HOUSE BILL No. 5406

 

October 31, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Condino and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 2007 PA 36, entitled

 

"Michigan business tax act,"

 

by amending section 601 (MCL 208.1601); and to repeal acts and

 

parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 601. (1) For the 2008 fiscal year, except as otherwise

 

provided under subsection (4), if total net cash payments from the

 

tax imposed under this act plus any net cash payments from former

 

1975 PA 228 less any net cash payments made by insurance companies

 

under either act this act or former 1975 PA 228 exceed

 

$2,398,000,000.00, 50% of that excess shall be refunded in the

 

immediately succeeding fiscal year as provided in subsection (5)

 

and the remaining 50% shall be deposited into the countercyclical

 

budget and economic stabilization fund. pursuant to section 353 of

 


the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1353.

 

     (2) For the 2009 fiscal year, except as otherwise provided

 

under subsection (4), if total net cash payments from the tax

 

imposed under this act, excluding any revenue collected pursuant to

 

chapter 2A, exceed the fiscal year 2009 base, 50% of that excess

 

shall be refunded in the immediately succeeding fiscal year as

 

provided in subsection (5) and the remaining 50% shall be deposited

 

into the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund.

 

pursuant to section 353 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA

 

431, MCL 18.1353. To calculate the fiscal year 2009 base, the

 

department shall multiply $2,398,000,000.00 by 1.01 and then

 

multiply this product by 2009 fiscal year Michigan personal income

 

divided by 2008 fiscal year Michigan personal income.

 

     (3) For the 2010 fiscal year, except as otherwise provided

 

under subsection (4), if total net cash payments from the tax

 

imposed under this act, excluding any revenue collected pursuant to

 

chapter 2A, exceed the fiscal year 2010 base, 50% of that excess

 

shall be refunded in the immediately succeeding fiscal year as

 

provided in subsection (5) and the remaining 50% shall be deposited

 

into the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund.

 

pursuant to section 353 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA

 

431, MCL 18.1353. To calculate the fiscal year 2010 base, the

 

department shall multiply $2,398,000,000.00 by 1.0201 and then

 

multiply this product by 2010 fiscal year Michigan personal income

 

divided by 2008 fiscal year Michigan personal income.

 

     (4) If the amount of the total net cash payments collected

 

from the tax imposed under this act, excluding any revenue

 


collected pursuant to chapter 2A, exceeds the amount described in

 

the applicable subsection by less than $5,000,000.00, then all of

 

that excess shall be deposited into the countercyclical budget and

 

economic stabilization fund. pursuant to section 353 of the

 

management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1353.

 

     (5) The refund available authorized under subsection (1), (2),

 

or (3) shall be applied pro rata to the taxpayers that made

 

positive net cash payments during the fiscal year. The taxpayer's

 

pro rata share shall be the total amount to be refunded under

 

subsection (1), (2), or (3) multiplied by a fraction the numerator

 

of which is the positive net payments made by the taxpayer during

 

the fiscal year and the denominator of which is the sum of the

 

positive net cash payments made by all taxpayers during the fiscal

 

year.

 

     (6) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Budget stabilization fund" means the countercyclical

 

budget and economic stabilization fund created under section 351 of

 

the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1351.

 

     (b) (a) "Fiscal year" means the state fiscal year that

 

commences October 1 and continues through September 30.

 

     (c) (b) "Fiscal year Michigan personal income" is means the

 

average of the 4 quarterly values for the fiscal year, as published

 

by the United States department of commerce, bureau of economic

 

analysis. Fiscal year personal income for subsection (2) is

 

calculated using the personal income totals published in December

 

2009. Fiscal year personal income for subsection (3) is calculated

 

using the personal income totals published in December 2010.

 


     (d) (c) "Net cash payments" for the fiscal year are equal to

 

cash annual and estimated payments made during the fiscal year less

 

refunds paid during the fiscal year. Refunds paid under this

 

section are not used to reduce net cash payments for purposes of

 

calculating refunds paid out under this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. Sections 353c, 353e, and 353f of

 

management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1353c, 18.1353e, and

 

18.1353f, are repealed.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2008 and applies to all business activity occurring after

 

December 31, 2007.

 

     Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5401(request no.

 

05498'07 *).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5402(request no.

 

05499'07 *).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5403(request no.

 

05500'07 *).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5404(request no.

 

05501'07 *).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5405(request no.

 

05502'07 *).