Bill Text: MA H2729 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The taxation of certain small businesses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H04974 [H2729 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2729-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lori Ehrlich
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to Small Business Tax Relief.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Ann-Margaret Ferrante |
5th Essex |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Carolyn Dykema |
8th Middlesex |
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Thomas P. Conroy |
13th Middlesex |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Small Business Tax Relief.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 63 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(b) Any corporation taxable under this section shall pay an excise measured by its net income determined to be taxable under section 2A at the following rates:-- (i) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1995, but before January 1, 2010, 10.5 per cent; (ii) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2010, but before January 1, 2011, 10.0 per cent; (iii) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2012, 9.5 per cent; or (iv) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2012 and thereafter, 9.0 per cent; provided, however, that in no case shall the excise imposed under this section amount to less than $456; provided however, that a C corporation that had total annual revenue in its most recently completed fiscal year of 1 million dollars or less shall not be subjected to the minimum excise of $456.
