Bill Text: TX HB1607 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 1/1/20 [HB1607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1607-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1607 |
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relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain | ||
contracts with the federal government. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that: | ||
(1) Texas is an epicenter of this nation's aerospace, | ||
aviation, defense, and military industries; | ||
(2) with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the | ||
new Army Futures Command, 15 active military bases across the | ||
state, and major military aircraft manufacturing and maintenance | ||
operations, the Texas economy and our nation's aerospace and | ||
defense capabilities are inextricably linked; | ||
(3) these crucial industries employ tens of thousands | ||
of Texans and support dozens of our communities across the state; | ||
and | ||
(4) it is therefore paramount that state tax policy | ||
foster a competitive economic climate to ensure growth and | ||
retention of jobs related to the development, manufacture, | ||
maintenance, and ongoing services for military hardware, aircraft, | ||
spacecraft, and weapons systems used by and produced for our armed | ||
forces, related federal government agencies, and our global allies. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 171.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) For purposes of Subsection (f), "aerospace costs" means | ||
any costs not already subtracted under Subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii)(a) | ||
that are properly allocated and incurred under the Federal | ||
Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. Chapter 1) and subject to the | ||
requirements of 48 C.F.R. Chapter 2 or Chapter 18 for contracts, or | ||
subcontracts supporting those contracts, for the sale of goods or | ||
services to the federal government by a taxable entity in the | ||
aerospace industry that is engaged in activities described by North | ||
American Industry Classification System code 334511, 3364, 3399, | ||
5413, 5415, 5416, or 5419. For purposes of this subsection, a | ||
reference to a federal regulation includes a successor regulation. | ||
(f) In computing the sum for purposes of Subsection | ||
(a)(1)(B)(ii), a taxable entity may add to other amounts described | ||
by that subparagraph: | ||
(1) for a report originally due on or after January 1, | ||
2020, and before January 1, 2021, 20 percent of aerospace costs; | ||
(2) for a report originally due on or after January 1, | ||
2021, and before January 1, 2022, 40 percent of aerospace costs; | ||
(3) for a report originally due on or after January 1, | ||
2022, and before January 1, 2023, 60 percent of aerospace costs; | ||
(4) for a report originally due on or after January 1, | ||
2023, and before January 1, 2024, 80 percent of aerospace costs; and | ||
(5) for a report originally due on or after January 1, | ||
2024, 100 percent of aerospace costs. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1607 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 6, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1607 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |