Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 288

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 6-4.1

Synopsis: Inheritance tax exemption for Class A transferees. Provides a total exemption from the inheritance tax for property transferred to lineal descendants and ancestors (Class A transferees) with respect to persons who die after June 30, 2005.

Effective: July 1, 2005.





Ford




    January 6, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.







Introduced

First Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2005)


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SENATE BILL No. 288



    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 6-4.1-3-10; (05)IN0288.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-4.1-3-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 10. (a) With respect to a person who dies before July 1, 2005, the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property interests transferred to a Class A transferee under a taxable transfer or transfers is exempt from the inheritance tax.
     (b) With respect to a person who dies after June 30, 2005, the entire amount of property interests transferred to a Class A transferee is exempt from the inheritance tax.
SOURCE: IC 6-4.1-5-1; (05)IN0288.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 6-4.1-5-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 1. (a) For purposes of this section, the net taxable value of property interests transferred by a decedent to a particular transferee equals the remainder of:
        (1) the total fair market value of the property interests transferred by the decedent to the transferee under a taxable transfer or transfers; minus
        (2) the total amount of exemptions and deductions provided under

sections 9.1 through 15 of IC 6-4.1-3 IC 6-4.1-3-10 through IC 6-4.1-3-15 with respect to the property interests so transferred.
    (b) With respect to a person who dies before July 1, 2005, the inheritance tax imposed on a decedent's transfer of property interests to a particular Class A transferee is prescribed in the following table:
    NET TAXABLE VALUE OF
    PROPERTY INTERESTS
    TRANSFERRED    INHERITANCE TAX
    $25,000 or less .......    1% of net taxable value
    over $25,000 but not
        over $50,000 .......    $250, plus 2% of net
            taxable value over $25,000
    over $50,000 but not
        over $200,000 ......    $750, plus 3% of net taxable
            value over $50,000
    over $200,000 but not
        over $300,000 ......    $5,250, plus 4% of net
            taxable value over $200,000
    over $300,000 but not
        over $500,000 ......    $9,250, plus 5% of net
            taxable value over $300,000
    over $500,000 but not
        over $700,000 ......    $19,250, plus 6% of net
            taxable value over $500,000
    over $700,000 but not
        over $1,000,000 ....    $31,250, plus 7% of net
            taxable value over $700,000
    over $1,000,000 but not
        over $1,500,000 ....    $52,250, plus 8% of net
            taxable value over $1,000,000
    over $1,500,000 .......    $92,250, plus 10% of net
            taxable value over $1,500,000
     (c) With respect to a person who dies after June 30, 2005, no inheritance tax is imposed on the person's transfer of property interests to a particular Class A transferee.
    (c) (d) The inheritance tax imposed on a decedent's transfer of property interests to a particular Class B transferee is prescribed in the following table:
    NET TAXABLE VALUE OF
    PROPERTY INTERESTS
    TRANSFERRED    INHERITANCE TAX
    $100,000 or less ......    7% of net taxable value


    over $100,000 but not
        over $500,000 ......    $7,000, plus 10% of net
            taxable value over $100,000
    over $500,000 but not
        over $1,000,000 ....    $47,000, plus 12% of net
            taxable value over $500,000
    over $1,000,000 .......    $107,000, plus 15% of net
            taxable value over $1,000,000
    (d) (e) The inheritance tax imposed on a decedent's transfer of property interests to a particular Class C transferee is prescribed in the following table:
    NET TAXABLE VALUE OF
    PROPERTY INTERESTS
    TRANSFERRED    INHERITANCE TAX
    $100,000 or less ......    10% of net taxable value
    over $100,000 but not
        over $1,000,000 ....    $10,000, plus 15% of net
            taxable value over
            $100,000
    over $1,000,000 .......    $145,000, plus 20% of
            net taxable value over
            $1,000,000