Bill Text: MI HB4991 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Individual income tax; exemptions; compensation received for wrongful imprisonment; exempt from taxable income and total household resources under the homestead property tax credit. Amends secs. 30 & 508 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30 & 206.508).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-31 - Assigned Pa 588'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4991 Detail]

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HB-4991, As Passed Senate, December 20, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

 

"Income tax act of 1967,"

 

by amending sections 30, 51, 51d, and 508 (MCL 206.30, 206.51,

 

206.51d, and 206.508), section 30 as amended by 2018 PA 38, section

 

51 as amended by 2016 PA 266, section 51d as added by 2015 PA 179,

 

and section 508 as amended by 2011 PA 177, and by adding section

 

51g.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 30. (1) "Taxable income" means, for a person other than a

 

corporation, estate, or trust, adjusted gross income as defined in

 

the internal revenue code subject to the following adjustments

 

under this section:

 

     (a) Add gross interest income and dividends derived from

 


obligations or securities of states other than Michigan, in the

 

same amount that has been excluded from adjusted gross income less

 

related expenses not deducted in computing adjusted gross income

 

because of section 265(a)(1) of the internal revenue code.

 

     (b) Add taxes on or measured by income to the extent the taxes

 

have been deducted in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

     (c) Add losses on the sale or exchange of obligations of the

 

United States government, the income of which this state is

 

prohibited from subjecting to a net income tax, to the extent that

 

the loss has been deducted in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

     (d) Deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

income derived from obligations, or the sale or exchange of

 

obligations, of the United States government that this state is

 

prohibited by law from subjecting to a net income tax, reduced by

 

any interest on indebtedness incurred in carrying the obligations

 

and by any expenses incurred in the production of that income to

 

the extent that the expenses, including amortizable bond premiums,

 

were deducted in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

     (e) Deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

the following:

 

     (i) Compensation, including retirement or pension benefits,

 

received for services in the Armed Forces of the United States.

 

     (ii) Retirement or pension benefits under the railroad

 

retirement act of 1974, 45 USC 231 to 231v.

 

     (iii) Beginning January 1, 2012, retirement or pension

 

benefits received for services in the Michigan National Guard.

 

     (f) Deduct the following to the extent included in adjusted


gross income subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth

 

in subsection (9):

 

     (i) Retirement or pension benefits received from a federal

 

public retirement system or from a public retirement system of or

 

created by this state or a political subdivision of this state.

 

     (ii) Retirement or pension benefits received from a public

 

retirement system of or created by another state or any of its

 

political subdivisions if the income tax laws of the other state

 

permit a similar deduction or exemption or a reciprocal deduction

 

or exemption of a retirement or pension benefit received from a

 

public retirement system of or created by this state or any of the

 

political subdivisions of this state.

 

     (iii) Social Security benefits as defined in section 86 of the

 

internal revenue code.

 

     (iv) Beginning on and after January 1, 2007, retirement or

 

pension benefits not deductible under subparagraph (i) or

 

subdivision (e) from any other retirement or pension system or

 

benefits from a retirement annuity policy in which payments are

 

made for life to a senior citizen, to a maximum of $42,240.00 for a

 

single return and $84,480.00 for a joint return. The maximum

 

amounts allowed under this subparagraph shall be reduced by the

 

amount of the deduction for retirement or pension benefits claimed

 

under subparagraph (i) or subdivision (e) and by the amount of a

 

deduction claimed under subdivision (p). For the 2008 tax year and

 

each tax year after 2008, the maximum amounts allowed under this

 

subparagraph shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the

 

United States Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding


calendar year. The department shall annualize the amounts provided

 

in this subparagraph as necessary. As used in this subparagraph,

 

"senior citizen" means that term as defined in section 514.

 

     (v) The amount determined to be the section 22 amount eligible

 

for the elderly and the permanently and totally disabled credit

 

provided in section 22 of the internal revenue code.

 

     (g) Adjustments resulting from the application of section 271.

 

     (h) Adjustments with respect to estate and trust income as

 

provided in section 36.

 

     (i) Adjustments resulting from the allocation and

 

apportionment provisions of chapter 3.

 

     (j) Deduct the following payments made by the taxpayer in the

 

tax year:

 

     (i) For the 2010 tax year and each tax year after 2010, the

 

amount of a charitable contribution made to the advance tuition

 

payment fund created under section 9 of the Michigan education

 

trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1429.

 

     (ii) The amount of payment made under an advance tuition

 

payment contract as provided in the Michigan education trust act,

 

1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442.

 

     (iii) The amount of payment made under a contract with a

 

private sector investment manager that meets all of the following

 

criteria:

 

     (A) The contract is certified and approved by the board of

 

directors of the Michigan education trust to provide equivalent

 

benefits and rights to purchasers and beneficiaries as an advance

 

tuition payment contract as described in subparagraph (ii).


