  2        application relates if the applicant is not required to file a return.
                                                                        
  3        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
  4    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
  5    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2007.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 16746C2

The income tax credit provided to Idahoans as an offset for
the Sales Tax they pay on food consumed at home has not kept up
with changes in the Sales Tax rate or inflation.  Current law
fails to provide even this partial offset for the poorest
Idahoans, since most are ineligible to receive the credit unless
their incomes are high enough to owe state income taxes.

This legislation begins the process of remedying the
inadequacies of the current law, by increasing this "Food Tax
Credit" from $35 for seniors and $20 for other Idahoans to $70
for seniors and $50 for most Idahoans.  This increase brings the
credit approximately halfway from the current level to the amount
that the average person pays for Sales Tax on such food
purchases.

This legislation also helps the poorest Idahoans by allowing
virtually all citizens to file for the credit, even if incomes 
are too low to incur an income liability.


                            FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact is a negative $47.5 million to the General
Fund for FY 2008.

                    

CONTACT:
Name:     Rep. Bayer          Sen. Fulcher
          Rep. Eskridge       Sen. Keough
          Rep. Harwood        Sen. McKenzie
          Rep. Nonini         Sen. Goedde
          Rep. Henderson      Sen. Broadsword
          Rep. Anderson       Sen. Hammond
          Rep. Chadderdon
          Rep. McGeachin
          Rep. Mathews
Phone:    (208) 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                          H 81