Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1888

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 6-3-1-3.5 ; IC 6-3-2-3.7.

Synopsis: Income tax exemption for public safety survivors. Provides that: (1) special death benefits; and (2) survivors benefits; paid to the surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or correctional officer who dies in the line of duty are deducted from adjusted gross income for purposes of determining state adjusted gross income tax.

Effective: January 1, 2002.





Murphy




    January 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1888



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-3-1-3.5; (01)IN1888.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-3-1-3.5 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.14-2000, SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002]: Sec. 3.5. When used in IC 6-3, the term "adjusted gross income" shall mean the following:
    (a) In the case of all individuals, "adjusted gross income" (as defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code), modified as follows:
        (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under IC 6-3 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
        (2) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state level by any state of the United States.
        (3) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in the case of a joint return filed by a husband and wife, subtract for each spouse one thousand dollars ($1,000).
        (4) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000) for:
            (A) each of the exemptions provided by Section 151(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
            (B) each additional amount allowable under Section 63(f) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
            (C) the spouse of the taxpayer if a separate return is made by the taxpayer and if the spouse, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has no gross income and is not the dependent of another taxpayer.
        (5) Subtract:
            (A) one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each of the exemptions allowed under Section 151(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996; and
            (B) five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional amount allowable under Section 63(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer, or the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse in the case of a joint return, is less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
        This amount is in addition to the amount subtracted under subdivision (4).
        (6) Subtract an amount equal to the lesser of:
            (A) that part of the individual's adjusted gross income (as defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code) for that taxable year that is subject to a tax that is imposed by a political subdivision of another state and that is imposed on or measured by income; or
            (B) two thousand dollars ($2,000).
        (7) Add an amount equal to the total capital gain portion of a lump sum distribution (as defined in Section 402(e)(4)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code) if the lump sum distribution is received by the individual during the taxable year and if the capital gain portion of the distribution is taxed in the manner provided in Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (8) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross income under Internal Revenue Code Section 111 as a recovery of items previously deducted as an itemized deduction from adjusted gross income.
        (9) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross income under the Internal Revenue Code which amounts were received by the individual as supplemental railroad retirement annuities under 45 U.S.C. 231 and which are not deductible under subdivision (1).
        (10) Add an amount equal to the deduction allowed under Section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code for married couples filing joint returns if the taxable year began before January 1, 1987.
        (11) Add an amount equal to the interest excluded from federal gross income by the individual for the taxable year under Section 128 of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxable year began before January 1, 1985.
        (12) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of federal Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits included in a taxpayer's federal gross income by Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (13) In the case of a nonresident taxpayer or a resident taxpayer residing in Indiana for a period of less than the taxpayer's entire taxable year, the total amount of the deductions allowed pursuant to subdivisions (3), (4), (5), and (6) shall be reduced to an amount which bears the same ratio to the total as the taxpayer's income taxable in Indiana bears to the taxpayer's total income.
        (14) In the case of an individual who is a recipient of assistance under IC 12-10-6-1 , IC 12-10-6-2 , IC 12-15-2-2 , or IC 12-15-7 , subtract an amount equal to that portion of the individual's adjusted gross income with respect to which the individual is not allowed under federal law to retain an amount to pay state and local income taxes.
        (15) In the case of an eligible individual, subtract the amount of a Holocaust victim's settlement payment included in the individual's federal adjusted gross income.
        (16) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, subtract an amount equal to the portion of any premiums paid during the taxable year by the taxpayer for a qualified long term care policy (as defined in IC 12-15-39.6-5 ) for the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, or both.
        (17) Subtract an amount equal to the lesser of:
            (A) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); or
            (B) the amount of property taxes that are paid during the taxable year in Indiana by the individual on the individual's principal place of residence.
         (18) In the case of a taxpayer who is the surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or correctional officer who dies in the line of duty, subtract any amounts that are included in federal adjusted gross income under the Internal Revenue Code and are paid to the taxpayer:
            (A)
as special death benefits under IC 5-10-10 , IC 36-8-6-20 , IC 36-8-7-26 , IC 36-8-7.5-22 , or

IC 36-8-8-20 ;
            (B) as death benefits under 42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.; or

             (C) as a survivor's benefit:
                (i) from the state police pre-1987 benefit system under IC 10-1-2.2 ;
                (ii) from the state police 1987 benefit system under IC 10-1-2.3 ;
                (iii) from the excise police and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan under IC 5-10-5.5 ;
                (iv) from the 1925 fund under IC 36-8-6 ;
                (v) from the 1937 fund under IC 36-8-7 ;
                (vi) from the 1953 fund under IC 36-8-7.5 ;
                (vii) from the 1977 fund under IC 36-8-8 ;
                (viii) for service credit received for the taxpayer's spouse's employment with the federal government in a nonmilitary position equivalent to a position that qualifies the taxpayer for a survivor's benefit from a fund described in items (i) through (vii), as determined under rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the department of state revenue; or
                (ix) as the surviving spouse of a correctional officer, from the public employees' retirement fund under IC 5-10.2-3-7.5.

    (b) In the case of corporations, the same as "taxable income" (as defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code) adjusted as follows:
        (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under IC 6-3 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
        (2) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (3) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state level by any state of the United States.
        (4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the corporation's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (c) In the case of trusts and estates, "taxable income" (as defined for trusts and estates in Section 641(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) reduced by income that is exempt from taxation under IC 6-3 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.


SOURCE: IC 6-3-2-3.7; (01)IN1888.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 6-3-2-3.7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002]: Sec. 3.7. Each taxable year, an individual is entitled to an adjusted gross income tax deduction equal to the remainder of:
        (1) the first two thousand dollars ($2,000) which is received by the individual during the taxable year from a federal civil service annuity, and which is included in adjusted gross income under Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code and not excluded under IC 6-3-1-3.5 (a)(18); minus
        (2) the total amount of Social Security benefits and Railroad Retirement benefits received by the individual during the taxable year.
However, the individual is only entitled to the deduction provided by this section if the individual is at least sixty-two (62) years of age before the end of the taxable year.
SOURCE: ; (01)IN1888.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002] IC 6-3-1-3.5 and IC 6-3-2-3.7 , both as amended by this act, apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.