HB-4361, As Passed Senate, May 12, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4361

 

 

 

(As amended May 12, 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      <<A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

 

"Income tax act of 1967,"

 

by amending the title and sections 2, 4, 6, 24, 26, 30, 30f, 36,

 

51, 52, 91, 102, 103, 105, 110, 115, 132, 195, 201, 251, 255,

 

256, 265, 266, 270, 271, 272, 278, 301, 311, 315, 322, 325,

 

402, 408, 451, 455, 471, 475, 508, 510, 512, 514, 520,

 

522, 526, 527a, 530, and 532 (MCL 206.2, 206.4, 206.6, 206.24,

 

206.26, 206.30, 206.30f, 206.36, 206.51, 206.52, 206.91, 206.102,

 

206.103, 206.105, 206.110, 206.115, 206.132, 206.195, 206.201, 206.251,

 

206.255, 206.256, 206.265, 206.266, 206.270, 206.271, 206.272, 206.278,

 

206.301, 206.311, 206.315, 206.322, 206.325, 206.402, 206.408, 206.451,

 

206.455, 206.471, 206.475, 206.508, 206.510, 206.512, 206.514, 206.520,

 

206.522, 206.526, 206.527a, 206.530, and 206.532), section 4 as

 

amended by 2003 PA 52, section 26 as amended by 2003 PA 50,

 


House Bill No. 4361 as amended May 12, 2011

 

section 30 as amended by 2009 PA 134, section 30f as added by 2000

 

PA 163, sections 51 and 270 as amended by 2007 PA 94, section 52

 

as added by 1988 PA 1, section 110 as amended by 2003 PA 21,

 

sections 255, 256, 301, and 475 as amended by 1996 PA 484, section

 

265 as amended by 1998 PA 19, section 266 as amended by 2008

 

PA 447, section 272 as added by 2006 PA 372, section 278 as added by

 

2010 PA 235, section 311 as amended by 2004 PA 199, section 315

 

as amended by 2003 PA 49, sections 325 and 514 as amended by 1987

 

PA 254, section 402 as added and section 408 as amended by 1980

 

PA 169, section 451 as amended by 2003 PA 46, section 471 as amended

 

by 2002 PA 486, section 508 as amended by 1990 PA 283, sections 510

 

and 520 as amended by 1995 PA 245, section 512 as amended by 2003

 

PA 29, section 522 as amended by 2000 PA 41, section 527a as amended

 

by 2004 PA 335, and section 530 as amended by 1982 PA 480, by

 

designating sections 1 to 532 as part 1, and by adding parts 2 and 3;

 

and to repeal acts and parts of acts.>>

 

 

 

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                              TITLE

 

 2        An act to meet deficiencies in state funds by providing for

 

 3  the imposition, levy, computation, collection, assessment,

 

 4  reporting, payment, and enforcement by lien and otherwise of

 

 5  taxes on or measured by net income and on certain commercial,

 

 6  business, and financial activities; to prescribe the manner and

 

 7  time of making reports and paying the taxes, and the functions of

 


 1  public officers and others as to the taxes; to permit the

 

 2  inspection of the records of taxpayers; to provide for interest

 

 3  and penalties on unpaid taxes; to provide exemptions, credits and

 

 4  refunds of the taxes; to prescribe penalties for the violation of

 

 5  this act; to provide an appropriation; and to repeal certain acts

 

 6  and parts of acts.

 

 7                             PART 1

 

 8        Sec. 2. (1) For the purposes of this act, part, the words,

 

 9  terms and phrases set forth in this chapter and their derivations

 

10  have the meaning given therein. When not inconsistent with the

 

11  context, words used in the present tense include the future,

 

12  words in the plural number include the singular number, and in

 

13  the singular number include the plural. "Shall" is always

 

14  mandatory and "may" is always discretionary.

 

15        (2) Any term used in this act part shall have the same

 

16  meaning as when used in comparable context in the laws of the

 

17  United States relating to federal income taxes unless a different

 

18  meaning is clearly required. Any reference in this act part to

 

19  the internal revenue code shall include other provisions of the

 

20  laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes.

 

21        (3) It is the intention of this act part that the income

 

22  subject to tax be the same as taxable income as defined and

 

23  applicable to the subject taxpayer in the internal revenue code,

 

24  except as otherwise provided in this act.

 

25        Sec. 4. (1) "Board" means the state board of tax appeals.

 

26        (2) "Business income" means all income arising from

 

27  transactions, activities, and sources in the regular course of

 


 1  the taxpayer's trade or business and includes the following:

 

 2        (a) All income from tangible and intangible property if the

 

 3  acquisition, rental, management, or disposition of the property

 

 4  constitutes integral parts of the taxpayer's regular trade or

 

 5  business operations.

 

 6        (b) Gains or losses from stock and securities of any foreign

 

 7  or domestic corporation and dividend and interest income.

 

 8        (c) Income derived from isolated sales, leases, assignment,

 

 9  licenses, divisions, or other infrequently occurring

 

10  dispositions, transfers, or transactions involving property if

 

11  the property is or was used in the taxpayer's trade or business

 

12  operation.

 

13        (d) Income derived from the sale of a business.

 

14        (3) Not later than 2 years after the effective date of the

 

15  amendatory act that added subsection (2)(b), the department shall

 

16  report the impact of the amendatory act that added subsection

 

17  (2)(b) on the tax liability under this act of resident and

 

18  nonresident taxpayers to the house tax policy committee and the

 

19  senate finance committee.

 

20        Sec. 6. (1) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place

 

21  from which the trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or

 

22  managed.

 

23        (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department.

 

24        (2) (3) "Compensation" means wages as defined in section

 

25  3401 and other payments as provided in section 3402 of the

 

26  internal revenue code.

 

27        (3) (4) "Corporation" means, in addition to an incorporated

 


 1  entity, an association, trust or any unincorporated organization

 

 2  which is defined as a corporation in the internal revenue code.

 

 3        Sec. 24. "Tax year" or "taxable year" means the calendar

 

 4  year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon

 

 5  the basis of which taxable income is computed under this act

 

 6  part. In the case of a return made for a fractional part of a

 

 7  year, the term shall mean the period for which such return is

 

 8  made. Except for the first return required by this act, part, any

 

 9  taxpayer's tax year shall be for the same period as is covered by

 

10  his federal income tax return.

 

11        Sec. 26. "Taxpayer" means any person subject to the taxes

 

12  imposed by this act, part, any employer required to withhold

 

13  taxes on salaries and wages, or any flow-through entity required

 

14  to withhold taxes on a nonresident member's share of income

 

15  available for distribution.

 

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

 

17  a corporation, estate, or trust, adjusted gross income as defined

 

18  in the internal revenue code subject to the following adjustments

 

19  under this section:

 

20        (a) Add gross interest income and dividends derived from

 

21  obligations or securities of states other than Michigan, in the

 

22  same amount that has been excluded from adjusted gross income

 

23  less related expenses not deducted in computing adjusted gross

 

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

 

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

 

26  taxes have been deducted in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

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

 


 1  United States government, the income of which this state is

 

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

 

 3  that the loss has been deducted in arriving at adjusted gross

 

 4  income.

 

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

 

 6  income derived from obligations, or the sale or exchange of

 

 7  obligations, of the United States government that this state is

 

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

 

 9  any interest on indebtedness incurred in carrying the obligations

 

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

 

11  the extent that the expenses, including amortizable bond

 

12  premiums, were deducted in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

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

 

14  compensation, the following:

 

15        (i) Compensation, including retirement benefits, received for

 

16  services in the armed forces of the United States.

 

17        (ii) Retirement or pension benefits under the railroad

 

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

 

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

 

20  gross income subject to the limitations and restrictions set

 

21  forth in subsection (9):

 

22        (i) Retirement or pension benefits received from a federal

 

23  public retirement system or from a public retirement system of or

 

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

 

25        (ii) Retirement or pension benefits received from a public

 

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

 

27  political subdivisions if the income tax laws of the other state

 


 1  permit a similar deduction or exemption or a reciprocal deduction

 

 2  or exemption of a retirement or pension benefit received from a

 

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

 

 4  the political subdivisions of this state.

 

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

 

 6  internal revenue code.

 

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

 

 8  pension benefits not deductible under subparagraph (i) or

 

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

 

10  benefits from a retirement annuity policy in which payments are

 

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

 

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

 

13  amounts allowed under this subparagraph shall be reduced by the

 

14  amount of the deduction for retirement or pension benefits

 

15  claimed under subparagraph (i) or subdivision (e) and by the

 

16  amount of a deduction claimed under subdivision (r). (p). For the

 

17  2008 tax year and each tax year after 2008, the maximum amounts

 

18  allowed under this subparagraph shall be adjusted by the

 

19  percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for

 

20  the immediately preceding calendar year. The department shall

 

21  annualize the amounts provided in this subparagraph as necessary.

 

22  As used in this subparagraph, "senior citizen" means that term as

 

23  defined in section 514.

 

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

 

25  eligible for the elderly and the permanently and totally disabled

 

26  credit provided in section 22 of the internal revenue code.

 

27        (g) Adjustments resulting from the application of section

 


 1  271.

 

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

 

 3  provided in section 36.

 

 4        (i) Adjustments resulting from the allocation and

 

 5  apportionment provisions of chapter 3.

 

 6        (j) Deduct political contributions as described in section 4

 

 7  of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.204,

 

 8  or 2 USC 431, not in excess of $50.00 per annum, or $100.00 per

 

 9  annum for a joint return.

 

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

 

11  wages not deductible under section 280C of the internal revenue

 

12  code.

 

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

 

14  the tax year:

 

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

 

16  amount of a charitable contribution made to the advance tuition

 

17  payment fund created under section 9 of the Michigan education

 

18  trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1429.

 

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

 

20  payment contract as provided in the Michigan education trust act,

 

21  1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442.

 

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

 

23  private sector investment manager that meets all of the following

 

24  criteria:

 

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

 

26  directors of the Michigan education trust to provide equivalent

 

27  benefits and rights to purchasers and beneficiaries as an advance

 


 1  tuition payment contract as described in subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

 3  higher education as defined in the Michigan education trust act,

 

 4  1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, or a community or junior

 

 5  college in Michigan.

 

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

 

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

 

 8  which the contract is entered into.

 

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

 

10  following:

 

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

 

12  advance tuition payment contract rejected by the board of

 

13  directors of the Michigan education trust, if the board

 

14  determines that the trust cannot accept an unlimited number of

 

15  enrollees upon an actuarially sound basis.

 

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

 

17  determines that the trust can accept an unlimited number of

 

18  enrollees upon an actuarially sound basis.

 

19        (k) (m) If an advance tuition payment contract under the

 

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

 

21  390.1442, or another contract for which the payment was

 

22  deductible under subdivision (l) (j) is terminated and the

 

23  qualified beneficiary under that contract does not attend a

 

24  university, college, junior or community college, or other

 

25  institution of higher education, add the amount of a refund

 

26  received by the taxpayer as a result of that termination or the

 

27  amount of the deduction taken under subdivision (l) (j) for

 


 1  payment made under that contract, whichever is less.

 

 2        (l) (n) Deduct from the taxable income of a purchaser the

 

 3  amount included as income to the purchaser under the internal

 

 4  revenue code after the advance tuition payment contract entered

 

 5  into under the Michigan education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL

 

 6  390.1421 to 390.1442, is terminated because the qualified

 

 7  beneficiary attends an institution of postsecondary education

 

 8  other than either a state institution of higher education or an

 

 9  institution of postsecondary education located outside this state

 

10  with which a state institution of higher education has

 

11  reciprocity.

 

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

 

13  gross income, the net operating loss deduction under section 172

 

14  of the internal revenue code.

 

15        (n) (p) Deduct a net operating loss deduction for the

 

16  taxable year as determined under section 172 of the internal

 

17  revenue code subject to the modifications under section 172(b)(2)

 

18  of the internal revenue code and subject to the allocation and

 

19  apportionment provisions of chapter 3 of this act part for the

 

20  taxable year in which the loss was incurred.

 

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

 

22  income, benefits from a discriminatory self-insurance medical

 

23  expense reimbursement plan.

 

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

 

25  any limitation provided in this subdivision, a taxpayer who is a

 

26  senior citizen may deduct to the extent included in adjusted

 

27  gross income, interest, dividends, and capital gains received in

 


 1  the tax year not to exceed $9,420.00 for a single return and

 

 2  $18,840.00 for a joint return. The maximum amounts allowed under

 

 3  this subdivision shall be reduced by the amount of a deduction

 

 4  claimed for retirement benefits under subdivision (e) or a

 

 5  deduction claimed under subdivision (f)(i), (ii), (iv), or (v). For

 

 6  the 2008 tax year and each tax year after 2008, the maximum

 

 7  amounts allowed under this subdivision shall be adjusted by the

 

 8  percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for

 

 9  the immediately preceding calendar year. The department shall

 

10  annualize the amounts provided in this subdivision as necessary.

 

11  Beginning January 1, 2012, the deduction under this subsection is

 

12  not available to a senior citizen born after 1945. As used in

 

13  this subdivision, "senior citizen" means that term as defined in

 

14  section 514.

 

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

 

16  income, all of the following:

 

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

 

18  taxes paid under this act part.

 

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

 

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

 

21  141.501 to 141.787.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

25  adjusted gross income for a prior year.

 

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

 

27  taxpayer in the tax year to repay the outstanding principal on a

 


 1  loan taken on which the taxpayer defaulted that was to fund an

 

 2  advance tuition payment contract entered into under the Michigan

 

 3  education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, if

 

 4  the cost of the advance tuition payment contract was deducted

 

 5  under subdivision (l) (j) and was financed with a Michigan

 

 6  education trust secured loan.

 

 7        (u) Deduct the amount calculated under section 30d.

 

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

 

 9  income, any amount, and any interest earned on that amount,

 

10  received in the tax year by a taxpayer who is a Holocaust victim

 

11  as a result of a settlement of claims against any entity or

 

12  individual for any recovered asset pursuant to the German act

 

13  regulating unresolved property claims, also known as Gesetz zur

 

14  Regelung offener Vermogensfragen, as a result of the settlement

 

15  of the action entitled In re: Holocaust victim assets litigation,

 

16  CV-96-4849, CV-96-5161, and CV-97-0461 (E.D. NY), or as a result

 

17  of any similar action if the income and interest are not

 

18  commingled in any way with and are kept separate from all other

 

19  funds and assets of the taxpayer. As used in this subdivision:

 

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

 

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

 

22  any Axis regime during any period from 1933 to 1945.

 

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

 

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

 

25  deposits, insurance proceeds, or artwork owned by a Holocaust

 

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

 

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

 


 1  returned, or otherwise compensated to the Holocaust victim until

 

 2  after 1993.

 

 3        (t) (w) Deduct, to the extent not deducted in determining

 

 4  adjusted gross income, both of the following:

 

 5        (i) Contributions made by the taxpayer in the tax year less

 

 6  qualified withdrawals made in the tax year from education savings

 

 7  accounts, calculated on a per education savings account basis,

 

 8  pursuant to the Michigan education savings program act, 2000 PA

 

 9  161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486, not to exceed a total deduction of

 

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

 

11  per tax year. The amount calculated under this subparagraph for

 

12  each education savings account shall not be less than zero.

 

13        (ii) The amount under section 30f.