     (B) The contract applies only for a state institution of

 

higher education as defined in the Michigan education trust act,

 

1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, or a community or junior

 

college in Michigan.

 

     (C) The contract provides for enrollment by the contract's

 

qualified beneficiary in not less than 4 years after the date on

 

which the contract is entered into.

 

     (D) The contract is entered into after either of the

 

following:

 

     (I) The purchaser has had his or her offer to enter into an

 

advance tuition payment contract rejected by the board of directors

 

of the Michigan education trust, if the board determines that the

 

trust cannot accept an unlimited number of enrollees upon an

 

actuarially sound basis.

 

     (II) The board of directors of the Michigan education trust

 

determines that the trust can accept an unlimited number of

 

enrollees upon an actuarially sound basis.

 

     (k) If an advance tuition payment contract under the Michigan

 

education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, or

 

another contract for which the payment was deductible under

 

subdivision (j) is terminated and the qualified beneficiary under

 

that contract does not attend a university, college, junior or

 

community college, or other institution of higher education, add

 

the amount of a refund received by the taxpayer as a result of that

 

termination or the amount of the deduction taken under subdivision

 

(j) for payment made under that contract, whichever is less.

 

     (l) Deduct from the taxable income of a purchaser the amount


included as income to the purchaser under the internal revenue code

 

after the advance tuition payment contract entered into under the

 

Michigan education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to

 

390.1442, is terminated because the qualified beneficiary attends

 

an institution of postsecondary education other than either a state

 

institution of higher education or an institution of postsecondary

 

education located outside this state with which a state institution

 

of higher education has reciprocity.

 

     (m) Add, to the extent deducted in determining adjusted gross

 

income, the net operating loss deduction under section 172 of the

 

internal revenue code.

 

     (n) Deduct a net operating loss deduction for the taxable year

 

as determined under section 172 of the internal revenue code

 

subject to the modifications under section 172(b)(2) of the

 

internal revenue code and subject to the allocation and

 

apportionment provisions of chapter 3 of this part for the taxable

 

year in which the loss was incurred.

 

     (o) Deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

benefits from a discriminatory self-insurance medical expense

 

reimbursement plan.

 

     (p) Beginning on and after January 1, 2007, subject to any

 

limitation provided in this subdivision, a taxpayer who is a senior

 

citizen may deduct to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

interest, dividends, and capital gains received in the tax year not

 

to exceed $9,420.00 for a single return and $18,840.00 for a joint

 

return. The maximum amounts allowed under this subdivision shall be

 

reduced by the amount of a deduction claimed for retirement or


pension benefits under subdivision (e) or a deduction claimed under

 

subdivision (f)(i), (ii), (iv), or (v). For the 2008 tax year and

 

each tax year after 2008, the maximum amounts allowed under this

 

subdivision shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the

 

United States Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding

 

calendar year. The department shall annualize the amounts provided

 

in this subdivision as necessary. Beginning January 1, 2012, the

 

deduction under this subdivision is not available to a senior

 

citizen born after 1945. As used in this subdivision, "senior

 

citizen" means that term as defined in section 514.

 

     (q) Deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

all of the following:

 

     (i) The amount of a refund received in the tax year based on

 

taxes paid under this part.

 

     (ii) The amount of a refund received in the tax year based on

 

taxes paid under the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501

 

to 141.787.

 

     (iii) The amount of a credit received in the tax year based on

 

a claim filed under sections 520 and 522 to the extent that the

 

taxes used to calculate the credit were not used to reduce adjusted

 

gross income for a prior year.

 

     (r) Add the amount paid by the state on behalf of the taxpayer

 

in the tax year to repay the outstanding principal on a loan taken

 

on which the taxpayer defaulted that was to fund an advance tuition

 

payment contract entered into under the Michigan education trust

 

act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, if the cost of the

 

advance tuition payment contract was deducted under subdivision (j)


and was financed with a Michigan education trust secured loan.

 

     (s) Deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

any amount, and any interest earned on that amount, received in the

 

tax year by a taxpayer who is a Holocaust victim as a result of a

 

settlement of claims against any entity or individual for any

 

recovered asset pursuant to the German act regulating unresolved

 

property claims, also known as Gesetz zur Regelung offener

 

Vermogensfragen, as a result of the settlement of the action

 

entitled In re: Holocaust victim assets litigation, CV-96-4849, CV-

 

96-5161, and CV-97-0461 (E.D. NY), or as a result of any similar

 

action if the income and interest are not commingled in any way

 

with and are kept separate from all other funds and assets of the

 

taxpayer. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Holocaust victim" means a person, or the heir or

 

beneficiary of that person, who was persecuted by Nazi Germany or

 

any Axis regime during any period from 1933 to 1945.

