Bill Text: CA AB427 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 427 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Personal income taxes: exclusion: uniformed services: retirement pay.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB427 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB427-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly April 08, 2019

Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 427

Introduced by Assembly Member Brough
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Choi)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Dahle, Flora, Gallagher, Gray, Lackey, Mathis, Melendez, Patterson, Voepel, and Waldron)
(Coauthors: Senators Bates, Chang, and Jones)

February 07, 2019

An act to add and repeal Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 427, as amended, Brough. Personal income taxes: exclusion: uniformed services: retirement pay.

The Personal Income Tax Law imposes a tax on individual taxpayers measured by the taxpayer’s taxable income for the taxable year, but excludes certain items of income from the computation of tax, including an exclusion for combat-related special compensation.

This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2030, would exclude from gross income specified amounts of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service performed in the uniformed services, as defined, during the taxable year.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 17132.9 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:

17132.9.

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2030, gross income shall not include retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year in an amount equal to the following:

(1) For the first taxable year in which the exclusion provided by this section is allowed to the taxpayer, 50 percent of the amount of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year.

(2) For the first taxable year following the taxable year in which the exclusion provided by this section is first allowed to the taxpayer, 50 percent of the amount of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year.

(3) For the second taxable year following the taxable year in which the exclusion provided by this section is first allowed to the taxpayer, 75 percent of the amount of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year.

(4) For the third taxable year following the taxable year in which the exclusion provided by this section is first allowed to the taxpayer, 75 percent of the amount of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year.

(5) For the fourth taxable year following the taxable year in which the exclusion provided by this section is first allowed to the taxpayer, and every taxable year thereafter, 100 percent of the amount of retirement pay received by a taxpayer from the federal government for service in the uniformed services during the taxable year.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Armed Forces of the United States” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 17022.

(2) “Uniformed services” means Armed Forces of the United States, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time National Guard duty, and the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service.

SEC. 2.
It is the intent of the Legislature to apply the requirements of Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code to this act. With respect to Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act, the Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) The specific goals, purposes, and objectives of the tax exclusion allowed by Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act, are as follows:
(1) Honor the service of California veterans and provide fiscal relief so they will remain or retire in California.
(2) Increase the number of highly skilled retired veterans in California’s workforce.
(b) Detailed performance indicators for the Legislature to use in determining whether the tax exclusion allowed by Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act, meets the goals, purposes, and objectives described in subdivision (a) are as follows:
(1) The number of veterans taking advantage of the tax exclusion.
(2) The economic security of veterans in California.
(3) The number of retired veterans leaving California.
(c) The data collection requirements for the tax exclusion allowed by Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act, are as follows:
(1) On or before December 1, 2029, the Legislative Analyst, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall write and submit a report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the tax exclusion allowed by Section 17132.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as added by this act. The report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the number of veterans taking advantage of the exclusion and the impact of the tax exclusion on the economic security of veterans in California and the number of retired veterans leaving California. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) To write the report required by this subdivision, the Legislative Analyst may request information from the Franchise Tax Board and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board and the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide any data requested by the Legislative Analyst pursuant to this subdivision.