 

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

 

15  income, the amount of money withdrawn by the taxpayer in the tax

 

16  year from education savings accounts, not to exceed the total

 

17  amount deducted under subdivision (w) (t) in the tax year and all

 

18  previous tax years, if the withdrawal was not a qualified

 

19  withdrawal as provided in the Michigan education savings program

 

20  act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486. This subdivision does

 

21  not apply to withdrawals that are less than the sum of all

 

22  contributions made to an education savings account in all

 

23  previous tax years for which no deduction was claimed under

 

24  subdivision (w), (t), less any contributions for which no

 

25  deduction was claimed under subdivision (w) (t) that were

 

26  withdrawn in all previous tax years.

 

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

 


 1  the amount of a distribution from individual retirement accounts

 

 2  that qualify under section 408 of the internal revenue code if

 

 3  the distribution is used to pay qualified higher education

 

 4  expenses as that term is defined in the Michigan education

 

 5  savings program act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486.

 

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

 

 7  an amount equal to the qualified charitable distribution made in

 

 8  the tax year by a taxpayer to a charitable organization. The

 

 9  amount allowed under this subdivision shall be equal to the

 

10  amount deductible by the taxpayer under section 170 of the

 

11  internal revenue code with respect to the qualified charitable

 

12  distribution in the tax year in which the taxpayer makes the

 

13  distribution to the qualified charitable organization, reduced by

 

14  both the amount of the deduction for retirement or pension

 

15  benefits claimed by the taxpayer under subdivision (f)(i), (ii),

 

16  (iv), or (v) and by 2 times the total amount of credits claimed

 

17  under sections 260 and 261 for the tax year. As used in this

 

18  subdivision, "qualified charitable distribution" means a

 

19  distribution of assets to a qualified charitable organization by

 

20  a taxpayer not more than 60 days after the date on which the

 

21  taxpayer received the assets as a distribution from a retirement

 

22  or pension plan described in subsection (8)(a). A distribution is

 

23  to a qualified charitable organization if the distribution is

 

24  made in any of the following circumstances:

 

25        (i) To an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the

 

26  internal revenue code except an organization that is controlled

 

27  by a political party, an elected official or a candidate for an

 


 1  elective office.

 

 2        (ii) To a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable

 

 3  remainder unitrust as defined in section 664(d) of the internal

 

 4  revenue code; to a pooled income fund as defined in section

 

 5  642(c)(5) of the internal revenue code; or for the issuance of a

 

 6  charitable gift annuity as defined in section 501(m)(5) of the

 

 7  internal revenue code. A trust, fund, or annuity described in

 

 8  this subparagraph is a qualified charitable organization only if

 

 9  no person holds any interest in the trust, fund, or annuity other

 

10  than 1 or more of the following:

 

11        (A) The taxpayer who received the distribution from the

 

12  retirement or pension plan.

 

13        (B) The spouse of an individual described in sub-

 

14  subparagraph (A).

 

15        (C) An organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the

 

16  internal revenue code.

 

17        (v) (aa) A taxpayer who is a resident tribal member may

 

18  deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income, all

 

19  nonbusiness income earned or received in the tax year and during

 

20  the period in which an agreement entered into between the

 

21  taxpayer's tribe and this state pursuant to section 30c of 1941

 

22  PA 122, MCL 205.30c, is in full force and effect. As used in this

 

23  subdivision:

 

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

 

25  section 4 and apportioned under chapter 3.

 

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

 

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

 


 1  all of the following:

 

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

 

 3  earned within the agreement area or outside of the agreement

 

 4  area.

 

 5        (B) All interest and passive dividends.

 

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

 

 7  located within the agreement area.

 

 8        (D) All rents and royalties derived from tangible personal

 

 9  property, to the extent the personal property is utilized within

 

10  the agreement area.

 

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

 

12  located within the agreement area.

 

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

 

14  personal property located within the agreement area at the time

 

15  of sale.

 

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

 

17  personal property.

 

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

 

19  limited to, distributions from a 401(k) plan, individual

 

20  retirement accounts under section 408 of the internal revenue

 

21  code, or a defined contribution plan, or payments from a defined

 

22  benefit plan.

 

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

 

24  members, without regard to the source of payment.

 

25        (J) All gaming winnings.

 

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

 

27  all of the following criteria:

 


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

 

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

 

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

 

 4  full force and effect.

 

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

 

 6  within the agreement area as designated in the agreement under

 

 7  sub-subparagraph (B).

 

 8        (bb) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2006,

 

 9  deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income, all or a

 

10  portion of the gain, as determined under this section, realized

 

11  from an initial equity investment of not less than $100,000.00

 

12  made by the taxpayer before December 31, 2009, in a qualified

 

13  business, if an amount equal to the sum of the taxpayer's basis

 

14  in the investment as determined under the internal revenue code

 

15  plus the gain, or a portion of that amount, is reinvested in an

 

16  equity investment in a qualified business within 1 year after the

 

17  sale or disposition of the investment in the qualified business.

 

18  If the amount of the subsequent investment is less than the sum

 

19  of the taxpayer's basis from the prior equity investment plus the

 

20  gain from the prior equity investment, the amount of a deduction

 

21  under this section shall be reduced by the difference between the

 

22  sum of the taxpayer's basis from the prior equity investment plus

 

23  the gain from the prior equity investment and the subsequent

 

24  investment. As used in this subdivision:

 

25        (i) "Advanced automotive, manufacturing, and materials

 

26  technology" means any technology that involves 1 or more of the

 

27  following:

 


 1        (A) Materials with engineered properties created through the

 

 2  development of specialized process and synthesis technology.

 

 3        (B) Nanotechnology, including materials, devices, or systems

 

 4  at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular level, with a scale

 

 5  measured in nanometers.

 

 6        (C) Microelectromechanical systems, including devices or

 

 7  systems integrating microelectronics with mechanical parts and a

 

 8  scale measured in micrometers.

 

 9        (D) Improvements to vehicle safety, vehicle performance,

 

10  vehicle production, or environmental impact, including, but not

 

11  limited to, vehicle equipment and component parts.

 

12        (E) Any technology that involves an alternative energy

 

13  vehicle or its components. "Alternative energy vehicle" means

 

14  that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan next energy

 

15  authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207.822.

 

16        (F) A new technology, device, or system that enhances or

 

17  improves the manufacturing process of wood, timber, or

 

18  agricultural-based products.

 

19        (G) Advanced computing or electronic device technology

 

20  related to technology described under this subparagraph.

 

21        (H) Design, engineering, testing, or diagnostics related to

 

22  technology described under this subparagraph.

 

23        (I) Product research and development related to technology

 

24  described under this subparagraph.

 

25        (ii) "Advanced computing" means any technology used in the

 

26  design and development of 1 or more of the following:

 

27        (A) Computer hardware and software.

 


 1        (B) Data communications.

 

 2        (C) Information technologies.

 

 3        (iii) "Alternative energy technology" means applied research

 

 4  or commercialization of new or next generation technology in 1 or

 

 5  more of the following:

 

 6        (A) Alternative energy technology as that term is defined in

 

 7  section 2 of the Michigan next energy authority act, 2002 PA 593,

 

 8  MCL 207.822.

 

 9        (B) Devices or systems designed and used solely for the

 

10  purpose of generating energy from agricultural crops, residue and

 

11  waste generated from the production and processing of

 

12  agricultural products, animal wastes, or food processing wastes,

 

13  not including a conventional gasoline or diesel fuel engine or a

 

14  retrofitted conventional gasoline or diesel fuel engine.

 

15        (C) A new technology, product, or system that permits the

 

16  utilization of biomass for the production of specialty,

 

17  commodity, or foundational chemicals or of novel or economical

 

18  commodity materials through the application of biotechnology that

 

19  minimizes, complements, or replaces reliance on petroleum for the

 

20  production.

 

21        (D) Advanced computing or electronic device technology

 

22  related to technology described under this subparagraph.

 

23        (E) Design, engineering, testing, or diagnostics related to

 

24  technology described under this subparagraph.

 

25        (F) Product research and development related to a technology

 

26  described under this subparagraph.

 

27        (iv) "Competitive edge technology" means 1 or more of the

 


 1  following:

 

 2        (A) Advanced automotive, manufacturing, and materials

 

 3  technology.

 

 4        (B) Alternative energy technology.

 

 5        (C) Homeland security and defense technology.

 

 6        (D) Life sciences technology.

 

 7        (v) "Electronic device technology" means any technology that

 

 8  involves microelectronics, semiconductors, electronic equipment,

 

 9  and instrumentation, radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter

 

10  electronics; optical and optic-electrical devices; or data and

 

11  digital communications and imaging devices.

 

12        (vi) "Homeland security and defense technology" means

 

13  technology that assists in the assessment of threats or damage to

 

14  the general population and critical infrastructure, protection

 

15  of, defense against, or mitigation of the effects of foreign or

 

16  domestic threats, disasters, or attacks, or support for crisis or

 

17  response management, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of

 

18  the following:

 

19        (A) Sensors, systems, processes, or equipment for

 

20  communications, identification and authentication, screening,

 

21  surveillance, tracking, and data analysis.

 

22        (B) Advanced computing or electronic device technology

 

23  related to technology described under this subparagraph.

 

24        (C) Aviation technology including, but not limited to,

 

25  avionics, airframe design, sensors, early warning systems, and

 

26  services related to the technology described in this

 

27  subparagraph.

 


 1        (D) Design, engineering, testing, or diagnostics related to

 

 2  technology described under this subparagraph.

 

 3        (E) Product research and development related to technology

 

 4  described under this subparagraph.

 

 5        (vii) "Life sciences technology" means any technology derived

 

 6  from life sciences intended to improve human health or the

 

 7  overall quality of human life, including, but not limited to,

 

 8  systems, processes, or equipment for drug or gene therapies,

 

 9  biosensors, testing, medical devices or instrumentation with a

 

10  therapeutic or diagnostic value, a pharmaceutical or other

 

11  product that requires United States food and drug administration

 

12  approval or registration prior to its introduction in the

 

13  marketplace and is a drug or medical device as defined by the

 

14  federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 301 to 399, or 1 or

 

15  more of the following:

 

16        (A) Advanced computing or electronic device technology

 

17  related to technology described under this subparagraph.

 

18        (B) Design, engineering, testing, or diagnostics related to

 

19  technology or the commercial manufacturing of technology

 

20  described under this subparagraph.

 

21        (C) Product research and development related to technology

 

22  described under this subparagraph.

 

23        (viii) "Life sciences" means science for the examination or

 

24  understanding of life or life processes, including, but not

 

25  limited to, all of the following:

 

26        (A) Bioengineering.

 

27        (B) Biomedical engineering.

 


 1        (C) Genomics.

 

 2        (D) Proteomics.

 

 3        (E) Molecular and chemical ecology.

 

 4        (F) Biotechnology, including any technology that uses living

 

 5  organisms, cells, macromolecules, microorganisms, or substances

 

 6  from living organisms to make or modify a product for useful

 

 7  purposes. Biotechnology or life sciences do not include any of

 

 8  the following:

 

 9        (I) Activities prohibited under section 2685 of the public

 

10  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2685.

 

11        (II) Activities prohibited under section 2688 of the public

 

12  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2688.

 

13        (III) Activities prohibited under section 2690 of the public

 

14  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2690.

 

15        (IV) Activities prohibited under section 16274 of the public

 

16  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16274.

 

17        (V) Stem cell research with human embryonic tissue.

 

18        (ix) "Qualified business" means a business that complies with

 

19  all of the following:

 

20        (A) The business is a seed or early stage business as

 

21  defined in section 3 of the Michigan early stage venture

 

22  investment act of 2003, 2003 PA 296, MCL 125.2233.

 

23        (B) The business has its headquarters in this state, is

 

24  domiciled in this state, or has a majority of its employees

 

25  working a majority of their time in this state.

 

26        (C) The business has a preinvestment valuation of less than

 

27  $10,000,000.00.

 


 1        (D) The business has been in existence less than 5 years.

 

 2  This sub-subparagraph does not apply to a business, the business

 

 3  activity of which is derived from research at an institution of

 

 4  higher education located within this state or an organization

 

 5  exempt from federal taxation under section 501c(3) of the

 

 6  internal revenue code and that is located within this state.

 

 7        (E) The business is engaged only in competitive edge

 

 8  technology.

 

 9        (F) The business is certified by the Michigan strategic fund

 

10  as meeting the requirements of sub-subparagraphs (A) to (E) at

 

11  the time of each proposed investment.

 

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

 

13  eliminate all of the following:

 

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

 

15  in adjusted gross income.

 

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

 

17  in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

18        (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), a

 

19  personal exemption of $2,500.00 $3,700.00 multiplied by the

 

20  number of personal or dependency exemptions allowable on the

 

21  taxpayer's federal income tax return pursuant to the internal

 

22  revenue code shall be subtracted in the calculation that

 

23  determines taxable income.

 

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

 

25  additional exemption determined as follows shall be subtracted in

 

26  the calculation that determines taxable income in each of the

 

27  following circumstances:

 


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

 

 2  taxpayer who is 65 years of age or older. When a dependent of a

 

 3  taxpayer files an annual return under this act, the taxpayer or

 

 4  dependent of the taxpayer, but not both, may claim the additional

 

 5  exemption allowed under this subdivision. As used in this

 

 6  subdivision and subdivision (c), "dependent" means that term as

 

 7  defined in section 30e.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11  paraplegic, a quadriplegic, or a hemiplegic; a person who is

 

12  blind as defined in section 504; or a person who is totally and

 

13  permanently disabled as defined in section 522. When a dependent

 

14  of a taxpayer files an annual return under this act, part, the

 

15  taxpayer or dependent of the taxpayer, but not both, may claim

 

16  the additional exemption allowed under this subdivision. As used

 

17  in this subdivision, "dependent" means that term as defined in

 

18  section 30e.

 

19        (c) $1,800.00 if the taxpayer's return includes unemployment

 

20  compensation that amounts to 50% or more of adjusted gross

 

21  income.

 

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

 

23  taxpayer and every dependent of the taxpayer who is a qualified

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

27  allowed under this subdivision. As used in this subdivision:

 


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

 

 2  service-connected disability.

 

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

 

 4  incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 9  or general discharge.

 

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

 

11  section 151 of the internal revenue code is allowable to another

 

12  federal taxpayer during the tax year is not considered to have an

 

13  allowable federal exemption for purposes of subsection (2), but

 

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

 

15  income for a tax year.

 

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

 

17  proportion of an exemption or deduction allowed under subsection

 

18  (2), (3), or (4) that the taxpayer's portion of adjusted gross

 

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

 

20  adjusted gross income.

 

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

 

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

 

23  the taxpayer under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely

 

24  lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47.