 

     (ii) "Recovered asset" means any asset of any type and any

 

interest earned on that asset including, but not limited to, bank

 

deposits, insurance proceeds, or artwork owned by a Holocaust

 

victim during the period from 1920 to 1945, withheld from that

 

Holocaust victim from and after 1945, and not recovered, returned,

 

or otherwise compensated to the Holocaust victim until after 1993.

 

     (t) Deduct all of the following:

 

     (i) To the extent not deducted in determining adjusted gross

 

income, contributions made by the taxpayer in the tax year less

 

qualified withdrawals made in the tax year from education savings

 

accounts, calculated on a per education savings account basis,


pursuant to the Michigan education savings program act, 2000 PA

 

161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486, not to exceed a total deduction of

 

$5,000.00 for a single return or $10,000.00 for a joint return per

 

tax year. The amount calculated under this subparagraph for each

 

education savings account shall not be less than zero.

 

     (ii) To the extent included in adjusted gross income, interest

 

earned in the tax year on the contributions to the taxpayer's

 

education savings accounts if the contributions were deductible

 

under subparagraph (i).

 

     (iii) To the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

distributions that are qualified withdrawals from an education

 

savings account to the designated beneficiary of that education

 

savings account.

 

     (u) Add, to the extent not included in adjusted gross income,

 

the amount of money withdrawn by the taxpayer in the tax year from

 

education savings accounts, not to exceed the total amount deducted

 

under subdivision (t) in the tax year and all previous tax years,

 

if the withdrawal was not a qualified withdrawal as provided in the

 

Michigan education savings program act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471

 

to 390.1486. This subdivision does not apply to withdrawals that

 

are less than the sum of all contributions made to an education

 

savings account in all previous tax years for which no deduction

 

was claimed under subdivision (t), less any contributions for which

 

no deduction was claimed under subdivision (t) that were withdrawn

 

in all previous tax years.

 

     (v) A taxpayer who is a resident tribal member may deduct, to

 

the extent included in adjusted gross income, all nonbusiness


income earned or received in the tax year and during the period in

 

which an agreement entered into between the taxpayer's tribe and

 

this state pursuant to section 30c of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30c, is

 

in full force and effect. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Business income" means business income as defined in

 

section 4 and apportioned under chapter 3.

 

     (ii) "Nonbusiness income" means nonbusiness income as defined

 

in section 14 and, to the extent not included in business income,

 

all of the following:

 

     (A) All income derived from wages whether the wages are earned

 

within the agreement area or outside of the agreement area.

 

     (B) All interest and passive dividends.

 

     (C) All rents and royalties derived from real property located

 

within the agreement area.

 

     (D) All rents and royalties derived from tangible personal

 

property, to the extent the personal property is utilized within

 

the agreement area.

 

     (E) Capital gains from the sale or exchange of real property

 

located within the agreement area.

 

     (F) Capital gains from the sale or exchange of tangible

 

personal property located within the agreement area at the time of

 

sale.

 

     (G) Capital gains from the sale or exchange of intangible

 

personal property.

 

     (H) All pension income and benefits including, but not limited

 

to, distributions from a 401(k) plan, individual retirement

 

accounts under section 408 of the internal revenue code, or a


defined contribution plan, or payments from a defined benefit plan.

 

     (I) All per capita payments by the tribe to resident tribal

 

members, without regard to the source of payment.

 

     (J) All gaming winnings.

 

     (iii) "Resident tribal member" means an individual who meets

 

all of the following criteria:

 

     (A) Is an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe.

 

     (B) The individual's tribe has an agreement with this state

 

pursuant to section 30c of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30c, that is in

 

full force and effect.

 

     (C) The individual's principal place of residence is located

 

within the agreement area as designated in the agreement under sub-

 

subparagraph (B).

 

     (w) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2011, eliminate

 

all of the following:

 

     (i) Income from producing oil and gas to the extent included

 

in adjusted gross income.

 

     (ii) Expenses of producing oil and gas to the extent deducted

 

in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

     (x) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2015, deduct

 

all of the following:

 

     (i) To the extent not deducted in determining adjusted gross

 

income, contributions made by the taxpayer in the tax year less

 

qualified withdrawals made in the tax year from an ABLE savings

 

account, pursuant to the Michigan ABLE program act, 2015 PA 160,

 

MCL 206.981 to 206.997, not to exceed a total deduction of

 

$5,000.00 for a single return or $10,000.00 for a joint return per


tax year. The amount calculated under this subparagraph for an ABLE

 

savings account shall not be less than zero.

 

     (ii) To the extent included in adjusted gross income, interest

 

earned in the tax year on the contributions to the taxpayer's ABLE

 

savings account if the contributions were deductible under

 

subparagraph (i).

 

     (iii) To the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

distributions that are qualified withdrawals from an ABLE savings

 

account to the designated beneficiary of that ABLE savings account.

