Arizona 54th Legislature - 1st Regular Session Status: Passed House 1 R cosponsors

HB 2011 — veterans; increased income tax subtraction

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HB 2011 changes the tax deduction for veteran benefits, annuities, and pensions from an increased amount of $7,500 to a fixed $5,000 starting in tax year 2020. Initially, the bill proposed to gradually raise this deduction to $10,000 by 2022, but this amendment simplifies the plan and sets a clear limit. This matters because it provides immediate tax relief to veterans while avoiding more complicated gradual increases in the future.

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HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION Bill Number:
HB2011 - 541R - H Ver       House Engrossed         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session       HOUSE BILL 2011       AN ACT   Amending section 43‑1022, Arizona Revised Statutes;
HB 2011 Floor Amendment Griffin Makes the tax deduction from Arizona gross income for veteran benefits, annuities and pensions $5,000 starting in tax year 2020 and going forward.
relating to military pensions.
The House engrossed version of the bill would have increased the deduction to $7,500 in tax year 2021 and $10,000 in tax year 2022 and going forward.
    (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Amendment explanation prepared by Tim Grubbs Phone Number 6-3040 ls 3/7/2019 Fifty-fourth Legislature Griffin First Regular Session H.B.
Section 1.  Section 43-1022, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
2011 GRIFFIN FLOOR AMENDMENT ADDITIONAL COW HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
START_STATUTE43-1022.  Subtractions from Arizona gross income In computing Arizona adjusted gross income, the following amounts shall be subtracted from Arizona gross income:
2011 (Reference to House engrossed bill) Page 5, line 30, strike "THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020" Strike lines 31 through 34 Amend title to conform GAIL GRIFFIN 2011FloorGRIFFIN 03/07/2019 11:32 AM C:
1.  The amount of exemptions allowed by section 43‑1023.
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2.  Benefits, annuities and pensions in an amount totaling not more than two thousand five hundred dollars $2,500 received from one or more of the following:
(a)  The United States government service retirement and disability fund, the United States foreign service retirement and disability system and any other retirement system or plan established by federal law.
(b)  The Arizona state retirement system, the corrections officer retirement plan, the public safety personnel retirement system, the elected officials' retirement plan, an optional retirement program established by the Arizona board of regents under section 15‑1628, an optional retirement program established by a community college district board under section 15‑1451 or a retirement plan established for employees of a county, city or town in this state.
3.  A beneficiary's share of the fiduciary adjustment to the extent that the amount determined by section 43‑1333 decreases the beneficiary's Arizona gross income.
4.  Interest income received on obligations of the United States, less any interest on indebtedness, or other related expenses, and deducted in arriving at Arizona gross income, which were incurred or continued to purchase or carry such obligations.
5.  The excess of a partner's share of income required to be included under section 702(a)(8) of the internal revenue code over the income required to be included under chapter 14, article 2 of this title.
6.  The excess of a partner's share of partnership losses determined pursuant to chapter 14, article 2 of this title over the losses allowable under section 702(a)(8) of the internal revenue code.
7.  The amount allowed by section 43‑1025 for contributions during the taxable year of agricultural crops to charitable organizations.
8.  The portion of any wages or salaries paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the taxable year that is equal to the amount of the federal work opportunity credit, the empowerment zone employment credit, the credit for employer paid social security taxes on employee cash tips and the Indian employment credit that the taxpayer received under sections 45A, 45B, 51(a) and 1396 of the internal revenue code.
9.  The amount of prizes or winnings less than five thousand dollars $5,000 in a single taxable year from any of the state lotteries established and operated pursuant to title 5, chapter 5.1, article 1.
10.  The amount of exploration expenses that is determined pursuant to section 617 of the internal revenue code, that has been deferred in a taxable year ending before January 1, 1990 and for which a subtraction has not previously been made.  The subtraction shall be made on a ratable basis as the units of produced ores or minerals discovered or explored as a result of this exploration are sold.
11.  The amount included in federal adjusted gross income pursuant to section 86 of the internal revenue code, relating to taxation of social security and railroad retirement benefits.
12.  To the extent not already excluded from Arizona gross income under the internal revenue code, compensation received for active service as a member of the reserves, the national guard or the armed forces of the United States, including compensation for service in a combat zone as determined under section 112 of the internal revenue code.
13.  The amount of unreimbursed medical and hospital costs, adoption counseling, legal and agency fees and other nonrecurring costs of adoption not to exceed three thousand dollars $3,000.  In the case of a husband and wife who file separate returns, the subtraction may be taken by either taxpayer or may be divided between them, but the total subtractions allowed both husband and wife shall not exceed three thousand dollars $3,000.
 The subtraction under this paragraph may be taken for the costs that are described in this paragraph and that are incurred in prior years, but the subtraction may be taken only in the year during which the final adoption order is granted.
14.  The amount authorized by section 43‑1027 for the taxable year relating to qualified wood stoves, wood fireplaces or gas fired fireplaces.
15.  The amount by which a net operating loss carryover or capital loss carryover allowable pursuant to section 43‑1029, subsection F exceeds the net operating loss carryover or capital loss carryover allowable pursuant to section 1341(b)(5) of the internal revenue code.
16.  Any amount of qualified educational expenses that is distributed from a qualified state tuition program determined pursuant to section 529 of the internal revenue code and that is included in income in computing federal adjusted gross income.
17.  Any item of income resulting from an installment sale that has been properly subjected to income tax in another state in a previous taxable year and that is included in Arizona gross income in the current taxable year.
18.  The amount authorized by section 43‑1030 relating to holocaust survivors.
19.  For property placed in service:
(a)  In taxable years beginning before December 31, 2012, an amount equal to the depreciation allowable pursuant to section 167(a) of the internal revenue code for the taxable year computed as if the election described in section 168(k)(2)(D)(iii) of the internal revenue code had been made for each applicable class of property in the year the property was placed in service.