 

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

 

26  2013, the personal exemption allowed under subsection (2) shall

 

27  be adjusted by multiplying the exemption for the tax year

 


 1  beginning in 1997 2012 by a fraction, the numerator of which is

 

 2  the United States consumer price index for the state fiscal year

 

 3  ending in the tax year prior to the tax year for which the

 

 4  adjustment is being made and the denominator of which is the

 

 5  United States consumer price index for the 1995-96 2010-2011

 

 6  state fiscal year. The resultant product shall be rounded to the

 

 7  nearest $100.00 increment. The personal exemption for the tax

 

 8  year shall be determined by adding $200.00 to that rounded

 

 9  amount. As used in this section, "United States consumer price

 

10  index" means the United States consumer price index for all urban

 

11  consumers as defined and reported by the United States department

 

12  of labor, bureau of labor statistics. For each tax year, the

 

13  exemptions allowed under subsection (3) shall be adjusted by

 

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

 

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

 

16  consumer price index for the state fiscal year ending the tax

 

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

 

18  and the denominator of which is the United States consumer price

 

19  index for the 1998-1999 state fiscal year. The resultant product

 

20  shall be rounded to the nearest $100.00 increment. For a taxpayer

 

21  whose total household resources are $75,000.00 or more for a

 

22  single return or $150,000.00 or more for a joint return, the

 

23  personal exemption allowed under subsection (2) shall be adjusted

 

24  by multiplying the exemption for the tax year for a single return

 

25  by a fraction, the numerator of which is $100,000.00 minus the

 

26  taxpayer's total household resources, and the denominator of

 

27  which is $25,000.00, and for a joint return by a fraction, the

 


 1  numerator of which is $200,000.00 minus the taxpayer's total

 

 2  household resources, and the denominator of which is $50,000.00.

 

 3  The personal exemption allowed under subsection (2) shall not be

 

 4  allowed for a single taxpayer whose total household resources

 

 5  exceed $100,000.00 or for joint filers whose total household

 

 6  resources exceed $200,000.00.

 

 7        (8) As used in subsection (1)(f), "retirement or pension

 

 8  benefits" means distributions from all of the following:

 

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

 

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

 

11  internal revenue code, including all of the following:

 

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

 

13  or HR10 plans.

 

14        (ii) Individual retirement accounts that qualify under

 

15  section 408 of the internal revenue code if the distributions are

 

16  not made until the participant has reached 59-1/2 years of age,

 

17  except in the case of death, disability, or distributions

 

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

 

19        (iii) Employee annuities or tax-sheltered annuities purchased

 

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

 

21  organizations exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal

 

22  revenue code, or by public school systems.

 

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

 

24  employee contributions mandated by the plan or attributable to

 

25  employer contributions.

 

26        (b) The following retirement and pension plans not qualified

 

27  under the internal revenue code:

 


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

 

 2  this state, and political subdivisions, agencies, or

 

 3  instrumentalities of this state.

 

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

 

 5  association of churches.

 

 6        (iii) All other unqualified pension plans that prescribe

 

 7  eligibility for retirement and predetermine contributions and

 

 8  benefits if the distributions are made from a pension trust.

 

 9        (c) Retirement or pension benefits received by a surviving

 

10  spouse if those benefits qualified for a deduction prior to the

 

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

 

12  deductible.

 

13        (d) Retirement and pension benefits do not include:

 

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

 

15  set the amount of compensation to be deferred and does not

 

16  prescribe retirement age or years of service. These plans

 

17  include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

 

18        (A) Deferred compensation plans under section 457 of the

 

19  internal revenue code.

 

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

 

21  internal revenue code other than plans described in subdivision

 

22  (a)(iv).

 

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

 

24  internal revenue code other than plans described in subdivision

 

25  (a)(iii).

 

26        (ii) Premature distributions paid on separation, withdrawal,

 

27  or discontinuance of a plan prior to the earliest date the

 


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 1  recipient could have retired under the provisions of the plan.

 

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

 

 3  the distributions are from a pension trust.

 

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

 

 5  following limitations and restrictions apply:

 

 6        (a) For a person born before 1946, this subsection provides

 

 7  no additional restrictions or limitations under subsection

 

 8  (1)(f).

 

 9        (b) For a person born in 1946 through 1952, the sum of the

 

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

 

11  $20,000.00 for a single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return.

 

12  After that person reaches the age of 67, the deductions under

 

13  subsection (1)(f)(i), (ii), and (iv) do not apply and that person is

 

14  eligible for a deduction of $20,000.00 for a single return and

 

15  $40,000.00 for a joint return, which deduction is available

 

16  against all types of income and is not restricted to income from

 

17  retirement or pension benefits. However if that person's total

 

18  household resources exceed $75,000.00 for a single return or

 

19  $150,000.00 for a joint return, that person is not eligible for a

 

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

 

21  joint return. A person that takes the deduction under subsection

 

22  (1)(e)<<    >> is not eligible for the unrestricted deduction of

 

23  $20,000.00 for a single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return

 

24  under this subdivision.

 

25        (c) For a person born after 1952, the deduction under

 

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

 

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

 


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 1  $20,000.00 for a single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return,

 

 2  which deduction is available against all types of income and is

 

 3  not restricted to income from retirement or pension benefits. If

 

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

 

 5  $40,000.00 for a joint return, that person shall not take the

 

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

 

 7  personal exemption under subsection (2). That person may elect

 

 8  not to take the deduction of $20,000.00 for a single return and

 

 9  $40,000.00 for a joint return and elect to take the deduction

 

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

 

11  subsection (2) if that election would reduce that person's tax

 

12  liability. However, if that person's total household resources

 

13  exceed $75,000.00 for a single return or $150,000.00 for a joint

 

14  return, that person is not eligible for a deduction of $20,000.00

 

15  for a single return and $40,000.00 for a joint return. A person

 

16  that takes the deduction under subsection (1)(e)<<   >> is not

 

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

 

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

 

19  subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

22  spouse filing the joint return.

 

23        (10) As used in this section:

 

24        (a) "Oil and gas" means oil and gas that is subject to

 

25  severance tax under 1929 PA 48, MCL 205.301 to 205.317.

 

26        (b) "Total household resources" means that term as defined

 

27  in chapter 9.

 


 1        Sec. 30f. For tax years that begin after December 31, 1999,

 

 2  taxable income for purposes of this act part equals taxable

 

 3  income as determined under section 30 with the following

 

 4  adjustments:

 

 5        (a) For tax years that begin after December 31, 1999,

 

 6  deduct, to the extent not deducted in determining adjusted gross

 

 7  income, interest earned in the tax year on the contributions to

 

 8  the taxpayer's education savings accounts if the contributions

 

 9  were deductible under section 30(1)(w)(i) 30(1)(t)(i).

 

10        (b) For tax years that begin after December 31, 1999,

 

11  deduct, to the extent included in adjusted gross income,

 

12  distributions that are qualified withdrawals from an education

 

13  savings account to the designated beneficiary of that education

 

14  savings account. As used in this subdivision, "qualified

 

15  withdrawal" means that term as defined in the Michigan education

 

16  savings program act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486.

 

17        Sec. 36. (1) "Taxable income" in the case of a resident

 

18  estate or trust means federal taxable income as defined in the

 

19  internal revenue code subject to the following adjustments:

 

20        (a) Add gross interest income and dividends derived from

 

21  obligations or securities of states other than Michigan, in the

 

22  same amount which has been excluded from federal taxable income

 

23  less related expenses not deducted in computing federal taxable

 

24  income because of section 265 of the internal revenue code.

 

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

 

26  taxes have been deducted in arriving at federal taxable income.

 

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

 


 1  United States government, the income of which this state is

 

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

 

 3  that the loss has been deducted in arriving at federal taxable

 

 4  income.

 

 5        (d) Deduct, to the extent included in federal taxable

 

 6  income, income derived from obligations, or the sale or exchange

 

 7  of obligations, of the United States government which this state

 

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

 

 9  by any interest on indebtedness incurred in carrying the

 

10  obligations, and by any expenses incurred in the production of

 

11  such income to the extent that the expenses, including

 

12  amortizable bond premiums, were deducted in arriving at federal

 

13  taxable income.

 

14        (e) Adjustments resulting from the application of section

 

15  271.

 

16        (f) Deduct an adjustment resulting from the allocation and

 

17  apportionment provisions of chapter 3.

 

18        (g) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2011,

 

19  eliminate all of the following:

 

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

 

21  in federal taxable income.

 

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

 

23  in arriving at federal taxable income.

 

24        (2) The respective shares of an estate or trust and its

 

25  beneficiaries, including, solely for the purpose of this

 

26  allocation, nonresident beneficiaries, in the additions and

 

27  subtractions to taxable income shall be in proportion to their

 


 1  respective shares of distributable net income of the estate or

 

 2  trust as defined in the internal revenue code. If the estate or

 

 3  trust has no distributable net income for the taxable year, the

 

 4  share of each beneficiary in the additions and subtractions shall

 

 5  be in proportion to his or her share of the estate or trust

 

 6  income for the year, under local law or the terms of the

 

 7  instrument, which is required to be distributed currently and any

 

 8  other amounts of such income distributed in the year. Any balance

 

 9  of the additions and subtractions shall be allocated to the

 

10  estate or trust. If capital gains and losses are distributed or

 

11  distributable to a beneficiary or beneficiaries under the

 

12  internal revenue code, the fiduciary shall advise each

 

13  beneficiary of his or her share of the adjustment under section

 

14  271. The election or failure to elect under section 271 with

 

15  respect to capital gains and losses taxable to the estate or

 

16  trust shall not affect the beneficiary's right to elect or not to

 

17  elect under section 271.

 

18        (3) An addition or subtraction shall not be made under this

 

19  section which has the effect of duplicating an item of income or

 

20  deduction if the taxpayer establishes to the satisfaction of the

 

21  commissioner that the item is already reflected in federal

 

22  taxable income. If an addition or subtraction with respect to the

 

23  sale or exchange of obligations of the United States government

 

24  proper adjustment, in accordance with rules promulgated by the

 

25  commissioner department, of the deduction for excess of capital

 

26  gains over capital losses shall be made.

 

27        (4) As used in this section, "oil and gas" means oil and gas

 


 1  that is subject to severance tax under 1929 PA 48, MCL 205.301 to

 

 2  205.317.

 

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

 

 4  income from any source whatsoever, there is levied and imposed

 

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

 

 6  than a corporation a tax at the following rates in the following

 

 7  circumstances:

 

 8        (a) Before May 1, 1994, 4.6%.

 

 9        (b) After April 30, 1994 and before January 1, 2000, 4.4%.

 

10        (c) For tax years that begin on and after January 1, 2000

 

11  and before January 1, 2002, 4.2%.

 

12        (d) For tax years that begin on and after January 1, 2002

 

13  and before January 1, 2003, 4.1%.

 

14        (e) On and after January 1, 2003 and before July 1, 2004,

 

15  4.0%.

 

16        (f) On and after July 1, 2004 and before October 1, 2007,

 

17  3.9%.

 

18        (g) On and after October 1, 2007 and before October 1, 2011,

 

19  January 1, 2013, 4.35%.

 

20        (h) Beginning on October 1, 2011 and each October 1 after

 

21  2011, the maximum rate under this subsection shall be reduced by

 

22  0.1 each year until the rate is 3.95%.and after January 1, 2013,

 

23  4.25%.

 

24        (i) On and after October 1, 2015, 3.9%.

 

25        (2) The following percentages of the net revenues collected

 

26  under this section shall be deposited in the state school aid

 

27  fund created in section 11 of article IX of the state

 


 1  constitution of 1963:

 

 2        (a) Beginning October 1, 1994 and before October 1, 1996,

 

 3  14.4% of the gross collections before refunds from the tax levied

 

 4  under this section.

 

 5        (b) After September 30, 1996 and before January 1, 2000,

 

 6  23.0% of the gross collections before refunds from the tax levied

 

 7  under this section.

 

 8        (c) Beginning January 1, 2000, that percentage of the gross

 

 9  collections before refunds from the tax levied under this section

 

10  that is equal to 1.012% divided by the income tax rate levied

 

11  under this section.

 

12        (3) The department shall annualize rates provided in

 

13  subsection (1) as necessary for tax years that end after April

 

14  30, 1994. The applicable annualized rate shall be imposed upon

 

15  the taxable income of every person other than a corporation for

 

16  those tax years.

 

17        (4) The taxable income of a nonresident shall be computed in

 

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

 

19  computed, subject to the allocation and apportionment provisions

 

20  of this act.part.

 

21        (5) A resident beneficiary of a trust whose taxable income

 

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

 

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

 

24  allowed a credit against the tax otherwise due under this act

 

25  part. The credit shall be all or a proportionate part of any tax

 

26  paid by the trust under this act part for any preceding taxable

 

27  year that would not have been payable if the trust had in fact

 


 1  made distribution to its beneficiaries at the times and in the

 

 2  amounts specified in section 666 of the internal revenue code.

 

 3  The credit shall not reduce the tax otherwise due from the

 

 4  beneficiary to an amount less than would have been due if the

 

 5  accumulation distribution were excluded from taxable income.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 9  items of income and deductions from the trust in taxable income

 

10  to the extent required by this act part with respect to property

 

11  owned outright.

 

12        (7) It is the intention of this section that the income

 

13  subject to tax of every person other than corporations shall be

 

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

 

15  internal revenue code subject to adjustments specifically

 

16  provided for in this act part.

 

17        (8) There is appropriated to the department of treasury for

 

18  the 2006-2007 state fiscal year the sum of $100,000.00 to begin

 

19  implementing the requirements of the amendatory act that added

 

20  this subsection. Any portion of this amount under this section

 

21  that is not expended in the 2006-2007 state fiscal year shall not

 

22  lapse to the general fund but shall be carried forward in a work

 

23  project account that is in compliance with section 451a of the

 

24  management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a, for the

 

25  following state fiscal year.

 

26        (8) (9) As used in this section:

 

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

 


 1  nonresident individual or any of the following:

 

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

 

 3  revenue code.

 

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

 

 5  internal revenue code.

 

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

 

 7  code.

 

 8        (b) "Taxable income" means taxable income as defined in this

 

 9  act part subject to the applicable source and attribution rules

 

10  contained in this act part.

 

11        Sec. 52. For tax years beginning after 1986, a person with

 

12  respect to whom a deduction under section 151 of the internal

 

13  revenue code is allowable to another federal taxpayer during the

 

14  tax year is not considered to have an allowable federal exemption

 

15  for purposes of section 30(2) and, notwithstanding sections 51

 

16  and 315, if that person has an adjusted gross income for that tax

 

17  year of $1,500.00 or less, is exempt from the tax levied and

 

18  imposed in section 51 and is not required to file a return under

 

19  this act part.

 

20        Sec. 91. (1) A common trust fund meeting the requirements of

 

21  section 584 of the internal revenue code, shall not be subject to

 

22  tax under this act part.

 

23        (2) Each participant in the common trust fund shall, under

 

24  rules prescribed by the department, include its proportionate

 

25  share of the taxable income whether or not distributed and

 

26  whether or not distributable.

 

27        Sec. 102. In the case of taxable income of a taxpayer whose

 


 1  income-producing activities are confined solely to this state,

 

 2  the entire taxable income of such taxpayer shall be allocated to

 

 3  this state, except as otherwise expressly provided in this act

 

 4  part.

 

 5        Sec. 103. Any taxpayer having income from business activity

 

 6  which is taxable both within and without this state, other than

 

 7  the rendering of purely personal services by an individual, shall

 

 8  allocate and apportion his net income as provided in this act

 

 9  part.

 

10        Sec. 105. For purposes of allocation and apportionment of

 

11  income from business activity under this act part, a taxpayer is

 

12  taxable in another state if (a) in that state he is subject to a

 

13  net income tax, a franchise tax measured by net income, a

 

14  franchise tax for the privilege of doing business or a corporate

 

15  stock tax, or (b) that state has jurisdiction to subject the

 

16  taxpayer to a net income tax regardless of whether, in fact, the

 

17  state does or does not.