 

     (y) Add, to the extent not included in adjusted gross income,

 

the amount of money withdrawn by the taxpayer in the tax year from

 

an ABLE savings account, not to exceed the total amount deducted

 

under subdivision (x) in the tax year and all previous tax years,

 

if the withdrawal was not a qualified withdrawal as provided in the

 

Michigan ABLE program act, 2015 PA 160, MCL 206.981 to 206.997.

 

This subdivision does not apply to withdrawals that are less than

 

the sum of all contributions made to an ABLE savings account in all

 

previous tax years for which no deduction was claimed under

 

subdivision (x), less any contributions for which no deduction was

 

claimed under subdivision (x) that were withdrawn in all previous

 

tax years.

 

     (z) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2018, deduct,

 

to the extent included in adjusted gross income, compensation

 

received in the tax year pursuant to the wrongful imprisonment

 

compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1751 to 691.1757.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) and section

 

30a, a personal exemption of $3,700.00 multiplied by the number of


personal and dependency exemptions shall be subtracted in the

 

calculation that determines taxable income. The number of personal

 

and dependency exemptions allowed shall be determined as follows:

 

     (a) Each taxpayer may claim 1 personal exemption. However, if

 

a joint return is not made by the taxpayer and his or her spouse,

 

the taxpayer may claim a personal exemption for the spouse if the

 

spouse, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the

 

taxpayer begins, does not have any gross income and is not the

 

dependent of another taxpayer.

 

     (b) A taxpayer may claim a dependency exemption for each

 

individual who is a dependent of the taxpayer for the tax year.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), a single

 

additional exemption determined as follows shall be subtracted in

 

the calculation that determines taxable income in each of the

 

following circumstances:

 

     (a) $1,800.00 for each taxpayer and every dependent of the

 

taxpayer who is a deaf person as defined in section 2 of the deaf

 

persons' interpreters act, 1982 PA 204, MCL 393.502; a paraplegic,

 

a quadriplegic, or a hemiplegic; a person who is blind as defined

 

in section 504; or a person who is totally and permanently disabled

 

as defined in section 522. When a dependent of a taxpayer files an

 

annual return under this part, the taxpayer or dependent of the

 

taxpayer, but not both, may claim the additional exemption allowed

 

under this subdivision.

 

     (b) For tax years beginning after 2007, $250.00 for each

 

taxpayer and every dependent of the taxpayer who is a qualified

 

disabled veteran. When a dependent of a taxpayer files an annual


return under this part, the taxpayer or dependent of the taxpayer,

 

but not both, may claim the additional exemption allowed under this

 

subdivision. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Qualified disabled veteran" means a veteran with a

 

service-connected disability.

 

     (ii) "Service-connected disability" means a disability

 

incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active military,

 

naval, or air service as described in 38 USC 101(16).

 

     (iii) "Veteran" means a person who served in the active

 

military, naval, marine, coast guard, or air service and who was

 

discharged or released from his or her service with an honorable or

 

general discharge.

 

     (4) An individual with respect to whom a deduction under

 

subsection (2) is allowable to another taxpayer during the tax year

 

is not entitled to an exemption for purposes of subsection (2), but

 

may subtract $1,500.00 in the calculation that determines taxable

 

income for a tax year.

 

     (5) A nonresident or a part-year resident is allowed that

 

proportion of an exemption or deduction allowed under subsection

 

(2), (3), or (4) that the taxpayer's portion of adjusted gross

 

income from Michigan sources bears to the taxpayer's total adjusted

 

gross income.

 

     (6) In calculating taxable income, a taxpayer shall not

 

subtract from adjusted gross income the amount of prizes won by the

 

taxpayer under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act,

 

1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47.

 

     (7) For each tax year beginning on and after January 1, 2013,


the personal exemption allowed under subsection (2) shall be

 

adjusted by multiplying the exemption for the tax year beginning in

 

2012 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the United States

 

Consumer Price Index for the state fiscal year ending in the tax

 

year prior to the tax year for which the adjustment is being made

 

and the denominator of which is the United States Consumer Price

 

Index for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year. For the 2022 tax year

 

and each tax year after 2022, the adjusted amount determined under

 

this subsection shall be increased by an additional $600.00. The

 

resultant product shall be rounded to the nearest $100.00

 

increment. As used in this section, "United States Consumer Price

 

Index" means the United States Consumer Price Index for all urban

 

consumers as defined and reported by the United States Department

 

of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. For each tax year, the

 

exemptions allowed under subsection (3) shall be adjusted by

 

multiplying the exemption amount under subsection (3) for the tax

 

year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the United States

 

Consumer Price Index for the state fiscal year ending the tax year

 

prior to the tax year for which the adjustment is being made and

 

the denominator of which is the United States Consumer Price Index

 

for the 1998-1999 state fiscal year. The resultant product shall be

 

rounded to the nearest $100.00 increment.

