Bill Text: MO HB2093 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a tax credit to an individual, partnership, or corporation for 100% of the salary and benefits paid to an employee while on active military duty as a member of a reserve or national guard unit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Tax Reform (H) [HB2093 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HB2093-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES FRAME (Sponsor), KANDER, CASEY, ATKINS, WEBB, SCAVUZZO, MEADOWS, FALLERT, ROORDA AND KOMO (Co-sponsors).
3390L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 135, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a tax credit for military-related employees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 135, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 135.740, to read as follows:
135.740. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Tax credit", a credit against the tax otherwise due under chapter 143, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265;
(2) "Taxpayer", any individual, partnership, or corporation as described in section 143.441 or 143.471 that is subject to the tax imposed in chapter 143, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265.
2. For all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, a taxpayer shall be allowed a tax credit for the salary and related benefits paid to any employee of the taxpayer during the period the employee is called to active military duty as a member of a reserve or national guard component. The tax credit amount shall be equal to one hundred percent of the amount of such salary and related benefits paid. If the amount of the tax credit issued exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed, the difference shall be considered an overpayment of tax and shall be refundable. No tax credit granted under this section shall be transferred, sold, or assigned. The cumulative amount of tax credits which may be issued under this section in any one fiscal year shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars.
3. The director of the department of revenue shall establish a procedure by which, from the beginning of the fiscal year until some point in time later in the fiscal year to be determined by the director, the cumulative amount of tax credits are equally apportioned among all taxpayers qualifying for the credit. If a taxpayer fails to use all, or some percentage to be determined by the director of the department of revenue, of its apportioned tax credits during this predetermined period of time, the director may reapportion these unused tax credits to those taxpayers that have used all, or some percentage to be determined by the director, of their apportioned tax credits during this predetermined period of time. The director of the department of revenue may establish more than one period of time and reapportion more than once during each fiscal year. To the maximum extent possible, the director of the department of revenue shall establish the procedure described in this subsection in such a manner as to ensure that taxpayers can claim all the tax credits possible up to the cumulative amount of tax credits available for the fiscal year.
4. The department of revenue may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2010, shall be invalid and void.
5. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri Sunset Act:
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset.
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