 

18        Sec. 110. (1) For a resident individual, estate, or trust,

 

19  all taxable income from any source whatsoever, except that

 

20  attributable to another state under sections 111 to 115 and

 

21  subject to section 255, is allocated to this state.

 

22        (2) For a nonresident individual, estate, or trust, all

 

23  taxable income is allocated to this state to the extent it is

 

24  earned, received, or acquired in 1 or more of the following ways:

 

25        (a) For the rendition of personal services performed in this

 

26  state.

 

27        (b) As a distributive share of the net profits of a

 


 1  business, profession, enterprise, undertaking, or other activity

 

 2  as the result of work done, services rendered, or other business

 

 3  activities conducted in this state, except as allocated to

 

 4  another state pursuant to sections 111 to 114 and subject to

 

 5  section 256.

 

 6        (c) For tax years beginning after 1996, as a prize won by

 

 7  the taxpayer under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely

 

 8  lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47.

 

 9        (d) As winnings that are proceeds of a wagering transaction

 

10  paid on or after October 1, 2003 by a casino or as a payoff price

 

11  on a winning ticket that is the result of pari-mutuel wagering at

 

12  a licensed race meeting if the casino or licensed race meeting is

 

13  located in this state. As used in this section subdivision:

 

14        (i) "Casino" means a casino regulated by this state under the

 

15  Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of

 

16  1996, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226, or a building on Native

 

17  American land or land held in trust by the United States for a

 

18  federally recognized Indian tribe on which gaming is conducted

 

19  under the Indian gaming regulatory act, Public Law 100-497, 102

 

20  Stat. Stat 2467.

 

21        (ii) "Pari-mutuel wagering" and "licensed race meeting" mean

 

22  those terms as used in the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279,

 

23  MCL 431.301 to 431.336.

 

24        (3) The respective shares of a nonresident estate or trust

 

25  and its beneficiaries, including, solely for purposes of

 

26  allocation, resident and nonresident beneficiaries, in the income

 

27  attributable to this state shall be in proportion to the

 


 1  respective shares of distributable net income of the

 

 2  beneficiaries under the internal revenue code. If the estate or

 

 3  trust has no distributable net income for the tax year, the share

 

 4  of each beneficiary in the income attributable to this state

 

 5  shall be in proportion to his or her share of the estate or trust

 

 6  income for that year, under local law or the terms of the

 

 7  instrument, that is required to be distributed currently and

 

 8  other amounts of the income distributed in the year. Any balance

 

 9  of the income attributable to this state shall be allocated to

 

10  the estate or trust.

 

11        (4) A nonresident estate or trust is allowed the credit

 

12  provided in section 256, except that the limitation shall be

 

13  computed by reference to the taxable income of the estate or

 

14  trust.

 

15        (4) (5) Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal

 

16  property, capital gains, interest, dividends, or patent or

 

17  copyright royalties, to the extent that they constitute a

 

18  nonbusiness income, shall be allocated as provided in sections

 

19  111 to 114.

 

20        Sec. 115. (1) All Before January 1, 2011, all business

 

21  income, other than income from transportation services, shall be

 

22  apportioned to this state by multiplying the income by a

 

23  fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the

 

24  payroll factor plus the sales factor, and the denominator of

 

25  which is 3.

 

26        (2) After December 31, 2010, all business income, other than

 

27  income from transportation services, shall be apportioned to this

 


 1  state by multiplying the income by the sales factor calculated

 

 2  under section 121.

 

 3        Sec. 132. In the case of such taxable income other than that

 

 4  derived from the transportation of oil or gas by pipeline, that

 

 5  portion of the net income of the taxpayer derived from

 

 6  transportation services wherever performed that the revenue miles

 

 7  of the taxpayer in Michigan bear to the revenue miles of the

 

 8  taxpayer everywhere. A revenue mile means the transportation for

 

 9  a consideration or 1 net ton in weight or 1 passenger the

 

10  distance of 1 mile. The taxable income attributable to Michigan

 

11  sources in the case of a taxpayer engaged in the transportation

 

12  both of property and of individuals shall be that portion of the

 

13  entire net income of the taxpayer which is equal to the average

 

14  of his passenger miles and ton mile fractions, separately

 

15  computed and individually weighted by the ratio of gross receipts

 

16  from passenger transportation to total gross receipts from all

 

17  transportation, and by the ratio of gross receipts from freight

 

18  transportation to total gross receipts from all transportation,

 

19  respectively. If it is shown to the satisfaction of the

 

20  commissioner department that the foregoing information is not

 

21  available or cannot be obtained without unreasonable expense to

 

22  the taxpayer, the commissioner may use such other data which may

 

23  be available and which in the opinion of the commissioner

 

24  department will result in an equitable allocation of such

 

25  receipts to this state.

 

26        Sec. 195. (1) If the allocation and apportionment provisions

 

27  of this act part do not fairly represent the extent of the

 


 1  taxpayer's business activity in this state, the taxpayer may

 

 2  petition for or the commissioner department may require, in

 

 3  respect to all or any part of the taxpayer's business activity,

 

 4  if reasonable:

 

 5        (a) Separate accounting;

 

 6        (b) The exclusion of any one or more of the factors;

 

 7        (b) (c) The inclusion of 1 or more additional factors which

 

 8  will fairly represent the taxpayer's business activity in this

 

 9  state. ; or

 

10        (c) (d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an

 

11  equitable allocation and apportionment of the taxpayer's taxable

 

12  income.

 

13        (2) An alternative method will be effective only with

 

14  approval by the commissioner department.

 

15        Sec. 201. (1) A person who is exempt from federal income tax

 

16  pursuant to the provisions of the internal revenue code shall be

 

17  exempt from the tax imposed by this act part except the unrelated

 

18  taxable business income of an exempt person as determined under

 

19  the internal revenue code.

 

20        (2) Nothing in this section shall exempt a person from the

 

21  withholding and information return provisions of this act part.

 

22        Sec. 251. (1) The amount withheld under section 351 shall be

 

23  allowed to the recipient of the compensation as a credit against

 

24  the tax imposed on him or her by this act part.

 

25        (2) The amount so withheld during any calendar year shall be

 

26  allowed as a credit for the taxable year beginning in such

 

27  calendar year. If more than 1 taxable year begins in a calendar

 


 1  year, such amount shall be allowed as a credit for the last

 

 2  taxable year so beginning.

 

 3        Sec. 255. (1) A resident individual or resident estate or

 

 4  trust is allowed a credit against the tax due under this act part

 

 5  for the amount of an income tax imposed on the resident

 

 6  individual or resident estate or trust for the tax year by

 

 7  another state of the United States, a political subdivision of

 

 8  another state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or

 

 9  a Canadian province, on income derived from sources outside this

 

10  state that is also subject to tax under this act part or the

 

11  amount determined under subsection (3), whichever is less. For

 

12  purposes of the Canadian provincial credit, the credit is allowed

 

13  for only that portion of the provincial tax not claimed as a

 

14  credit for federal income tax purposes. It is presumed that the

 

15  Canadian federal income tax is claimed first. The provincial tax

 

16  claimed as a carryover deduction as provided in the internal

 

17  revenue code is not allowed as a credit under this section.

 

18        (2) The Canadian provincial credit shall be allowed for the

 

19  1978 tax year and for each tax year after 1978.

 

20        (3) The credit under this section shall not exceed an amount

 

21  determined by dividing income that is subject to taxation both in

 

22  this state and in another jurisdiction by taxable income and then

 

23  multiplying that result by the taxpayer's tax liability before

 

24  any credits are deducted.

 

25        Sec. 256. For a nonresident individual, estate, or trust, if

 

26  the laws of the state of residence exempt a resident of this

 

27  state from liability for the payment of income taxes on income

 


 1  earned for personal services performed in that state, the

 

 2  commissioner department may enter into a reciprocal agreement

 

 3  with that state to provide a similar tax exemption for that

 

 4  state's residents on income earned for personal services

 

 5  performed in this state.

 

 6        Sec. 265. (1) For the 1989 tax year and each tax year after

 

 7  1989, a taxpayer may credit against the tax imposed by this act

 

 8  part for the tax year an amount equal to the tax paid in any

 

 9  prior tax year attributable to income received by the taxpayer in

 

10  any prior tax year and repaid by the taxpayer during the tax year

 

11  if the taxpayer is eligible for a deduction or credit against his

 

12  or her federal tax liability pursuant to section 1341 of the

 

13  internal revenue code based on the repayment for the tax year. A

 

14  credit under this section for a tax year is allowed only if the

 

15  repayment for which a deduction or credit was taken pursuant to

 

16  section 1341 of the internal revenue code is not deducted in

 

17  calculating the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the tax

 

18  year.

 

19        (2) If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax

 

20  liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that portion of the

 

21  credit that exceeds the tax liability shall be refunded.

 

22        Sec. 266. (1) A qualified taxpayer with a rehabilitation

 

23  plan certified after December 31, 1998 and before January 1, 2012

 

24  may credit against the tax imposed by this act part the amount

 

25  determined pursuant to subsection (2) for the qualified

 

26  expenditures for the rehabilitation of a historic resource

 

27  pursuant to the rehabilitation plan in the year in which the

 


 1  certification of completed rehabilitation of the historic

 

 2  resource is issued. Only those expenditures that are paid or

 

 3  incurred during the time periods prescribed for the credit under

 

 4  section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code and any related

 

 5  treasury regulations shall be considered qualified expenditures.

 

 6        (2) The credit allowed under this section shall be 25% of

 

 7  the qualified expenditures that are eligible, or would have been

 

 8  eligible except that the taxpayer elected to transfer the credit

 

 9  under subsection (12), for the credit under section 47(a)(2) of

 

10  the internal revenue code if the taxpayer is eligible for the

 

11  credit under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code or, if

 

12  the taxpayer is not eligible for the credit under section

 

13  47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code, 25% of the qualified

 

14  expenditures that would qualify under section 47(a)(2) of the

 

15  internal revenue code except that the expenditures are made to a

 

16  historic resource that is not eligible for the credit under

 

17  section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code, subject to both of

 

18  the following:

 

19        (a) A taxpayer with qualified expenditures that are eligible

 

20  for the credit under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue

 

21  code may not claim a credit under this section for those

 

22  qualified expenditures unless the taxpayer has claimed and

 

23  received a credit for those qualified expenditures under section

 

24  47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code or the taxpayer has elected

 

25  to transfer the credit under subsection (12).

 

26        (b) A credit under this section shall be reduced by the

 

27  amount of a credit received by the taxpayer for the same

 


 1  qualified expenditures under section 47(a)(2) of the internal

 

 2  revenue code.

 

 3        (3) To be eligible for the credit under this section, the

 

 4  taxpayer shall apply to and receive from the Michigan historical

 

 5  center certification state housing development authority that the

 

 6  historic significance, the rehabilitation plan, and the completed

 

 7  rehabilitation of the historic resource meet the criteria under

 

 8  subsection (6) and either of the following:

 

 9        (a) All of the following criteria:

 

10        (i) The historic resource contributes to the significance of

 

11  the historic district in which it is located.

 

12        (ii) Both the rehabilitation plan and completed

 

13  rehabilitation of the historic resource meet the federal

 

14  secretary of the interior's standards for rehabilitation and

 

15  guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings, 36 CFR part 67.

 

16        (iii) All rehabilitation work has been done to or within the

 

17  walls, boundaries, or structures of the historic resource or to

 

18  historic resources located within the property boundaries of the

 

19  resource.

 

20        (b) The taxpayer has received certification from the

 

21  national park service that the historic resource's significance,

 

22  the rehabilitation plan, and the completed rehabilitation qualify

 

23  for the credit allowed under section 47(a)(2) of the internal

 

24  revenue code.

 

25        (4) If a qualified taxpayer is eligible for the credit

 

26  allowed under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code, the

 

27  qualified taxpayer shall file for certification with the center

 


 1  authority to qualify for the credit allowed under section

 

 2  47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code. If the qualified taxpayer

 

 3  has previously filed for certification with the center authority

 

 4  to qualify for the credit allowed under section 47(a)(2) of the

 

 5  internal revenue code, additional filing for the credit allowed

 

 6  under this section is not required.

 

 7        (5) The center authority may inspect a historic resource at

 

 8  any time during the rehabilitation process and may revoke

 

 9  certification of completed rehabilitation if the rehabilitation

 

10  was not undertaken as represented in the rehabilitation plan or

 

11  if unapproved alterations to the completed rehabilitation are

 

12  made during the 5 years after the tax year in which the credit

 

13  was claimed. The center authority shall promptly notify the

 

14  department of a revocation.

 

15        (6) Qualified expenditures for the rehabilitation of a

 

16  historic resource may be used to calculate the credit under this

 

17  section if the historic resource meets 1 of the criteria listed

 

18  in subdivision (a) and 1 of the criteria listed in subdivision

 

19  (b):

 

20        (a) The resource is 1 of the following during the tax year

 

21  in which a credit under this section is claimed for those

 

22  qualified expenditures:

 

23        (i) Individually listed on the national register of historic

 

24  places or state register of historic sites.

 

25        (ii) A contributing resource located within a historic

 

26  district listed on the national register of historic places or

 

27  the state register of historic sites.

 


 1        (iii) A contributing resource located within a historic

 

 2  district designated by a local unit pursuant to an ordinance

 

 3  adopted under the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL

 

 4  399.201 to 399.215.

 

 5        (b) The resource meets 1 of the following criteria during

 

 6  the tax year in which a credit under this section is claimed for

 

 7  those qualified expenditures:

 

 8        (i) The historic resource is located in a designated historic

 

 9  district in a local unit of government with an existing ordinance

 

10  under the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201

 

11  to 399.215.

 

12        (ii) The historic resource is located in an incorporated

 

13  local unit of government that does not have an ordinance under

 

14  the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201 to

 

15  399.215, and has a population of less than 5,000.

 

16        (iii) The historic resource is located in an unincorporated

 

17  local unit of government.

 

18        (iv) The historic resource is located in an incorporated

 

19  local unit of government that does not have an ordinance under

 

20  the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201 to

 

21  399.215, and is located within the boundaries of an association

 

22  that has been chartered under 1889 PA 39, MCL 455.51 to 455.72.

 

23        (v) The historic resource is subject to a historic

 

24  preservation easement.

 

25        (7) A credit amount assigned under section 39c(7) of former

 

26  1975 PA 228 or section 435 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007

 

27  PA 36, MCL 208.1435, may be claimed against the partner's,

 


 1  member's, or shareholder's tax liability under this act part as

 

 2  provided in section 39c(7) of former 1975 PA 228 or section 435

 

 3  of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1435.

 

 4        (8) If the credit allowed under this section for the tax

 

 5  year and any unused carryforward of the credit allowed by this

 

 6  section exceed the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year,

 

 7  that portion that exceeds the tax liability for the tax year

 

 8  shall not be refunded but may be carried forward to offset tax

 

 9  liability in subsequent tax years for 10 years or until used up,

 

10  whichever occurs first. For projects for which a certificate of

 

11  completed rehabilitation is issued for a tax year beginning after

 

12  December 31, 2008 and for which the credit amount allowed is less

 

13  than $250,000.00, a qualified taxpayer may elect to forgo the

 

14  carryover period and receive a refund of the amount of the credit

 

15  that exceeds the qualified taxpayer's tax liability. The amount

 

16  of the refund shall be equal to 90% of the amount of the credit

 

17  that exceeds the qualified taxpayer's tax liability. An election

 

18  under this subsection shall be made in the year that a

 

19  certificate of completed rehabilitation is issued and shall be

 

20  irrevocable.