 

     (8) As used in this section, "retirement or pension benefits"

 

means distributions from all of the following:

 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), qualified pension

 

trusts and annuity plans that qualify under section 401(a) of the

 

internal revenue code, including all of the following:


     (i) Plans for self-employed persons, commonly known as Keogh

 

or HR10 plans.

 

     (ii) Individual retirement accounts that qualify under section

 

408 of the internal revenue code if the distributions are not made

 

until the participant has reached 59-1/2 years of age, except in

 

the case of death, disability, or distributions described by

 

section 72(t)(2)(A)(iv) of the internal revenue code.

 

     (iii) Employee annuities or tax-sheltered annuities purchased

 

under section 403(b) of the internal revenue code by organizations

 

exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or by

 

public school systems.

 

     (iv) Distributions from a 401(k) plan attributable to employee

 

contributions mandated by the plan or attributable to employer

 

contributions.

 

     (b) The following retirement and pension plans not qualified

 

under the internal revenue code:

 

     (i) Plans of the United States, state governments other than

 

this state, and political subdivisions, agencies, or

 

instrumentalities of this state.

 

     (ii) Plans maintained by a church or a convention or

 

association of churches.

 

     (iii) All other unqualified pension plans that prescribe

 

eligibility for retirement and predetermine contributions and

 

benefits if the distributions are made from a pension trust.

 

     (c) Retirement or pension benefits received by a surviving

 

spouse if those benefits qualified for a deduction prior to the

 

decedent's death. Benefits received by a surviving child are not


deductible.

 

     (d) Retirement and pension benefits do not include:

 

     (i) Amounts received from a plan that allows the employee to

 

set the amount of compensation to be deferred and does not

 

prescribe retirement age or years of service. These plans include,

 

but are not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (A) Deferred compensation plans under section 457 of the

 

internal revenue code.

 

     (B) Distributions from plans under section 401(k) of the

 

internal revenue code other than plans described in subdivision

 

(a)(iv).

 

     (C) Distributions from plans under section 403(b) of the

 

internal revenue code other than plans described in subdivision

 

(a)(iii).

 

     (ii) Premature distributions paid on separation, withdrawal,

 

or discontinuance of a plan prior to the earliest date the

 

recipient could have retired under the provisions of the plan.

 

     (iii) Payments received as an incentive to retire early unless

 

the distributions are from a pension trust.

 

     (9) In determining taxable income under this section, the

 

following limitations and restrictions apply:

 

     (a) For a person born before 1946, this subsection provides no

 

additional restrictions or limitations under subsection (1)(f).

 

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), for a

 

person born in 1946 through 1952, the sum of the deductions under

 

subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and (iv) is limited to $20,000.00 for a

 

single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return. After that person


reaches the age of 67, the deductions under subsection (1)(f)(i),

 

(ii), and (iv) do not apply and that person is eligible for a

 

deduction of $20,000.00 for a single return and $40,000.00 for a

 

joint return, which deduction is available against all types of

 

income and is not restricted to income from retirement or pension

 

benefits. A person who takes the deduction under subsection (1)(e)

 

is not eligible for the unrestricted deduction of $20,000.00 for a

 

single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return under this

 

subdivision.

 

     (c) Beginning January 1, 2013 for a person born in 1946

 

through 1952 and beginning January 1, 2018 for a person born after

 

1945 who has retired as of January 1, 2013, if that person receives

 

retirement or pension benefits from employment with a governmental

 

agency that was not covered by the federal social security act,

 

chapter 531, 49 Stat 620, the sum of the deductions under

 

subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and (iv) is limited to $35,000.00 for a

 

single return and, except as otherwise provided under this

 

subdivision, $55,000.00 for a joint return. If both spouses filing

 

a joint return receive retirement or pension benefits from

 

employment with a governmental agency that was not covered by the

 

federal social security act, chapter 531, 49 Stat 620, the sum of

 

the deductions under subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and (iv) is

 

limited to $70,000.00 for a joint return. After that person reaches

 

the age of 67, the deductions under subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and

 

(iv) do not apply and that person is eligible for a deduction of

 

$35,000.00 for a single return and $55,000.00 for a joint return,

 

or $70,000.00 for a joint return if applicable, which deduction is


available against all types of income and is not restricted to

 

income from retirement or pension benefits. A person who takes the

 

deduction under subsection (1)(e) is not eligible for the

 

unrestricted deduction of $35,000.00 for a single return and

 

$55,000.00 for a joint return, or $70,000.00 for a joint return if

 

applicable, under this subdivision.

