REPORT TITLE:
Tax Credits


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes Individual Development Account Contribution tax
credit equal to fifty per cent of the contribution.  (HB1908 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTION TAX
   CREDITS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "�235-     Individual development account contribution tax
 
 5 credit.  (a)  There shall be allowed to each taxpayer subject to
 
 6 the tax imposed under this chapter, an individual development
 
 7 account contribution tax credit certified under chapter 257,
 
 8 which shall be applied against the taxpayer's net income tax
 
 9 liability, if any, imposed by this chapter for the taxable year
 
10 in which the credit is properly claimed.
 
11      (b)  The individual development account contribution tax
 
12 credit shall be equal to fifty per cent of the amount contributed
 
13 by the taxpayer to a fiduciary organization as defined by and in
 
14 the manner prescribed in chapter 257.  If a deduction is taken
 
15 under section 170 (with respect to charitable contributions and
 
16 gifts) of the Internal Revenue Code, no tax credit shall be
 
17 allowed for that portion of the contribution for which the
 
18 deduction was taken.
 

 
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 1      (c)  If the tax credit under this section exceeds the
 
 2 taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess of the tax credit
 
 3 over liability may be used as a credit against the taxpayer's
 
 4 income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted.  All
 
 5 claims, including any amended claims, for tax credits under this
 
 6 section shall be filed on or before the end of the twelfth month
 
 7 following the close of the taxable year for which the credit may
 
 8 be claimed.  Failure to comply with the foregoing provision shall
 
 9 constitute a waiver of the right to claim the credit.
 
10      (d)  Application for the credit under this section shall be
 
11 upon forms provided by the department.
 
12      (e)  The credit under this section shall be available for
 
13 taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, but shall not be
 
14 available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004."
 
15      SECTION 2.  Section 257-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
16 amended as follows:
 
17      1.  By amending subsection (a) to read:
 
18      "(a)  [Individuals, organizations, or businesses
 
19 contributing matching funds for individual development accounts
 
20 shall receive a tax credit equal to fifty per cent of the amount
 
21 contributed.] Taxpayers subject to the tax imposed under
 
22 chapter 235 who contribute matching funds for individual
 
23 development accounts may be eligible for the tax credit provided
 
24 under section 235-   ."
 

 
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 1      2.  By amending subsection (c) to read:
 
 2      "(c)  The administrator of the fiduciary organization, with
 
 3 the cooperation of the participating organizations, shall
 
 4 maintain records of the names of contributors and the total
 
 5 amount each contributor contributes to an individual development
 
 6 account match fund for the [calendar] taxable year.  All
 
 7 contributions shall be verified by the department of human
 
 8 services.  The department of human services shall certify that
 
 9 the total amount of all contribution tax credits do not exceed
 
10 $1,000,000 in the aggregate.  Upon each determination, the
 
11 department of human services shall issue a certificate to the
 
12 taxpayer.  The taxpayer shall file the certificate with the
 
13 taxpayer's tax return with the department of taxation."
 
14      SECTION 3.  Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, is amended
 
15 by amending section 33 to read as follows:
 
16      "SECTION 33.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
17 provided that:
 
18      (1)  Part I, Part III, and Part V, and sections 29 and 30 of
 
19           this Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999; [and]
 
20      (2)  Section 25 shall, upon its approval, apply to taxable
 
21           years beginning after December 31, 1999; and
 
22     [(2)] (3)  Section 28 shall take effect on June 29, 1999."
 
23      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
24 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 5.  This Act, upon its approval, shall apply to
 
 2 taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, and before
 
 3 January 1, 2005; provided that section 3 shall take effect
 
 4 retroactive to June 28, 1999.