 

21        (9) For tax years beginning before January 1, 2009, if a

 

22  taxpayer sells a historic resource for which a credit under this

 

23  section was claimed less than 5 years after the year in which the

 

24  credit was claimed, the following percentage of the credit amount

 

25  previously claimed relative to that historic resource shall be

 

26  added back to the tax liability of the taxpayer in the year of

 

27  the sale:

 


 1        (a) If the sale is less than 1 year after the year in which

 

 2  the credit was claimed, 100%.

 

 3        (b) If the sale is at least 1 year but less than 2 years

 

 4  after the year in which the credit was claimed, 80%.

 

 5        (c) If the sale is at least 2 years but less than 3 years

 

 6  after the year in which the credit was claimed, 60%.

 

 7        (d) If the sale is at least 3 years but less than 4 years

 

 8  after the year in which the credit was claimed, 40%.

 

 9        (e) If the sale is at least 4 years but less than 5 years

 

10  after the year in which the credit was claimed, 20%.

 

11        (f) If the sale is 5 years or more after the year in which

 

12  the credit was claimed, an addback to the taxpayer's tax

 

13  liability shall not be made.

 

14        (10) For tax years beginning before January 1, 2009, if a

 

15  certification of completed rehabilitation is revoked under

 

16  subsection (5) less than 5 years after the year in which a credit

 

17  was claimed, the following percentage of the credit amount

 

18  previously claimed relative to that historic resource shall be

 

19  added back to the tax liability of the taxpayer in the year of

 

20  the revocation:

 

21        (a) If the revocation is less than 1 year after the year in

 

22  which the credit was claimed, 100%.

 

23        (b) If the revocation is at least 1 year but less than 2

 

24  years after the year in which the credit was claimed, 80%.

 

25        (c) If the revocation is at least 2 years but less than 3

 

26  years after the year in which the credit was claimed, 60%.

 

27        (d) If the revocation is at least 3 years but less than 4

 


 1  years after the year in which the credit was claimed, 40%.

 

 2        (e) If the revocation is at least 4 years but less than 5

 

 3  years after the year in which the credit was claimed, 20%.

 

 4        (f) If the revocation is 5 years or more after the year in

 

 5  which the credit was claimed, an addback to the taxpayer's tax

 

 6  liability shall not be made.

 

 7        (11) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2008, if a

 

 8  certificate of completed rehabilitation is revoked under

 

 9  subsection (5) or if the historic resource is sold or disposed of

 

10  less than 5 years after being placed in service as defined in

 

11  section 47(b)(1) of the internal revenue code and related

 

12  treasury regulations, the following percentage of the credit

 

13  amount previously claimed relative to that historic resource

 

14  shall be added back to the tax liability of the qualified

 

15  taxpayer that received the certificate of completed

 

16  rehabilitation and not the assignee in the year of the

 

17  revocation:

 

18        (a) If the revocation is less than 1 year after the historic

 

19  resource is placed in service, 100%.

 

20        (b) If the revocation is at least 1 year but less than 2

 

21  years after the historic resource is placed in service, 80%.

 

22        (c) If the revocation is at least 2 years but less than 3

 

23  years after the historic resource is placed in service, 60%.

 

24        (d) If the revocation is at least 3 years but less than 4

 

25  years after the historic resource is placed in service, 40%.

 

26        (e) If the revocation is at least 4 years but less than 5

 

27  years after the historic resource is placed in service, 20%.

 


 1        (f) If the revocation is at least 5 years or more after the

 

 2  historic resource is placed in service, an addback to the

 

 3  qualified taxpayer tax liability shall not be required.

 

 4        (12) A qualified taxpayer who receives a certificate of

 

 5  completed rehabilitation after December 31, 2008 may elect to

 

 6  forgo claiming the credit and transfer the credit along with the

 

 7  ownership of the property for which the credit may be claimed to

 

 8  a new owner. The new owner shall be treated as the qualified

 

 9  taxpayer having incurred the rehabilitation costs and shall be

 

10  subject to the recapture provisions under subsection (11) if the

 

11  new owner sells or disposes of the property within 5 years after

 

12  the new owner acquired the property. For purposes of this

 

13  subsection and subsection (11), the placed in service date for a

 

14  new owner is the date the new owner acquired the property for

 

15  which the credit is claimed.

 

16        (13) The department of history, arts, and libraries through

 

17  the Michigan historical center authority may impose a fee to

 

18  cover the administrative cost of implementing the program under

 

19  this section.

 

20        (14) The qualified taxpayer shall attach all of the

 

21  following to the qualified taxpayer's annual return under this

 

22  act part:

 

23        (a) Certification of completed rehabilitation.

 

24        (b) Certification of historic significance related to the

 

25  historic resource and the qualified expenditures used to claim a

 

26  credit under this section.

 

27        (c) A completed assignment form if the qualified taxpayer is

 


 1  an assignee under section 39c of former 1975 PA 228 or section

 

 2  435 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1435,

 

 3  of any portion of a credit allowed under that section.

 

 4        (15) The department of history, arts, and libraries shall

 

 5  authority may promulgate rules to implement this section pursuant

 

 6  to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

 7  24.201 to 24.328.

 

 8        (16) The total of the credits claimed under this section and

 

 9  section 39c of former 1975 PA 228 or section 435 of the Michigan

 

10  business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1435, for a rehabilitation

 

11  project shall not exceed 25% of the total qualified expenditures

 

12  eligible for the credit under this section for that

 

13  rehabilitation project.

 

14        (17) The department of history, arts, and libraries through

 

15  the Michigan historical center authority shall report all of the

 

16  following to the legislature annually for the immediately

 

17  preceding state fiscal year:

 

18        (a) The fee schedule used by the center and the total amount

 

19  of fees collected.

 

20        (b) A description of each rehabilitation project certified.

 

21        (c) The location of each new and ongoing rehabilitation

 

22  project.

 

23        (18) As used in this section:

 

24        (a) "Contributing resource" means a historic resource that

 

25  contributes to the significance of the historic district in which

 

26  it is located.

 

27        (b) "Historic district" means an area, or group of areas not

 


 1  necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that contains 1

 

 2  resource or a group of resources that are related by history,

 

 3  architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture.

 

 4        (c) "Historic resource" means a publicly or privately owned

 

 5  historic building, structure, site, object, feature, or open

 

 6  space located within a historic district designated by the

 

 7  national register of historic places, the state register of

 

 8  historic sites, or a local unit acting under the local historic

 

 9  districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201 to 399.215; or that is

 

10  individually listed on the state register of historic sites or

 

11  national register of historic places and includes all of the

 

12  following:

 

13        (i) An owner-occupied personal residence or a historic

 

14  resource located within the property boundaries of that personal

 

15  residence.

 

16        (ii) An income-producing commercial, industrial, or

 

17  residential resource or a historic resource located within the

 

18  property boundaries of that resource.

 

19        (iii) A resource owned by a governmental body, nonprofit

 

20  organization, or tax-exempt entity that is used primarily by a

 

21  taxpayer lessee in a trade or business unrelated to the

 

22  governmental body, nonprofit organization, or tax-exempt entity

 

23  and that is subject to tax under this act part.

 

24        (iv) A resource that is occupied or utilized by a

 

25  governmental body, nonprofit organization, or tax-exempt entity

 

26  pursuant to a long-term lease or lease with option to buy

 

27  agreement.

 


 1        (v) Any other resource that could benefit from

 

 2  rehabilitation.

 

 3        (d) "Local unit" means a county, city, village, or township.

 

 4        (e) "Long-term lease" means a lease term of at least 27.5

 

 5  years for a residential resource or at least 31.5 years for a

 

 6  nonresidential resource.

 

 7        (f) "Michigan historical center" or "center" means the state

 

 8  historic preservation office of the Michigan historical center of

 

 9  the department of history, arts, and libraries or its successor

 

10  agency. "Michigan state housing development authority" or

 

11  "authority" means the public body corporate and politic created

 

12  by section 21 of the state housing development authority act of

 

13  1966, MCL 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1421.

 

14        (g) "Open space" means undeveloped land, a naturally

 

15  landscaped area, or a formal or man-made landscaped area that

 

16  provides a connective link or a buffer between other resources.

 

17        (h) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

 

18  association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

 

19        (i) "Qualified expenditures" means capital expenditures that

 

20  qualify, or would qualify except that the taxpayer elected to

 

21  transfer the credit under subsection (12), for a rehabilitation

 

22  credit under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code if the

 

23  taxpayer is eligible for the credit under section 47(a)(2) of the

 

24  internal revenue code or, if the taxpayer is not eligible for the

 

25  credit under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code, the

 

26  qualified expenditures that would qualify under section 47(a)(2)

 

27  of the internal revenue code except that the expenditures are

 


 1  made to a historic resource that is not eligible for the credit

 

 2  under section 47(a)(2) of the internal revenue code, that were

 

 3  paid. Qualified expenditures do not include capital expenditures

 

 4  for nonhistoric additions to a historic resource except an

 

 5  addition that is required by state or federal regulations that

 

 6  relate to historic preservation, safety, or accessibility.

 

 7        (j) "Qualified taxpayer" means a person that is an assignee

 

 8  under section 39c of former 1975 PA 228 or section 435 of the

 

 9  Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1435, or either

 

10  owns the resource to be rehabilitated or has a long-term lease

 

11  agreement with the owner of the historic resource and that has

 

12  qualified expenditures for the rehabilitation of the historic

 

13  resource equal to or greater than 10% of the state equalized

 

14  valuation of the property. If the historic resource to be

 

15  rehabilitated is a portion of a historic or nonhistoric resource,

 

16  the state equalized valuation of only that portion of the

 

17  property shall be used for purposes of this subdivision. If the

 

18  assessor for the local tax collecting unit in which the historic

 

19  resource is located determines the state equalized valuation of

 

20  that portion, that assessor's determination shall be used for

 

21  purposes of this subdivision. If the assessor does not determine

 

22  that state equalized valuation of that portion, qualified

 

23  expenditures, for purposes of this subdivision, shall be equal to

 

24  or greater than 5% of the appraised value as determined by a

 

25  certified appraiser. If the historic resource to be rehabilitated

 

26  does not have a state equalized valuation, qualified expenditures

 

27  for purposes of this subdivision shall be equal to or greater

 


 1  than 5% of the appraised value of the resource as determined by a

 

 2  certified appraiser.

 

 3        (k) "Rehabilitation plan" means a plan for the

 

 4  rehabilitation of a historic resource that meets the federal

 

 5  secretary of the interior's standards for rehabilitation and

 

 6  guidelines for rehabilitation of historic buildings under 36 CFR

 

 7  part 67.

 

 8        Sec. 270. (1) For tax years that begin after December 31,

 

 9  2008, a taxpayer to whom a tax voucher certificate is issued

 

10  under an agreement entered into before January 1, 2012 or a

 

11  taxpayer that is the transferee of a tax voucher certificate that

 

12  is issued under an agreement entered into before January 1, 2012

 

13  may use the tax voucher certificate to pay any liability of the

 

14  taxpayer under section 51 or to pay any amount owed by the

 

15  taxpayer under section 351.

 

16        (2) A tax voucher certificate shall be used for the purposes

 

17  allowed under subsection (1) and only in a tax year that begins

 

18  after December 31, 2008.

 

19        (3) The amount of the tax voucher that may be used to pay a

 

20  liability due under this act part in any tax year shall not

 

21  exceed the lesser of the following:

 

22        (a) The amount of the tax voucher stated in the tax voucher

 

23  certificate held by the taxpayer.

 

24        (b) The amount authorized to be used in the tax year under

 

25  the terms of the tax voucher certificate.

 

26        (c) The taxpayer's liability under this act part for the tax

 

27  year for which the tax voucher is used.

 


 1        (4) If the amount of any tax voucher certificate held by a

 

 2  taxpayer or transferee exceeds the amount the taxpayer may use

 

 3  under subsection (3)(b) or (c) in a tax year, that excess may be

 

 4  used by the taxpayer or transferee to pay, subject to the

 

 5  limitations of subsection (3), any future liability of the

 

 6  taxpayer or transferee under this act part.

 

 7        (5) The tax voucher certificate, and any completed transfer

 

 8  form that was issued pursuant to the Michigan early stage venture

 

 9  investment act of 2003, 2003 PA 296, MCL 125.2231 to 125.2263,

 

10  shall be attached to the annual return under this act part. The

 

11  department may prescribe and implement alternative methods of

 

12  reporting and recording ownership, transfer, and utilization of

 

13  tax voucher certificates that are not inconsistent with the

 

14  provisions of this act. The department shall administer this

 

15  section to assure that any amount of a tax voucher certificate

 

16  used to pay any liability under this act part shall not also be

 

17  applied to pay any liability of the taxpayer or any other person

 

18  under the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to

 

19  208.1601. The department shall take any action necessary to

 

20  enforce and effectuate the permissible issuance and use of tax

 

21  voucher certificates in a manner authorized under this section

 

22  and the Michigan early stage venture investment act of 2003, 2003

 

23  PA 296, MCL 125.2231 to 125.2263.

 

24        (6) As used in this section:

 

25        (a) "Certificate" or "tax voucher certificate" means the tax

 

26  voucher certificate issued under section 23 of the Michigan early

 

27  stage venture capital investment act of 2003, 2003 PA 296, MCL

 


 1  125.2253, or any replacement tax voucher certificate issued under

 

 2  former section 37e(9)(b) or (d) of the single business tax act,

 

 3  1975 PA 228, or section 419 of the Michigan business tax act,

 

 4  2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1419.

 

 5        (b) "Transferee" means a taxpayer to whom a tax voucher

 

 6  certificate has been transferred under section 23 of the Michigan

 

 7  early stage venture investment act of 2003, 2003 PA 296, MCL

 

 8  125.2253, and former section 37e of the single business tax act,

 

 9  1975 PA 228, or section 419 of the Michigan business tax act,

 

10  2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1419.

 

11        Sec. 271. (1) A taxpayer subject to the tax levied by

 

12  section 51 and whose income received after September 30, 1967 is

 

13  increased or diminished by the disposition of property acquired

 

14  before October 1, 1967, which is described in and subject to

 

15  subchapter P of the internal revenue code, may elect to recompute

 

16  taxable income by excluding therefrom the proportional gain or

 

17  loss incurred before October 1, 1967. Taxpayers so electing shall

 

18  be subject to a tax on taxable income thus recomputed at the

 

19  rates imposed by this act part. An election so made shall include

 

20  all items of gains or losses realized during the taxable year.

 

21        (2) The proportion of gain or loss occurring after September

 

22  30, 1967, to total gain or loss is equal to the proportion the

 

23  number of months after September 30, 1967, to date of disposition

 

24  bears to the number of months from date of acquisition to date of

 

25  disposition.

 

26        Sec. 272. (1) For the following tax years that begin after

 

27  December 31, 2007, a taxpayer may credit against the tax imposed

 


 1  by this act an amount equal to the specified percentages of the

 

 2  credit the taxpayer is allowed to claim as a credit under section

 

 3  32 of the internal revenue code for a tax year on a return filed

 

 4  under this act for the same tax year:

 

 5        (a) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2007 and

 

 6  before January 1, 2009, 10%.