(b)  In taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2013, an amount determined in the year the asset was placed in service based on the calculation in subdivision (a) of this paragraph.  In the first taxable year beginning from and after December 31, 2013, the taxpayer may elect to subtract the amount necessary to make the depreciation claimed to date for the purposes of this title the same as it would have been if subdivision (c) of this paragraph had applied for the entire time the asset was in service.  Subdivision (c) of this paragraph applies for the remainder of the asset's life.  If the taxpayer does not make the election under this subdivision, subdivision (a) of this paragraph applies for the remainder of the asset's life.
(c)  In taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2015, an amount equal to the depreciation allowable pursuant to section 167(a) of the internal revenue code for the taxable year as computed as if the additional allowance for depreciation had been ten percent of the amount allowed pursuant to section 168(k) of the internal revenue code.
(d)  In taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2015 through December 31, 2016, an amount equal to the depreciation allowable pursuant to section 167(a) of the internal revenue code for the taxable year as computed as if the additional allowance for depreciation had been fifty‑five percent of the amount allowed pursuant to section 168(k) of the internal revenue code.
(e)  In taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2016, an amount equal to the depreciation allowable pursuant to section 167(a) of the internal revenue code for the taxable year as computed as if the additional allowance for depreciation had been the full amount allowed pursuant to section 168(k) of the internal revenue code.
20.  With respect to property that is sold or otherwise disposed of during the taxable year by a taxpayer that complied with section 43‑1021, paragraph 14 with respect to that property, the amount of depreciation that has been allowed pursuant to section 167(a) of the internal revenue code to the extent that the amount has not already reduced Arizona taxable income in the current or prior taxable years.
21.  The amount contributed during the taxable year to college savings plans established pursuant to section 529 of the internal revenue code to the extent that the contributions were not deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income.  The amount subtracted shall not exceed:
(a)  Two thousand dollars $2,000 for a single individual or a head of household.
(b)  Four thousand dollars $4,000 for a married couple filing a joint return.  In the case of a husband and wife who file separate returns, the subtraction may be taken by either taxpayer or may be divided between them, but the total subtractions allowed both husband and wife shall not exceed four thousand dollars $4,000.
22.  The amount of any original issue discount that was deferred and not allowed to be deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income in the current taxable year pursuant to section 108(i) of the internal revenue code as added by section 1231 of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (P.L.
111‑5).
23.  The amount of previously deferred discharge of indebtedness income that is included in the computation of federal adjusted gross income in the current taxable year pursuant to section 108(i) of the internal revenue code as added by section 1231 of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (P.L.
111‑5), to the extent that the amount was previously added to Arizona gross income pursuant to section 43‑1021, paragraph 16.
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24.  The portion of the net operating loss carryforward that would have been allowed as a deduction in the current year pursuant to section 172 of the internal revenue code if the election described in section 172(b)(1)(H) of the internal revenue code had not been made in the year of the loss that exceeds the actual net operating loss carryforward that was deducted in arriving at federal adjusted gross income.  This subtraction only applies to taxpayers who made an election under section 172(b)(1)(H) of the internal revenue code as amended by section 1211 of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (P.L. 111‑5) or as amended by section of the worker, homeownership, and business assistance act of 2009 (P.L.
111‑92).
25.  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2013, the amount of any net capital gain included in federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year derived from investment in a qualified small business as determined by the Arizona commerce authority pursuant to section 41‑1518.
26.  An amount of any net long-term capital gain included in federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year that is derived from an investment in an asset acquired after December 31, 2011, as follows:
(a)  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2013, ten percent of the net long-term capital gain included in federal adjusted gross income.
(b)  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2014, twenty percent of the net long-term capital gain included in federal adjusted gross income.
(c)  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2014, twenty‑five percent of the net long-term capital gain included in federal adjusted gross income.  For the purposes of this paragraph, a transferee that receives an asset by gift or at the death of a transferor is considered to have acquired the asset when the asset was acquired by the transferor.  If the date an asset is acquired cannot be verified, a subtraction under this paragraph is not allowed.
27.  If an individual is not claiming itemized deductions pursuant to section 43‑1042, the amount of premium costs for long-term care insurance, as defined in section 20‑1691.
28.  The amount of eligible access expenditures paid or incurred during the taxable year to comply with the requirements of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L.
101‑336) or title 41, chapter 9, article 8 as provided by section 43‑1024.
29.  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2017, the amount of any net capital gain included in Arizona gross income for the taxable year that is derived from the exchange of one kind of legal tender for another kind of legal tender.  For the purposes of this paragraph:
(a)  "Legal tender" means a medium of exchange, including specie, that is authorized by the United States Constitution or Congress for the payment of debts, public charges, taxes and dues.
(b)  "Specie" means coins having precious metal content.
30.  Benefits, annuities and pensions received as retired or retainer pay of the uniformed services of the United States in amounts as follows:
(a)  For taxable years through December 31, 2018, an amount totaling not more than two thousand five hundred dollars $2,500.
(b)  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2018 through December 31, 2019, an amount totaling not more than three thousand five hundred dollars $3,500.
(c)  For taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2019, an amount totaling not more than $5,000.
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Votes

