Bill Text: IA HF2105 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act excluding nonqualified deferred compensation income from the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2638.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-26 - Withdrawn. H.J. 681. [HF2105 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2105-Introduced.html
House File 2105 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2105 BY JONES A BILL FOR An Act excluding nonqualified deferred compensation income 1 from the individual income tax, and including retroactive 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5596YH (3) 90 jm/jh
H.F. 2105 Section 1. Section 422.7, subsection 19, paragraph a, Code 1 2024, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Subtract, to the extent included, the total amount 3 received from a governmental or other pension or retirement 4 plan, including defined benefit or defined contribution plans, 5 annuities, individual retirement accounts, plans maintained or 6 contributed to by an employer, or maintained or contributed 7 to by a self-employed person as an employer, and qualified 8 and nonqualified deferred compensation plans or any earnings 9 attributable to the such deferred compensation plans received 10 by a person who is disabled, or is fifty-five years of age 11 or older, or is the surviving spouse of an individual or is 12 a survivor having an insurable interest in an individual who 13 would have qualified for the exemption under this subsection 14 for the tax year. 15 Sec. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 16 retroactively to January 1, 2024, for tax years beginning on 17 or after that date. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 Under current law, a taxpayer may exclude retirement 22 income from the computation of net income for purposes of 23 the individual income tax. In order to be eligible for 24 the retirement income exclusion, a person must be disabled, 25 at least 55 years of age, or be the surviving spouse of an 26 individual or be a survivor having an insurable interest in an 27 individual who would have qualified for the retirement income 28 exclusion. 29 This bill excludes nonqualified deferred compensation plan 30 income from the computation of net income for purposes of 31 the individual income tax under similar circumstances as the 32 retirement income exclusion. In order to be eligible for the 33 nonqualified deferred compensation plan income exclusion, the 34 taxpayer must be disabled, at least 55 years of age, or be the 35 -1- LSB 5596YH (3) 90 jm/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2105 surviving spouse of an individual or be a survivor having an 1 insurable interest in an individual who would have qualified 2 for the income exclusion. 3 The bill also inserts the term “qualified” in Code section 4 422.7(19)(a) to ensure “qualified” deferred compensation plans 5 remain excludable from the computation of net income for 6 purposes of the individual income tax. 7 A nonqualified deferred compensation plan is deferred 8 compensation with no federal legal deferral limit that is 9 subject to tax at a later date, and is usually made available 10 to select employees. 11 A qualified deferred compensation plan is subject to 12 compensation deferral limits like 401(k) plans. 13 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2024, for tax 14 years beginning on or after that date. 15 -2- LSB 5596YH (3) 90 jm/jh 2/ 2
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