 

 7        (b) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2008 and

 

 8  before January 1, 2012, 20%.

 

 9        (c) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2011, 6%.

 

10        (2) If the credit allowed by this section exceeds the tax

 

11  liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, the state treasurer

 

12  shall refund the excess to the taxpayer without interest, except

 

13  as provided in section 30 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30.

 

14        Sec. 278. (1) Subject to the limitations provided under this

 

15  section, a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment after

 

16  December 31, 2010 and before January 1, 2013 2012 in a qualified

 

17  business may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this act

 

18  equal to 25% of the qualified investment made during the tax

 

19  year.

 

20        (2) To qualify for the credit under this section, the

 

21  taxpayer shall request certification from the Michigan strategic

 

22  fund within 60 days of making the investment. A taxpayer shall

 

23  not claim a credit under this section unless the Michigan

 

24  strategic fund has issued a certificate to the taxpayer. The

 

25  board shall not approve a credit under this section for a

 

26  taxpayer who has been convicted of a felony involving a fiduciary

 

27  obligation or the conversion or misappropriation of funds or

 


 1  insurance accounts, theft, deceit, fraud, misrepresentation, or

 

 2  corruption. The Michigan strategic fund shall forward a copy of

 

 3  each certificate received pursuant to this subsection to the

 

 4  governor, the president of the Michigan strategic fund, the

 

 5  chairperson of the senate finance committee, the chairperson of

 

 6  the house tax policy committee, the director of the senate fiscal

 

 7  agency, and the director of the house fiscal agency. The

 

 8  requirements of section 28(1)(f) of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.28, do

 

 9  not apply to the disclosure required by this subsection. The

 

10  Michigan strategic fund shall not certify more than $1,000,000.00

 

11  in qualified investments in any 1 qualified business. The

 

12  taxpayer shall attach the certificate to the annual return filed

 

13  under this act on which a credit under this section is claimed.

 

14  The certificate required under this subsection shall specify all

 

15  of the following:

 

16        (a) The total amount of investment made during the tax year

 

17  by the taxpayer in each qualified business.

 

18        (b) The total amount of qualified investments made in each

 

19  qualified business if different from the previous amount.

 

20        (c) The total amount of the credit under this section that

 

21  the taxpayer is allowed to claim for the designated tax year.

 

22        (3) A taxpayer shall not claim a credit of more than

 

23  $250,000.00 based on an investment in any 1 qualified business

 

24  and shall not claim a credit of more than $250,000.00 for

 

25  qualified investments in all qualified businesses in any 1 year.

 

26  The credit allowed under this section shall be taken by the

 

27  taxpayer in equal installments over 2 years beginning with the

 


 1  tax year in which the certification was issued.

 

 2        (4) The total amount of credits that the Michigan strategic

 

 3  fund may certify under this section per calendar year shall not

 

 4  exceed $9,000,000.00.

 

 5        (5) If the amount of the credit allowed under this section

 

 6  exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that

 

 7  portion of the credit that exceeds the tax liability of the

 

 8  taxpayer for the tax year shall not be refunded but may be

 

 9  carried forward to offset tax liability under this act in

 

10  subsequent tax years for a period not to exceed 5 tax years or

 

11  until used up, whichever occurs first.

 

12        (6) The board shall develop an application and approval

 

13  process in order to certify investments under this section and

 

14  adopt a program describing parameters and criteria to be used for

 

15  approving investments. As part of that program adoption, the

 

16  board may determine and describe the conditions to be met to be

 

17  considered an investment alongside or through an approved angel

 

18  group, seed capital firm, or venture capital firm.

 

19        (7) A taxpayer who has not paid or entered into an

 

20  installment agreement regarding a final assessment of an unpaid

 

21  liability for a state tax for which all rights of appeal have

 

22  been exhausted or who is currently in a bankruptcy proceeding is

 

23  not eligible to claim a credit under this section.

 

24        (8) As used in this section:

 

25        (a) "Board" means the board of directors of the Michigan

 

26  strategic fund.

 

27        (b) "Michigan strategic fund" means the Michigan strategic

 


 1  fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA

 

 2  270, MCL 125.2001 to 125.2093.125.2094.

 

 3        (c) "Qualified business" means a business that the board

 

 4  certifies as in compliance with all of the following at the time

 

 5  of the investment:

 

 6        (i) The business is a seed or early stage business as defined

 

 7  in section 3 of the Michigan early stage venture investment act

 

 8  of 2003, 2003 PA 296, MCL 125.2233.

 

 9        (ii) The business has its headquarters in this state, is

 

10  domiciled in this state, and has a majority of its employees

 

11  working in this state.

 

12        (iii) The business has a preinvestment valuation of less than

 

13  $10,000,000.00 and has fewer than 100 full-time equivalent

 

14  employees.

 

15        (iv) Except as otherwise provided under this subparagraph,

 

16  the business has been in existence less than 5 years; or, for a

 

17  business in which the business activity is derived from research

 

18  at an institution of higher education located within this state

 

19  or an organization exempt from federal taxation under section

 

20  501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and that is located within

 

21  this state, the business has been in existence less than 10

 

22  years. As used in this subparagraph, a public or private college

 

23  or university that awards a bachelor's degree or other degrees is

 

24  an institution of higher education.

 

25        (v) The business is not a retail establishment as described

 

26  in section 44-45 – retail trade, of the North American industry

 

27  classification system, United States, 1997, published by the

 


 1  office of management and budget.

 

 2        (vi) The business has not claimed a credit under section 431,

 

 3  455, 457, or 459 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36,

 

 4  MCL 208.1431, 208.1455, 208.1457, and 208.1459.

 

 5        (d) "Qualified investment" means, except as otherwise

 

 6  provided under this subdivision, an investment of at least

 

 7  $20,000.00 certified by the Michigan strategic fund that is made

 

 8  alongside of, or through, a seed venture capital or angel

 

 9  investor group that is registered with the Michigan strategic

 

10  fund and is not in a business in which any member of the

 

11  investor's family is an employee or owner of the business or in

 

12  which the investor or any member of the investor's family has a

 

13  preexisting fiduciary relationship with the business. Qualified

 

14  investment does not include an investment in a business that

 

15  engages in life sciences technology unless those activities are

 

16  included in the definition of life sciences as that term is

 

17  defined under section 88a of the Michigan strategic fund act,

 

18  1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2088a.

 

19        Sec. 301. (1) Every person on a calendar year basis, if the

 

20  person's annual tax can reasonably be expected to exceed the

 

21  amount withheld under section 351 and the credits allowed under

 

22  this act part by more than $500.00, shall pay to the department

 

23  installments of estimated tax under this act part on or before

 

24  April 15, June 15, and September 15 of the person's tax year and

 

25  January 15 in the following year. Subject to subsection (3), each

 

26  installment shall be equal to 1/4 the taxpayer's estimated tax

 

27  under this act part after first deducting the amount estimated to

 


 1  be withheld under section 351.

 

 2        (2) For a taxpayer on other than a calendar year basis,

 

 3  there shall be substituted for the due dates provided in

 

 4  subsection (1) the appropriate due dates in the taxpayer's fiscal

 

 5  year that correspond to those in the calendar year.

 

 6        (3) For a taxpayer that pays estimated tax for the

 

 7  taxpayer's first tax year of less than 12 months, the amount paid

 

 8  shall be that fraction of the estimated tax that is obtained by

 

 9  dividing the total amount of estimated tax by the number of

 

10  payments to be made with respect to the tax year.

 

11        (4) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax

 

12  imposed by this act part the amounts paid to the department

 

13  pursuant to this section.

 

14        (5) Instead of quarterly payments, a person subject to this

 

15  section may pay an estimated annual tax for the succeeding tax

 

16  year. The payment shall be made at the same time the person files

 

17  the annual return for the previous full tax year.

 

18        (6) A farmer or fisherman who elects to file and pay his or

 

19  her federal income tax under an alternative schedule provided in

 

20  section 6654 of the internal revenue code may file and pay the

 

21  tax imposed by this act part in the same manner. A seafarer may

 

22  file and pay the tax imposed by this act part in the same manner

 

23  as a farmer or fisherman under this subsection. As used in this

 

24  subsection, "seafarer" means an individual whose wages may not be

 

25  withheld for taxes by the state or a political subdivision of the

 

26  state as provided in section 11108 of title 46 of the United

 

27  States code, 46 U.S.C. USC 11108.

 


 1        (7) A bank or financial institution that submits quarterly

 

 2  estimated income tax payment information through the federal tax

 

 3  deposit system on magnetic tape and acts as fiduciary for 200 or

 

 4  more taxable trusts shall submit Michigan quarterly tax payment

 

 5  information on magnetic tape to the department.

 

 6        (8) A bank or financial institution that acts as fiduciary

 

 7  for more than 49 and fewer than 200 taxable trusts may enter into

 

 8  an irrevocable agreement with the department to submit estimated

 

 9  income tax payment information on magnetic tape to the

 

10  department.

 

11        (9) The payment of tax based on the information required

 

12  under subsections (7) and (8) shall be made through a wire

 

13  transfer to the state of Michigan contractual deposit account.

 

14        (10) A payment of estimated tax shall be computed on the

 

15  basis of the annualized rate established under section 51 for the

 

16  appropriate tax year to which the estimated tax payment is

 

17  applicable.

 

18        (11) Except as provided in subsection (1), the amount of an

 

19  estimated tax installment shall be computed, payment of estimated

 

20  tax shall be credited, and a period of underpayment shall be

 

21  determined in the same manner as provided in the internal revenue

 

22  code.

 

23        (12) As used in this section, "taxable trust" means a trust

 

24  required to make payments of estimated tax pursuant to subsection

 

25  (1).

 

26        Sec. 311. (1) The taxpayer on or before the due date set for

 

27  the filing of a return or the payment of the tax, except as

 


 1  otherwise provided in this act part, shall make out a return in

 

 2  the form and content as prescribed by the commissioner

 

 3  department, verify the return, and transmit it, together with a

 

 4  remittance of the amount of the tax, to the department.

 

 5        (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), the

 

 6  department, upon application of the taxpayer and for good cause

 

 7  shown, may extend under prescribed conditions the time for filing

 

 8  the annual or final return required by this act part. Before the

 

 9  original due date, the taxpayer shall remit with an application

 

10  for extension the estimated tax due. In computing the tax due for

 

11  the tax year, interest at the rate established in, and penalties

 

12  imposed by, section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23, shall be added

 

13  to the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the extension. The

 

14  department may require a tentative return and payment of an

 

15  estimated tax.

 

16        (3) Taxpayers who are husband and wife and who file a joint

 

17  federal income tax return pursuant to the internal revenue code

 

18  shall file a joint return.

 

19        (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), if the taxpayer

 

20  has been granted an extension or extensions of time within which

 

21  to file a final federal return for a taxable year, the filing of

 

22  a copy of the extension or extensions automatically extends the

 

23  due date of the final return under this act part for an

 

24  equivalent period. The taxpayer shall remit with the copy of the

 

25  extension or extensions the estimated tax due. In computing the

 

26  tax due for the tax year, interest at the rate established in,

 

27  and penalties imposed by, section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23,

 


 1  shall be added to the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the

 

 2  extension.

 

 3        (5) If the taxpayer is eligible for an automatic extension

 

 4  of time within which to file a federal return based on service in

 

 5  a combat zone, the due date for filing an annual or final return

 

 6  or a return and payment of an estimated tax under this act part

 

 7  is automatically extended for an equivalent period of time. The

 

 8  taxpayer is not required to file a copy of any federal extension,

 

 9  but shall print "COMBAT ZONE" in red ink at the top of his or her

 

10  return when the return is filed. The taxpayer is not required to

 

11  pay the amount of tax due at the time the return is originally

 

12  due, and the department shall not impose any interest or

 

13  penalties for the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the

 

14  extension.

 

15        Sec. 315. (1) Every person, other than a corporation,

 

16  required to make a return for any taxable period under the

 

17  internal revenue code, except as otherwise specifically provided

 

18  in this act part, if his or her adjusted gross income is in

 

19  excess of the personal exemptions allowed by this act part shall

 

20  render on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month

 

21  following the close of that taxable period to the department a

 

22  return setting forth all of the following:

 

23        (a) The amount of adjusted gross income on the return made

 

24  to the United States internal revenue service for federal income

 

25  tax purposes and as provided in the definitions contained in this

 

26  act part and the rules issued under this act part.

 

27        (b) The personal and dependency exemptions as allowed by

 


 1  this act part.

 

 2        (c) The amount of tax due under this act part, less credits

 

 3  claimed against the tax.

 

 4        (d) Other information for the purposes of carrying out this

 

 5  act part as may be prescribed by the department.

 

 6        (e) The balance of the tax shown to be due on the return is

 

 7  due and shall be paid by the date fixed for filing the return

 

 8  unless the balance is less than $1.00, in which event payment is

 

 9  not required.

 

10        (2) A nonresident member who has income in this state from 1

 

11  or more flow-through entities may elect to be included in the

 

12  composite income tax return of a flow-through entity of which the

 

13  nonresident member is a member.

 

14        (3) A flow-through entity may file a composite income tax

 

15  return on behalf of electing nonresident members and report and

 

16  pay the tax due based on the electing nonresident members' shares

 

17  of income available for distribution from the flow-through entity

 

18  for doing business in, or deriving income from, sources within

 

19  this state.

 

20        (4) A nonresident member that has been included in a

 

21  composite income tax return and also files an individual income

 

22  tax return for the same taxable period may claim a credit against

 

23  the tax imposed by this act part on that individual income tax

 

24  return for the amount of taxes paid on behalf of the nonresident

 

25  member by the flow-through entity on that composite income tax

 

26  return.

 

27        (5) A composite income tax return is due on or before each

 


 1  April 15 and shall report the information required by the

 

 2  department for the immediately preceding calendar year.

 

 3        Sec. 322. Any person electing to use "whole dollar amounts"

 

 4  under the provisions of section 6102 of the internal revenue code

 

 5  may use "whole dollar amounts" in the same manner for the

 

 6  purposes of this act part.

 

 7        Sec. 325. (1) A taxpayer required to file a return under

 

 8  this act part may be required to furnish a true and correct copy

 

 9  of any tax return or portion of any tax return and supporting

 

10  schedules that the taxpayer has filed under the provisions of the

 

11  internal revenue code.

 

12        (2) A taxpayer shall file an amended return with the

 

13  department showing any final alteration in, or modification of,

 

14  the taxpayer's federal income tax return that affects the

 

15  taxpayer's taxable income under this act part and of any

 

16  similarly related recomputation of tax or determination of

 

17  deficiency under the internal revenue code. If an increase in

 

18  taxable income results from a federal audit that increases the

 

19  taxpayer's federal income tax by less than $500.00, the

 

20  requirement under this subsection to file an amended return does

 

21  not apply but the department may assess an increase in tax

 

22  resulting from the audit. The amended return shall be filed

 

23  within 120 days after the final alteration, modification,

 

24  recomputation, or determination of deficiency. If the

 

25  commissioner department finds upon all the facts that an

 

26  additional tax under this act part is owing, the taxpayer shall

 

27  immediately pay the additional tax. If the commissioner

 


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 2  by this act part, a credit or refund of the overpayment shall

 

 3  immediately be made as provided in section 30 of Act No. 122 of

 

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18        Sec. 402. The tax imposed by this act part shall be

 

19  administered by the department in accordance with Act No. 122 of

 

20  the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, and this act 1941 PA 122,

 

21  MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this part. In case of conflict between

 

22  the provisions of Act No. 122 of the Public Acts of 1941, as

 

23  amended, and this act, 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this

 

24  part, the provisions of this act part shall prevail.

