Introduced Version




HOUSE BILL No. 1205

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 6-3-1-34.

Synopsis: Income tax exemption for military pay. Exempts military pay earned by members of an active component of the United States armed forces from the individual income tax. (Current law exempts military pay earned by members of the national guard and reserve components of the United States armed forces while serving on active duty.)

Effective: January 1, 2013 (retroactive).



Truitt


    January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.




Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1205


    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-3-1-34; (13)IN1205.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-3-1-34, AS ADDED BY P.L.144-2007, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013 (RETROACTIVE)]: Sec. 34. "Qualified military income" means wages that are paid:
        (1) to a member of an active component of the armed forces of the United States for service in the active component; or (A)
        (2) to a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or (B) the National Guard, and (2) for any of the following applicable periods, or any combination of the following applicable periods, in a calendar year:
            (A) The member's full-time service on involuntary orders in:
                (i) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; or
                (ii) the National Guard.
            (B) The period during which the member is mobilized and deployed for full-time service in:
                (i) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United

States; or
                (ii) the National Guard.
            (C) The period during which the member's National Guard unit is federalized.

SOURCE: ; (13)IN1205.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013 (RETROACTIVE)] (a) IC 6-3-1-34, as amended by this act, applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.
    (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2015.
SOURCE: ; (13)IN1205.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.