 

     (d) Except as otherwise provided under subdivision (c) for a

 

person who was retired as of January 1, 2013, for a person born

 

after 1952 who has reached the age of 62 through 66 years of age

 

and who receives retirement or pension benefits from employment

 

with a governmental agency that was not covered by the federal

 

social security act, chapter 532, 49 Stat 620, the sum of the

 

deductions under subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and (iv) is limited to

 

$15,000.00 for a single return and, except as otherwise provided

 

under this subdivision, $15,000.00 for a joint return. If both

 

spouses filing a joint return receive retirement or pension

 

benefits from employment with a governmental agency that was not

 

covered by the federal social security act, chapter 532, 49 Stat

 

620, the sum of the deductions under subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii),

 

and (iv) is limited to $30,000.00 for a joint return.

 

     (e) Except as otherwise provided under subdivision (c) or (d),

 

for a person born after 1952, the deduction under subsection

 

(1)(f)(i), (ii), or (iv) does not apply. When that person reaches

 

the age of 67, that person is eligible for a deduction of

 

$20,000.00 for a single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return,

 

which deduction is available against all types of income and is not

 

restricted to income from retirement or pension benefits. If a


person takes the deduction of $20,000.00 for a single return and

 

$40,000.00 for a joint return, that person shall not take the

 

deduction under subsection (1)(f)(iii) and shall not take the

 

personal exemption under subsection (2). That person may elect not

 

to take the deduction of $20,000.00 for a single return and

 

$40,000.00 for a joint return and elect to take the deduction under

 

subsection (1)(f)(iii) and the personal exemption under subsection

 

(2) if that election would reduce that person's tax liability. A

 

person who takes the deduction under subsection (1)(e) is not

 

eligible for the unrestricted deduction of $20,000.00 for a single

 

return and $40,000.00 for a joint return under this subdivision.

 

     (f) For a joint return, the limitations and restrictions in

 

this subsection shall be applied based on the age of the older

 

spouse filing the joint return.

 

     (10) As used in this section: , "oil

 

     (a) "Oil and gas" means oil and gas subject to severance tax

 

under 1929 PA 48, MCL 205.301 to 205.317.

 

     (b) "United States Consumer Price Index" means the United

 

States Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers as defined and

 

reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

 

Statistics.

 

     Sec. 51. (1) For receiving, earning, or otherwise acquiring

 

income from any source whatsoever, there is levied and imposed

 

under this part upon the taxable income of every person other than

 

a corporation a tax at the following rates in the following

 

circumstances:

 

     (a) On and after October 1, 2007 and before October 1, 2012,


4.35%.

 

     (b) Except as otherwise provided under subdivision (c), on and

 

after October 1, 2012, 4.25%.

 

     (c) For each tax year beginning on and after January 1, 2023,

 

if the percentage increase in the total general fund/general

 

purpose revenue from the immediately preceding fiscal year is

 

greater than the inflation rate for the same period and the

 

inflation rate is positive, then the current rate shall be reduced

 

by an amount determined by multiplying that rate by a fraction, the

 

numerator of which is the difference between the total general

 

fund/general purpose revenue from the immediately preceding state

 

fiscal year and the capped general fund/general purpose revenue and

 

the denominator of which is the total revenue collected from this

 

part in the immediately preceding state fiscal year. For purposes

 

of this subdivision only, the state treasurer, the director of the

 

senate fiscal agency, and the director of the house fiscal agency

 

shall determine whether the total revenue distributed to general

 

fund/general purpose revenue has increased as required under this

 

subdivision based on the comprehensive annual financial report

 

prepared and published by the department of technology, management,

 

and budget in accordance with section 23 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963. The state treasurer, the director of the

 

senate fiscal agency, and the director of the house fiscal agency

 

shall make the determination under this subdivision no later than

 

the date of the January 2023 revenue estimating conference

 

conducted pursuant to sections 367a through 367f of the management

 

and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1367a to 18.1367f, and the date


of each January revenue estimating conference conducted each year

 

thereafter. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Capped general fund/general purpose revenue" means the

 

total general fund/general purpose revenue from the 2020-2021 state

 

fiscal year multiplied by the sum of 1 plus the product of 1.425

 

times the difference between a fraction, the numerator of which is

 

the consumer price index for the state fiscal year ending in the

 

tax year prior to the tax year for which the adjustment is being

 

made and the denominator of which is the consumer price index

 

Consumer Price Index for the 2020-2021 state fiscal year, and 1.

 

     (ii) "Total general fund/general purpose revenue" means the

 

total general fund/general purpose revenue and other financing

 

sources as published in the comprehensive annual financial report

 

schedule of revenue and other financing sources – general fund for

 

that fiscal year plus any distribution made pursuant to section

 

51d.

