Bill Text: MI HB5632 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain renovations made to a principal residence for senior citizens; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 277.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/21/2024 [HB5632 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-HB5632-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 5632

A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

"Income tax act of 1967,"

(MCL 206.1 to 206.847) by adding section 277.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 277. (1) For tax years that begin on and after January 1, 2024, a taxpayer who is a senior citizen who makes qualified expenditures during the tax year to renovate or update the taxpayer's principal residence or a taxpayer who makes qualified expenditures during the tax year to renovate or update the principal residence of a family member who is a senior citizen may claim a credit of $250.00 against the tax imposed by this part. The department, in cooperation with the department of health and human services, must create and publish a list of qualified expenditures that qualify for a credit under this section. The department may require reasonable proof of the qualified expenditures for which a credit is claimed under this section.

(2) If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, the amount by which the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability must be refunded.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Family member" means an individual related to the taxpayer by blood, marriage, or adoption who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the taxpayer.

(b) "Principal residence" means a principal residence for which an exemption is granted under section 7cc of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.7cc.

(c) "Qualified expenditures" means expenditures incurred to make modifications or renovations to all or any portion of a principal residence to provide mobility assistance or otherwise accommodate the physical needs of a senior citizen, including, but not limited to, bath bars, ramps, safety features, door widening, access changes, wheelchair lifts, stairwell lifts, and refitting of fixtures.

(d) "Senior citizen" means an individual who is 65 years of age or older at the close of the tax year.