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Failed 25 Yea · 35 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 162800
Republican 7500
Democrat 2200
Total 253500
% of votes cast 42%58%0%0%
How each member voted (60)
Member Party Vote
Aaron Lieberman — Nay
Amish Shah — Nay
Andres Cano — Nay
Anthony T. Kern — Yea
Arlando Teller — Yea
Athena Salman — Nay
Becky A. Nutt — Yea
Ben Toma — Yea
Bob Thorpe — Yea
Bret Roberts — Yea
Charlene R. Fernandez — Nay
César Chávez — Nay
Daniel Hernandez — Nay
David L. Cook — Yea
David Stringer — Yea
Diego Espinoza — Nay
Diego Rodriguez — Nay
Domingo DeGrazia — Nay
Gerae Peten — Nay
Isela Blanc — Nay
Jay Lawrence — Yea
Jennifer Jermaine — Nay
Jennifer Longdon — Nay
Jennifer Pawlik — Nay
Joanne Osborne — Yea
John Fillmore — Yea
John M. Allen — Nay
Kelli Butler — Nay
Kelly Townsend — Yea
Kirsten Engel — Nay
Lorenzo Sierra — Nay
Michelle Udall — Nay
Nancy Barto — Yea
Noel W. Campbell — Yea
Pamela Powers Hannley — Nay
Randall Friese — Nay
Raquel Terán — Nay
Regina E. Cobb — Nay
Reginald Bolding — Nay
Richard C. Andrade — Yea
Robert Meza — Nay
Russell Bowers — Nay
Travis W. Grantham — Nay
Walter Blackman — Yea
Alma Hernandez Democrat Yea
Denise “Mitzi” Epstein Democrat Nay
Myron Tsosie Democrat Yea
Rosanna Gabaldón Democrat Nay
Frank Carroll Republican Nay
Gail Griffin Republican Yea
Jeff Weninger Republican Yea
John Kavanagh Republican Nay
Kevin Payne Republican Nay
Leo Biasiucci Republican Yea
Mark Finchem Republican Yea
Shawnna Bolick Republican Nay
Thomas "T.J." Shope Republican Yea
Timothy "Tim" Dunn Republican Yea
Tony Rivero Republican Yea
Warren Petersen Republican Nay

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Who sponsors HB 2011?
HB 2011 is sponsored by Gail Griffin (Republican) and Sonny Borrelli.
What is the current status of HB 2011?
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