 

     (2) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through November 30, 2018,

 

that percentage of the gross collections before refunds from the

 

tax levied under this section that is equal to 1.012% divided by

 

the income tax rate levied under this section shall be deposited in

 

the state school aid fund created in section 11 of article IX of

 

the state constitution of 1963. Beginning December 1, 2018, that

 

percentage of the gross collections before refunds from the tax

 

levied under this section that is equal to 0.954% divided by the

 

income tax rate levied under this section shall be deposited in the

 

state school aid fund created in section 11 of article IX of the

 

state constitution of 1963.


     (3) In addition to the distribution under subsection (2)

 

distributions under subsections (2) and (4) and section sections

 

51d, 51e, and 51f, beginning October 1, 2016, from the revenue

 

collected under this section an amount equal to 3.5% of the average

 

amount of farmland tax credits claimed under section 36109 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.36109, for the immediately preceding 3 state fiscal years

 

shall be deposited into the agricultural preservation fund created

 

in section 36202 of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.36202.

 

     (4) In addition to the distributions under subsections (2) and

 

(3) and sections 51d, 51e, and 51f, beginning with the 2018-2019

 

state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, from the revenue

 

collected under this section $69,000,000.00 shall be deposited into

 

the renew Michigan fund created in section 51g.

 

     (5) (4) The department shall annualize rates provided in

 

subsection (1) as necessary. The applicable annualized rate shall

 

be imposed upon the taxable income of every person other than a

 

corporation for those tax years.

 

     (6) (5) The taxable income of a nonresident shall be computed

 

in the same manner that the taxable income of a resident is

 

computed, subject to the allocation and apportionment provisions of

 

this part.

 

     (7) (6) A resident beneficiary of a trust whose taxable income

 

includes all or part of an accumulation distribution by a trust, as

 

defined in section 665 of the internal revenue code, shall be

 

allowed a credit against the tax otherwise due under this part. The


credit shall be all or a proportionate part of any tax paid by the

 

trust under this part for any preceding taxable year that would not

 

have been payable if the trust had in fact made distribution to its

 

beneficiaries at the times and in the amounts specified in section

 

666 of the internal revenue code. The credit shall not reduce the

 

tax otherwise due from the beneficiary to an amount less than would

 

have been due if the accumulation distribution were excluded from

 

taxable income.

 

     (8) (7) The taxable income of a resident who is required to

 

include income from a trust in his or her federal income tax return

 

under the provisions of 26 USC 671 to 679, shall include items of

 

income and deductions from the trust in taxable income to the

 

extent required by this part with respect to property owned

 

outright.

 

     (9) (8) It is the intention of this section that the income

 

subject to tax of every person other than corporations shall be

 

computed in like manner and be the same as provided in the internal

 

revenue code subject to adjustments specifically provided for in

 

this part.

 

     (10) (9) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Consumer price index" Price Index" means the United

 

States consumer price index Consumer Price Index for all urban

 

consumers as defined and reported by the United States Department

 

of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

     (b) "Inflation rate" means the annual percentage change in the

 

consumer price index, Consumer Price Index, as determined by the

 

department, comparing the 2 most recent completed state fiscal


years.

 

     (c) "Person other than a corporation" means a resident or

 

nonresident individual or any of the following:

 

     (i) A partner in a partnership as defined in the internal

 

revenue code.

 

     (ii) A beneficiary of an estate or a trust as defined in the

 

internal revenue code.

 

     (iii) An estate or trust as defined in the internal revenue

 

code.

 

     (d) "Taxable income" means taxable income as defined in this

 

part subject to the applicable source and attribution rules

 

contained in this part.

 

     Sec. 51d. In addition to the distribution under section 51(2),

 

distributions under sections 51, 51e, and 51f, the following

 

amounts of revenue collected from the tax levied under section 51

 

shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the

 

Michigan transportation fund created in section 10 of 1951 PA 51,

 

MCL 247.660, and disbursed as provided in section 10(1)(k) 10(1)(l)

 

of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660:

 

     (a) Beginning October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019,

 

$150,000,000.00.$264,000,000.00.

 

     (b) Beginning October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020,

 

$325,000,000.00.$468,000,000.00.

 

     (c) Beginning October 1, 2020 and each October 1 thereafter,

 

$600,000,000.00.

 

     Sec. 51g. (1) The renew Michigan fund is created within the

 

state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other


assets from any source for deposit into the renew Michigan fund.

 

The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The

 

state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from

 

fund investments.

 

     (2) Money in the renew Michigan fund at the close of the

 

fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the

 

general fund.

 

     (3) The department of environmental quality shall be the

 

administrator of the renew Michigan fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (4) Beginning with the 2018-2019 state fiscal year and each

 

fiscal year thereafter, the department shall expend money from the

 

renew Michigan fund, upon appropriation, only for the following

 

purposes:

 

     (a) 65% of the revenue shall be used for environmental cleanup

 

and redevelopment, including, but not limited to, addressing

 

contaminated sites and emerging issues that have known or suspected

 

potential to cause adverse environmental or human health effects.

