Bill Text: MS HB243 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Income tax; delete reverter on credit allowed for child adoption expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB243 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HB243-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means
By: Representative Sanford
House Bill 243
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-22.32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD, TO DELETE THE REVERTER ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT INCREASES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE TAX CREDIT FROM $2,500 TO $5,000 PER CHILD AND THE PROVISION THAT AUTHORIZES AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR A CHILD ADOPTED THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-7-22.32, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
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27-7-22.32. (1) (a) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter the amount of the qualified adoption expenses paid or incurred, not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), for each dependent child legally adopted by a taxpayer under the laws of this state during calendar year 2006 or during any calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2017, and not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each dependent child legally adopted by a taxpayer under the laws of this state during any calendar year thereafter. A taxpayer claiming a credit under this paragraph (a) may not claim a credit under paragraph (b) of this subsection for the adoption of the same child.
(b) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each dependent child legally adopted by a taxpayer under the laws of this state through the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services during calendar year 2018 or during any calendar year thereafter. A taxpayer claiming a credit under this paragraph (b) may not claim a credit under paragraph (a) of this subsection for the adoption of the same child.
(2) The tax credit under this
section may be claimed for the taxable year in which the adoption becomes final
under the laws of this state. Any tax credit claimed under this section but not
used in any taxable year may be carried forward for the five (5) succeeding tax
years. A tax credit is allowed under this section for any child for which an exemption
is claimed during the same taxable year under Section 27-7-21(e). For the purposes
of this section, the term "qualified adoption expenses" means and has
the same definition as that term has in 26 USCS * * * 23.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