 

25        Sec. 408. A person liable for any tax imposed under this act

 

26  part shall keep and maintain accurate records in a form as to

 

27  make it possible to determine the tax due under this act part.

 


 1        Sec. 451. (1) A domestic corporation, a foreign corporation,

 

 2  or other business entity authorized to transact business in this

 

 3  state that submits a certificate of dissolution or requests a

 

 4  certificate of withdrawal from this state shall request a

 

 5  certificate from the department stating that taxes are not due

 

 6  under section 27a of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.27a, not more than 60

 

 7  days after submitting the certificate of dissolution or

 

 8  requesting the certificate of withdrawal. A corporation or other

 

 9  business entity that does not request a certificate stating that

 

10  taxes are not due is subject to the same penalties under section

 

11  24 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.24, that a taxpayer would be subject

 

12  to for failure to file a return.

 

13        (2) An estate of a person subject to tax under this act part

 

14  shall not be closed without the payment of the tax levied by this

 

15  act part, both in respect to the liability of the estate and

 

16  decedent prior to his or her death.

 

17        Sec. 455. Every person shall keep such records, books and

 

18  accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for

 

19  which it is liable under the provisions of this act part and as

 

20  the department may require for a period of 6 years. The records,

 

21  books and accounts shall be open for examination at any time

 

22  during regular business hours of the taxpayer by the department

 

23  and its agents. Any person who violates any provision of this

 

24  section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more

 

25  than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 1 year in the county

 

26  jail, or both.

 

27        Sec. 471. (1) The tax imposed by this act part shall be

 


 1  administered by the department. The department shall prescribe

 

 2  forms for use by taxpayers and may promulgate rules for all of

 

 3  the following:

 

 4        (a) The maintenance by taxpayers of records, books, and

 

 5  accounts.

 

 6        (b) The computation of the tax.

 

 7        (c) The manner and time of changing or electing accounting

 

 8  methods and of exercising the accounting method options contained

 

 9  in this act part.

 

10        (d) The making of returns, the payment of tax due, and the

 

11  ascertainment, assessment, and collection of the tax.

 

12        (2) The rules shall follow the rulings of the United States

 

13  internal revenue service with respect to the federal income tax

 

14  if those rulings are not inconsistent with this act part, and the

 

15  department may adopt as a part of the rules any portions of the

 

16  internal revenue code or rulings, in whole or in part.

 

17        (3) A summary of state expenditures and revenues by major

 

18  category, in dollar amounts and percentage of total, for the most

 

19  recent state fiscal year that the information is available, shall

 

20  be printed in the instruction booklet accompanying each state

 

21  income tax return.

 

22        (4) Each state income tax return shall contain a space for

 

23  the taxpayer to indicate the school district in which the

 

24  taxpayer resides.

 

25        (5) The department may provide information in the

 

26  instruction booklet about the purchase of an annual state park

 

27  motor vehicle permit pursuant to part 741 of the natural

 


 1  resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

 2  324.74101 to 324.74125.

 

 3        (6) In the instruction booklet that accompanies the annual

 

 4  return required under this act part, the department shall provide

 

 5  a clear and concise listing of each credit and each deduction

 

 6  allowed under this act part and a reference to a detailed

 

 7  explanation.

 

 8        (7) The department shall post the list described in

 

 9  subsection (6) on the department's official website.

 

10        Sec. 475. (1) The tax imposed by this act part is in

 

11  addition to all other taxes for which the taxpayer is liable and

 

12  the proceeds derived from the tax shall be credited to the

 

13  general fund to be allocated and distributed as provided in this

 

14  act part.

 

15        (2) Each year that the contribution designation program

 

16  established in section 440 is in effect, an amount equal to the

 

17  cumulative designations made under section 440 less the annual

 

18  amount appropriated to the department of treasury for the purpose

 

19  of administering the children's trust fund and implementing

 

20  section 440, shall be appropriated from the general fund to the

 

21  children's trust fund in the department of treasury for use

 

22  solely in support of the purposes provided in the act that

 

23  created the children's trust fund.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


 1  length and the department believes that the gross rent charged is

 

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

 

 3  reasonable amount for the purposes of this chapter.

 

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

 

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

 

 6  in lieu of taxes as provided by section 15a of Act No. 346 of the

 

 7  Public Acts of 1966, as amended, being section 125.1415a of the

 

 8  Michigan Compiled Laws, the state housing development authority

 

 9  act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1415a, owned and occupied as a

 

10  home by the owner of the dwelling or unit, or occupied as the

 

11  dwelling of the renter or lessee, including all unoccupied real

 

12  property not classified for ad valorem tax purposes as

 

13  commercial, industrial, residential, or timber-cut over, owned by

 

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

 

15  homestead does not include unoccupied real property that is

 

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

 

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

 

18  the following apply:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

22  the homestead shall be the same proportion of the total property

 

23  tax as the proportion of the value of the homestead is to the

 

24  total value of the assessed property.

 

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

 

26  horticultural operations do not exceed the household income, or

 

27  if there are no gross receipts, the following apply:

 


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

 

 2  all of the adjacent and contiguous agricultural or horticultural

 

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

 

 4  for all the land.

 

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

 

 6  years, not more than 5 acres of adjacent and contiguous

 

 7  agricultural or horticultural land shall be considered a part of

 

 8  the homestead and the credit is allowed for that part of the

 

 9  land.

 

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

 

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

 

12  of a homestead. The specific tax levied by section 41 of Act No.

 

13  243 of the Public Acts of 1959, being section 125.1041 of the

 

14  Michigan Compiled Laws, 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1041, is considered

 

15  a property tax.

 

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

 

17        (4) "Household incomeTotal household resources" means all

 

18  income received by all persons of a household in a tax year while

 

19  members of a household, plus any net business loss after netting

 

20  all business income and loss, plus any net rental or royalty

 

21  loss, plus any deduction from federal adjusted gross income for a

 

22  carryback or carryforward of a net operating loss as defined in

 

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

 

24        Sec. 510. (1) "Income" means the sum of federal adjusted

 

25  gross income as defined in the internal revenue code plus all

 

26  income specifically excluded or exempt from the computations of

 

27  the federal adjusted gross income except that beginning with the

 


 1  1988 tax year, a deduction for a carryback or carryover of a net

 

 2  operating loss shall not exceed federal modified taxable income

 

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

 

 4  Also, a person who is enrolled in an accident or health insurance

 

 5  plan may deduct from income the amount that person paid in

 

 6  premiums in the tax year for that insurance plan for the person's

 

 7  family. Income does not include any of the following:

 

 8        (a) The first $300.00 of gifts in cash or kind from

 

 9  nongovernmental sources.

 

10        (b) The first $300.00 received from awards, prizes, lottery,

 

11  bingo, or other gambling winnings.

 

12        (c) Surplus foods.

 

13        (d) Relief in kind supplied by a governmental agency.

 

14        (e) Payments or credits under this act part.

 

15        (f) A governmental grant that has to be used by the claimant

 

16  for rehabilitation of the claimant's homestead.

 

17        (g) Stipends received by a person 60 years of age or older

 

18  who is acting as a foster grandparent under the foster

 

19  grandparent program authorized pursuant to section 211 of part B

 

20  of title II of the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public

 

21  Law 93-113, 42 U.S.C. USC 5011, or who is acting as a senior

 

22  companion pursuant to section 213 of part C of title II of the

 

23  domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 42

 

24  U.S.C. USC 5013.

 

25        (h) Amounts deducted from monthly social security or

 

26  railroad retirement benefits for medicare premiums.

 

27        (i) Contributions by an employer to life, accident, or

 


 1  health insurance plans.

 

 2        (j) Energy assistance grants and energy assistance tax

 

 3  credits.

 

 4        (2) "Owner" means a natural person who owns or is purchasing

 

 5  a homestead under a mortgage or land contract, who owns or is

 

 6  purchasing a dwelling situated on the leased lands of another, or

 

 7  who is a tenant-stockholder of a cooperative housing corporation.

 

 8        Sec. 512. (1) "Paraplegic, hemiplegic, or quadriplegic"

 

 9  means an individual, or either 1 of 2 persons filing a joint tax

 

10  return under this act part, who is a paraplegic, hemiplegic, or

 

11  quadriplegic at the end of the tax year.

 

12        (2) "Property taxes" means, for tax years before the 2003

 

13  tax year, general ad valorem taxes due and payable, levied on a

 

14  homestead within this state including property tax administration

 

15  fees, but does not include penalties, interest, or special

 

16  assessments unless assessed in the entire city, village, or

 

17  township, levied using a uniform millage rate on all real

 

18  property not exempt by state law from the levy of the special

 

19  assessment, and levied and based on state equalized valuation or

 

20  taxable value.

 

21        (3) "Qualified person" means a claimant and any person,

 

22  domiciled in Michigan, who can be claimed as a dependent under

 

23  the internal revenue code and who does not file a claim under

 

24  this act part for the same tax year. The term does not include

 

25  the additional exemptions allowed for age or blindness.

 

26        (4) "Renter" means a person who rents or leases a homestead.

 

27        Sec. 514. (1) "Senior citizen" means an individual, or

 


 1  either 1 of 2 persons filing a joint tax return under this act

 

 2  part, who is 65 years of age or older at the close of the tax

 

 3  year. The term also includes the unremarried surviving spouse of

 

 4  a person who was 65 years of age or older at the time of death.

 

 5        (2) "Serviceperson" means a person who is currently serving

 

 6  in the armed forces of the United States or is separated from the

 

 7  armed forces for less than a year, and who was a resident of this

 

 8  state at least 6 months prior to the time of entering the armed

 

 9  forces or was a resident of this state at least 5 years prior to

 

10  filing a claim under this chapter.

 

11        (3) "State income tax" or "state income tax act" means the

 

12  tax levied by this act part.

 

13        Sec. 520. (1) Subject to the limitations and the definitions

 

14  in this chapter, a claimant may claim against the tax due under

 

15  this act part for the tax year a credit for the property taxes on

 

16  the taxpayer's homestead deductible for federal income tax

 

17  purposes pursuant to section 164 of the internal revenue code, or

 

18  that would have been deductible if the claimant had not elected

 

19  the zero bracket amount or if the claimant had been subject to

 

20  the federal income tax. The property taxes used for the credit

 

21  computation shall not be greater than the amount levied for 1 tax

 

22  year. A person is not eligible for a credit under this section if

 

23  the taxable value of his or her homestead in the year for which

 

24  the credit is claimed is greater than $135,000.00. As used in

 

25  this subsection, "taxable value" means that value determined

 

26  under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,

 

27  MCL 211.27a.

 


 1        (2) A person who rents or leases a homestead may claim a

 

 2  similar credit computed under this section and section 522 based

 

 3  upon 17% of the gross rent paid for tax years before the 1994 tax

 

 4  year, or 20% of the gross rent paid for tax years after the 1993

 

 5  tax year. A person who rents or leases a homestead subject to a

 

 6  service charge in lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided by section

 

 7  15a of the state housing development authority act of 1966, Act

 

 8  No. 346 of the Public Acts of 1966, being section 125.1415a of

 

 9  the Michigan Compiled Laws 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1415a, may claim

 

10  a similar credit computed under this section and section 522

 

11  based upon 10% of the gross rent paid.

 

12        (3) If the credit claimed under this section and section 522

 

13  exceeds the tax liability for the tax year or if there is no tax

 

14  liability for the tax year, the amount of the claim not used as

 

15  an offset against the tax liability shall, after examination and

 

16  review, be approved for payment, without interest, to the

 

17  claimant. In determining the amount of the payment under this

 

18  subsection, withholdings and other credits shall be used first to

 

19  offset any tax liabilities.

 

20        (4) If the homestead is an integral part of a multipurpose

 

21  or multidwelling building that is federally aided housing or

 

22  state aided housing, a claimant who is a senior citizen entitled

 

23  to a payment under subsection (2) may assign the right to that

 

24  payment to a mortgagor if the mortgagor reduces the rent charged

 

25  and collected on the claimant's homestead in an amount equal to

 

26  the tax credit payment provided in this chapter. The assignment

 

27  of the claim is valid only if the Michigan state housing

 


 1  development authority, by affidavit, verifies that the claimant's

 

 2  rent has been so reduced.

 

 3        (5) Only the renter or lessee shall claim a credit on

 

 4  property that is rented or leased as a homestead.

 

 5        (6) A person who discriminates in the charging or collection

 

 6  of rent on a homestead by increasing the rent charged or

 

 7  collected because the renter or lessee claims and receives a

 

 8  credit or payment under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 

 9  Discrimination against a renter who claims and receives the

 

10  credit under this section and section 522 by a reduction of the

 

11  rent on the homestead of a person who does not claim and receive

 

12  the credit is a misdemeanor. If discriminatory rents are charged

 

13  or collected, each charge or collection of the higher or lower

 

14  payment is a separate offense. Each acceptance of a payment of

 

15  rent is a separate offense.

 

16        (7) A person who received aid to families with dependent

 

17  children, state family assistance, or state disability assistance

 

18  pursuant to the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public

 

19  Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 400.1 to 400.119b of the

 

20  Michigan Compiled Laws 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, in the

 

21  tax year for which the person is filing a return shall have a

 

22  credit that is authorized and computed under this section and

 

23  section 522 reduced by an amount equal to the product of the

 

24  claimant's credit multiplied by the quotient of the sum of the

 

25  claimant's aid to families with dependent children, state family

 

26  assistance, and state disability assistance for the tax year

 

27  divided by the claimant's household income. total household

 


 1  resources. The reduction of credit shall not exceed the sum of

 

 2  the aid to families with dependent children, state family

 

 3  assistance, and state disability assistance for the tax year. For

 

 4  the purposes of this subsection, aid to families with dependent

 

 5  children does not include child support payments that offset or

 

 6  reduce payments made to the claimant.

 

 7        (8) A credit under subsection (1) or (2) shall be reduced by

 

 8  10% for each claimant whose household income exceeds $73,650.00

 

 9  total household resources exceed $41,000.00 and by an additional

 

10  10% for each increment of $1,000.00 of household income total

 

11  household resources in excess of $73,650.00 $41,000.00.

 

12        (9) If the credit authorized and calculated under this

 

13  section and section 522 and adjusted under subsection (7) or (8)

 

14  does not provide to a senior citizen who rents or leases a

 

15  homestead that amount attributable to rent that constitutes more

 

16  than 40% of the household income total household resources of the

 

17  senior citizen, the senior citizen may claim a credit based upon

 

18  the amount of household income total household resources

 

19  attributable to rent as provided by this section.

 

20        (10) A senior citizen whose gross rent paid for the tax year

 

21  is more than the percentage of household income total household

 

22  resources specified in subsection (9) for the respective tax year

 

23  may claim a credit for the amount of rent paid that constitutes

 

24  more than the percentage of the household income total household

 

25  resources of the senior citizen specified in subsection (9) and

 

26  that was not provided to the senior citizen by the credit

 

27  computed pursuant to this section and section 522 and adjusted

 


 1  pursuant to subsection (7) or (8).