 

Criteria to determine which sites will be addressed each year may

 

include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

     (i) Population risk, such as the number of people exposed,

 

whether sensitive populations are exposed, and whether the exposure

 

occurs in a residential setting.

 

     (ii) Chemical risk, including the type and concentration of

 

chemicals and the public health risk associated with the chemicals.

 

     (iii) Economic development potential, including the number of

 

jobs, the amount of investment, or the amount of increase in the

 

property's value.


     (b) 13% of the revenue shall be used for waste management,

 

including, but not limited to, oversight of active landfills,

 

asbestos landfill gas monitoring, and department of environmental

 

quality expenditures for closure, postclosure monitoring or

 

maintenance, or corrective action for disposal areas that have been

 

licensed under this part.

 

     (c) 22% of the revenue shall be used for recycling, including,

 

but not limited to, the following:

 

     (i) Materials management planning, including grants to

 

counties, regional planning agencies, municipalities, and other

 

entities responsible for preparing, implementing, and maintaining

 

materials management plans.

 

     (ii) Local recycling programs, including grants to local units

 

of government and nonprofit and for-profit entities for recycling

 

infrastructure, local recycling outreach campaigns, and other costs

 

necessary to support increased recycling.

 

     (iii) Market development, including grants to local units of

 

government and nonprofit and for-profit entities for purchasing

 

equipment, research and development, or associated activities to

 

provide new or increased use of recycled materials to support the

 

development of recycling markets.

 

     (5) By December 31 annually, the department shall prepare and

 

submit to the senate and house appropriations committees a report

 

detailing the amount of revenue received by and expenditures from

 

the renew Michigan fund during the prior fiscal year and the fund

 

balance at the end of the prior fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 508. (1) "Gross rent" means the total rent contracted to


be paid by the renter or lessee of a homestead pursuant to dealing

 

at arms' length with the landlord of the homestead. When the

 

landlord and tenant have not dealt with each other at arms' length

 

and the department believes that the gross rent charged is

 

excessive, the department may adjust the gross rent to a reasonable

 

amount for the purposes of this chapter.

 

     (2) "Homestead" means a dwelling or unit in a multiple-unit

 

dwelling that is subject to ad valorem taxes, or a service charge

 

in lieu of taxes as provided by section 15a of the state housing

 

development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1415a,

 

owned and occupied as a home by the owner of the dwelling or unit,

 

or occupied as the dwelling of the renter or lessee, including all

 

unoccupied real property not classified for ad valorem tax purposes

 

as commercial, industrial, residential, or timber-cut over, owned

 

by the owner of the homestead. Beginning in the 1990 tax year, a

 

homestead does not include unoccupied real property that is leased

 

or rented by the owner to another person and that is not adjacent

 

and contiguous to the home of the owner. Additionally, the

 

following apply:

 

     (a) If a homestead is an integral part of a larger unit of

 

assessment such as commercial, industrial, residential, timber-cut

 

over, or a multipurpose or multidwelling building, the tax on the

 

homestead shall be the same proportion of the total property tax as

 

the proportion of the value of the homestead is to the total value

 

of the assessed property.

 

     (b) If the gross receipts of the agricultural or horticultural

 

operations do not exceed the household income, or if there are no


gross receipts, the following apply:

 

     (i) If the claimant has lived on the land 10 years or more,

 

all of the adjacent and contiguous agricultural or horticultural

 

lands shall be considered a homestead and the credit is allowed for

 

all the land.

 

     (ii) If the claimant has lived on the land less than 10 years,

 

not more than 5 acres of adjacent and contiguous agricultural or

 

horticultural land shall be considered a part of the homestead and

 

the credit is allowed for that part of the land.

 

     (c) A mobile home or trailer coach in a trailer coach park is

 

a homestead and the site rent for space is considered the rent of a

 

homestead. The specific tax levied by section 41 of 1959 PA 243,

 

MCL 125.1041, is considered a property tax.

 

     (3) "Household" means a claimant and spouse.

 

     (4) "Total household resources" means all income received by

 

all persons of a household in a tax year while members of a

 

household, excluding for tax years beginning after December 31,

 

2018 any compensation received pursuant to the wrongful

 

imprisonment compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1751 to

 

691.1757, and increased by the following deductions from federal

 

gross income:

 

     (a) Any net business loss after netting all business income

 

and loss.

 

     (b) Any net rental or royalty loss.

 

     (c) Any carryback or carryforward of a net operating loss as

 

defined in section 172(b)(2) of the internal revenue code.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 51 of the income tax act of 1967,


1967 PA 281, MCL 206.51, as amended by this amendatory act, is

 

retroactive and effective beginning December 1, 2018.

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