HOUSE BILL No. 5167

 

October 14, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Hoogendyk, Acciavatti, Garfield, Milosch, Drolet, Taub, Kooiman, Voorhees, Vander Veen, Shaffer, Hummel, Hager, Sheen, Robertson, Amos, DeRoche, Huizenga, Casperson, Stakoe, Bradstreet, Gillard, Stahl and Van Regenmorter and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Income tax act of 1967,"                                                   

                                                                                

    by amending section 267 (MCL 206.267), as added by 2000 PA 394;             

                                                                                

    and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 267.  (1) For tax years that begin after December 31,                  

                                                                                

2   2000, an eligible taxpayer may claim a credit against the tax               

                                                                                

3   imposed by this act equal to the  amount determined under section           

                                                                                

4   268.  taxpayer's qualified adoption expenses in excess of the               

                                                                                

5   amount of credit for qualified adoption expenses the taxpayer               

                                                                                

6   claimed under section 23 of the internal revenue code or either             

                                                                                

7   of the following amounts per child, whichever is less:                      

                                                                                

8       (a) $1,200.00.                                                              

                                                                                

9       (b) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2002, if the                

                                                                                

10  taxpayer adopts a child who was subject to the jurisdiction of              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   the court or was a ward of the state before the adoption became             

                                                                                

2   final, $2,400.00.                                                           

                                                                                

3       (2) If the credit allowed under this section for the tax year               

                                                                                

4   exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year, that                 

                                                                                

5   portion that exceeds the tax liability for the tax year shall be            

                                                                                

6   refunded.                                                                   

                                                                                

7       (3) The amounts under subsection (1) shall be adjusted                      

                                                                                

8   annually by the percentage increase in the United States consumer           

                                                                                

9   price index for the immediately preceding calendar year.                    

                                                                                

10      (4)  (3)  As used in this section:  , "eligible                             

                                                                                

11      (a) "Eligible taxpayer" means a taxpayer that claimed a                     

                                                                                

12  credit under section 23 of the internal revenue code for the same           

                                                                                

13  tax year that the taxpayer is claiming a credit under this                  

                                                                                

14  section.                                                                    

                                                                                

15      (b) "Qualified adoption expenses" means adoption expenses                   

                                                                                

16  that are eligible to be used by an eligible taxpayer to claim a             

                                                                                

17  credit against the taxpayer's federal tax liability under section           

                                                                                

18  23 of the internal revenue code for the same tax year that the              

                                                                                

19  taxpayer is claiming a credit under this section.                           

                                                                                

20      (c) "United States consumer price index" means the United                   

                                                                                

21  States consumer price index for all urban consumers as defined              

                                                                                

22  and reported by the United States department of labor, bureau of            

                                                                                

23  labor statistics, and as certified by the state treasurer.                  

                                                                                

24      Enacting section 1.  Section 268 of the income tax act of                   

                                                                                

25  1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.268, is repealed effective January 1,            

                                                                                

26  2003.