Bill Text: CT HB05020 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5020 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Credit Against The Personal Income Tax For The Purchase Of A Gun Safe.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-07 - Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05020 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05020-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5020*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 33
		00033
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR THE PURCHASE OF A GUN SAFE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 229 of the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a credit against the tax imposed under said chapter, in an amount equal to the price paid by a taxpayer, but not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars, for a new safe that (A) is specifically manufactured to store firearms, (B) is constructed of steel or a material of equal or greater strength, (C) has a combination or key lock listed by Underwriter Laboratories, and (D) is for the personal, noncommercial use of the taxpayer, and (2) provide further that such tax credit shall not be refundable or carried forward.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a credit, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars, against the personal income tax for the purchase of a gun safe for a taxpayer's personal use.