 

 2        (11) The department may promulgate rules to implement

 

 3  subsections (9) to (16) (15) and may prescribe a table to allow a

 

 4  claimant to determine the credit provided under this section and

 

 5  section 522 in the instruction booklet that accompanies the

 

 6  respective income tax or property tax credit forms used by

 

 7  claimants.

 

 8        (12) A senior citizen may claim the credit under subsections

 

 9  (9) to (16) (15) on the same form as the property tax credit

 

10  permitted by subsection (2). The department shall adjust the

 

11  forms accordingly.

 

12        (13) A senior citizen who moves to a different rented or

 

13  leased homestead shall determine, for 2 tax years after the move,

 

14  both his or her qualification to claim a credit under subsections

 

15  (9) to (16) (15) and the amount of a credit under subsections (9)

 

16  to (16) (15) on the basis of the annualized final monthly rental

 

17  payment at his or her previous homestead, if this annualized

 

18  rental is less than the senior citizen's actual annual rental

 

19  payments.

 

20        (14) For a return of less than 12 months, the claim for a

 

21  credit under subsections (9) to (16) (15) shall be reduced

 

22  proportionately.

 

23        (15) The Michigan state housing development authority shall

 

24  report on the effect of the credit provided by subsections (9) to

 

25  (16) on the price of rented and leased homesteads. If the

 

26  authority determines that the price of rented and leased

 

27  homesteads has increased as a result of the credit provided by

 


 1  subsections (9) to (16), the authority shall make recommendations

 

 2  to the legislature to remedy this situation. The report shall be

 

 3  made to the chairpersons of the house and senate committees that

 

 4  have primary responsibility for taxation legislation 2 years

 

 5  after the credit provided by subsections (9) to (16) is in

 

 6  effect.

 

 7        (15) (16) The total credit allowed by this section and

 

 8  section 522 shall not exceed $1,200.00 per year.

 

 9        Sec. 522. (1) The amount of a claim made pursuant to this

 

10  chapter shall be determined as follows:

 

11        (a) A claimant who is not a senior citizen is entitled to a

 

12  credit against the state income tax liability under this part

 

13  equal to 60% of the amount by which the property taxes on the

 

14  homestead, or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

15  year, exceeds 3.5% of the claimant's household income total

 

16  household resources for that tax year.

 

17        (b) A claimant who is a senior citizen is entitled to a

 

18  credit against the state income tax liability under this part

 

19  equal to the following:

 

20        (i) For a claimant with total household resources of

 

21  $21,000.00 or less, an amount equal to 100% of the difference

 

22  between the property taxes on the homestead or the credit for

 

23  rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5% of total

 

24  household resources.

 

25        (ii) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

26  than $21,000.00 and less than or equal to $22,000.00, an amount

 

27  equal to 96% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 


 1  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

 2  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

 3        (iii) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

 4  than $22,000.00 and less than or equal to $23,000.00, an amount

 

 5  equal to 92% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

 6  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

 7  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

 8        (iv) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

 9  than $23,000.00 and less than or equal to $24,000.00, an amount

 

10  equal to 88% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

11  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

12  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

13        (v) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

14  than $24,000.00 and less than or equal to $25,000.00, an amount

 

15  equal to 84% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

16  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

17  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

18        (vi) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

19  than $25,000.00 and less than or equal to $26,000.00, an amount

 

20  equal to 80% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

21  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

22  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

23        (vii) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

24  than $26,000.00 and less than or equal to $27,000.00, an amount

 

25  equal to 76% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

26  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

27  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 


 1        (viii) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

 2  than $27,000.00 and less than or equal to $28,000.00, an amount

 

 3  equal to 72% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

 4  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

 5  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

 6        (ix) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

 7  than $28,000.00 and less than or equal to $29,000.00, an amount

 

 8  equal to 68% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

 9  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

10  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

11        (x) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

12  than $29,000.00 and less than or equal to $30,000.00, an amount

 

13  equal to 64% of the difference between the property taxes on the

 

14  homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax

 

15  year and 3.5% of total household resources.

 

16        (xi) For a claimant with total household resources of more

 

17  than $30,000.00, an amount equal to 60% of the difference between

 

18  the property taxes on the homestead or the credit for rental of

 

19  the homestead for the tax year and 3.5% of total household

 

20  resources.

 

21        (c) (b) A claimant who is a senior citizen or a paraplegic,

 

22  hemiplegic, or quadriplegic and for tax years that begin after

 

23  December 31, 1999, a claimant who is totally and permanently

 

24  disabled or deaf is entitled to a credit against the state income

 

25  tax liability for the amount by which the property taxes on the

 

26  homestead, the credit for rental of the homestead, or a service

 

27  charge in lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided by section 15a of

 


 1  the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346,

 

 2  MCL 125.1415a, for the tax year exceeds the percentage of the

 

 3  claimant's household income total household resources for that

 

 4  tax year computed as follows:

 

 

5

     Household income                               Percentage

6

     Not over $3,000.00                                 .0%

7

     Over $3,000.00 but not over $4,000.00             1.0%

8

     Over $4,000.00 but not over $5,000.00             2.0%

9

     Over $5,000.00 but not over $6,000.00             3.0%

10

     Over $6,000.00                                    3.5%

 

 

11        (c) For a tax year that begins before January 1, 2000, a

 

12  claimant who is totally and permanently disabled is entitled to a

 

13  credit against the state income tax liability equal to 60% of the

 

14  amount by which the property taxes on the homestead, or the

 

15  credit for rental of the homestead or for a service charge in

 

16  lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided in section 15a of the state

 

17  housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL

 

18  125.1415a, for the tax year, exceeds the percentage of the

 

19  claimant's household income for that tax year based on the

 

20  schedule in subdivision (b).

 

21        (d) A claimant who is an eligible serviceperson, eligible

 

22  veteran, or eligible widow or widower is entitled to a credit

 

23  against the state income tax liability for a percentage of the

 

24  property taxes on the homestead for the tax year not in excess of

 

25  100% determined as follows:

 

26        (i) Divide the taxable value allowance specified in section

 


 1  506 by the taxable value of the homestead or, if the eligible

 

 2  serviceperson, eligible veteran, or eligible widow or widower

 

 3  leases or rents a homestead, divide 17% of the total annual rent

 

 4  paid for tax years before the 1994 tax year, or 20% of the total

 

 5  annual rent paid for tax years after the 1993 tax year on the

 

 6  property by the property tax rate on the property.

 

 7        (ii) Multiply the property taxes on the homestead by the

 

 8  percentage computed in subparagraph (i).

 

 9        (e) A claimant who is blind is entitled to a credit against

 

10  the state income tax liability for a percentage of the property

 

11  taxes on the homestead for the tax year determined as follows:

 

12        (i) If the taxable value of the homestead is $3,500.00 or

 

13  less, 100% of the property taxes.

 

14        (ii) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than

 

15  $3,500.00, the percentage that $3,500.00 bears to the taxable

 

16  value of the homestead.

 

17        (2) A person who is qualified to make a claim under more

 

18  than 1 classification shall elect the classification under which

 

19  the claim is made.

 

20        (3) Only 1 claimant per household for a tax year is entitled

 

21  to the credit, unless both the husband and wife filing a joint

 

22  return are blind, then each shall be considered a claimant.

 

23        (4) As used in this section, "totally and permanently

 

24  disabled" means disability as defined in section 216 of title II

 

25  of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. USC 416.

 

26        (5) A senior citizen who has a total household income total

 

27  household resources for the tax year of $6,000.00 or less and who

 


 1  for 1973 received a senior citizen homestead exemption under

 

 2  former section 7c of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of

 

 3  the Public Acts of 1893 1893 PA 206, may compute the credit

 

 4  against the state income tax liability for a percentage of the

 

 5  property taxes on the homestead for the tax year determined as

 

 6  follows:

 

 7        (a) If the taxable value of the homestead is $2,500.00 or

 

 8  less, 100% of the property taxes.

 

 9        (b) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than

 

10  $2,500.00, the percentage that $2,500.00 bears to the taxable

 

11  value of the homestead.

 

12        (6) For a return of less than 12 months, the claim shall be

 

13  reduced proportionately.

 

14        (7) The commissioner department may prescribe tables that

 

15  may be used to determine the amount of the claim.

 

16        (8) The total credit allowed in this section for each year

 

17  after December 31, 1975 shall not exceed $1,200.00 per year.

 

18        (9) The total credit allowable under this act part and part

 

19  361 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

20  1994 PA 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117, shall not exceed the

 

21  total property tax due and payable by the claimant in that year.

 

22  The amount by which the credit exceeds the property tax due and

 

23  payable shall be deducted from the credit claimed under part 361

 

24  of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994

 

25  PA 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117.

 

26        Sec. 526. The right to file a claim is personal to the

 

27  claimant. The right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant by

 


 1  an agent, guardian, attorney-in-fact, executor or administrator,

 

 2  or other persons charged with the care of the person or property

 

 3  of a claimant. When a claimant dies before he could have filed or

 

 4  after having filed a timely claim, the amount thereof may be paid

 

 5  to another member of the household or to the mortgagor of the

 

 6  state or federally aided housing, which is a multipurpose of

 

 7  multidwelling building, who has reduced the rent on the

 

 8  claimant's homestead because of the tax credit and payment

 

 9  provided in this chapter as determined by the commissioner

 

10  department. If the claimant was the only member of his household

 

11  and was not renting his homestead in a multipurpose or

 

12  multidwelling building that is state or federally aided housing,

 

13  the claim shall be paid to his executor or administrator, but if

 

14  neither is appointed within 2 years after the filing of the

 

15  claim, the amount thereof of the claim shall escheat to the

 

16  state.

 

17        Sec. 527a. (1) For tax years 1985 through 1994, a claimant

 

18  may claim a credit against the state income tax for heating fuel

 

19  costs for the claimant's homestead in this state. For the 1996

 

20  tax year and each tax year after the 1996 tax year and subject

 

21  Subject to subsections (18) and (19), a claimant may claim a

 

22  credit for heating fuel costs for the claimant's homestead in

 

23  this state. An adult foster care home, nursing home, home for the

 

24  aged, or substance abuse center is not a homestead for purposes

 

25  of this section. The credit shall be determined in the following

 

26  manner:

 

27        (a) For the 1988 tax year through the 1994 tax year and,

 


 1  subject Subject to subsections (18) and (19), for the 1996 tax

 

 2  year and each tax year after the 1996 tax year, the following

 

 3  table shall be used for the computation of a credit as computed

 

 4  under subdivision (c):

 

 

5

Exemptions

 0 or 1

  2

  3

  4

  5

     6 or more

6

Credit

  $272

$326

$379

$450

$525

$601 + $76 for each

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 exemption over 6

 

 

 8        (b) For tax years after the 1988 tax year, the The amounts

 

 9  in the table in subdivision (a) shall be adjusted each year as

 

10  necessary by the department so that a claimant with a household

 

11  income total household resources of less than 110% of the federal

 

12  poverty income standards as defined and determined annually by

 

13  the United States office of management and budget is not denied a

 

14  credit.

 

15        (c) A claimant shall receive the greater of the credit

 

16  amount as determined in subparagraph (i) or (ii):

 

17        (i) Subtract 3.5% of the claimant's household income total

 

18  household resources from the amount specified in subdivision (a)

 

19  that corresponds with the number of exemptions claimed in the

 

20  return filed under this act, part, except that the number of

 

21  exemptions for purposes of this subdivision shall not exceed the

 

22  actual number of persons living in the household plus the

 

23  additional personal exemptions allowed under section 30, and any

 

24  dependency exemptions for a person or persons living in the

 

25  household under a custodial arrangement, even if the exemptions

 

26  may not be claimed for other income tax purposes. For a claimant

 


 1  whose heating costs are included in his or her rent, multiply the

 

 2  result of the preceding calculation by 50%.

 

 3        (ii) Subject to subsection (2), for a claimant whose

 

 4  household income does total household resources do not exceed the

 

 5  maximum specified in the following table, as adjusted, that

 

 6  corresponds with the number of exemptions claimed in the return

 

 7  filed under this act part, subtract 11% of claimant's household

 

 8  income total household resources from the total cost incurred by

 

 9  a claimant for heating fuel from a heating fuel provider during

 

10  the 12 consecutive monthly billing periods ending in October of

 

11  the tax year, and multiply the resulting amount by 70%:

 

 

12

Exemptions

 0 or 1

   2

   3

   4

   5

 For each

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

exemption

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

  over 5,

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

   add

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

$2,441.00

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

  to the

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 maximum

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

  income

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

  total

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 household

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 resources

23

Maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

Income Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Household

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

Resources

$7,060

$9,501

$11,943

$14,382

$16,824

 

 

 

27        (d) For the 1988 tax year for the purposes of subdivision

 

28  (c), the total cost incurred by a claimant for heating fuel from


 

 1  a heating fuel provider shall not exceed $1,190.00. For tax years

 

 2  after the 1988 tax year, the The maximum cost incurred by a

 

 3  claimant for heating fuel during a tax year shall be adjusted by

 

 4  multiplying the maximum cost for the immediately preceding tax

 

 5  year by the percentage by which the average all urban Detroit

 

 6  consumer price index for fuels and other utilities for the 12

 

 7  months ending August 31 of the tax year for which the credit is

 

 8  claimed exceeds that index's average for the 12 months ending on

 

 9  August 31 of the previous tax year, but not more than 10%. That

 

10  product shall be added to the maximum cost of the immediately

 

11  preceding tax year and then rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

 

12  That dollar amount is the new maximum cost for the current tax

 

13  year. If the claimant received any credits to his or her heating

 

14  bill during the tax year, as provided for in subsection (6), the

 

15  credits shall be treated as costs incurred by the claimant.

 

16        (e) For tax years after the 1988 tax year, the The maximum

 

17  income amounts total household resources specified in subdivision

 

18  (c)(ii) shall be adjusted by multiplying the respective maximum

 

19  income amounts total household resources for the immediately

 

20  preceding tax year by the percentage by which the average all

 

21  urban Detroit consumer price index for all items for the 12

 

22  months ending August 31 of the tax year for which the credit is

 

23  claimed exceeds that index's average for the 12 months ending on

 

24  August 31 of the immediately preceding tax year, but not more

 

25  than 10%. That product shall be added to the immediately

 

26  preceding tax year's respective maximum income level total

 

27  household resources and then rounded to the nearest whole dollar.


 

 1  That dollar amount is the new maximum income level for total

 

 2  household resources for the then current tax year.

 

 3        (2) An enrolled heating fuel provider shall notify each of

 

 4  its customers, not later than December 15 of each year, or, for

 

 5  1995 only, not later than January 10, 1996 or for 1996 only, not

 

 6  later than January 15, 1996, of the availability, upon request,

 

 7  of the information necessary for determining the credit under

 

 8  this section. For a claimant for whom, at the time of filing, the

 

 9  family independence agency department of human services is making

 

10  direct vendor payments to an enrolled heating fuel provider, the

 

11  enrolled heating fuel provider that accepts the direct payments

 

12  shall provide the information necessary to determine the credit

 

13  before February 1 of each year. If an enrolled heating fuel

 

14  provider refuses or fails to provide to a customer the

 

15  information required to determine the credit, or if the claimant

 

16  is not a customer of an enrolled heating fuel provider, a

 

17  claimant may determine the credit provided in subsection

 

18  (1)(c)(ii) based on his or her own records.

 

19        (3) A credit claimed on a return that covers a period of

 

20  less than 12 months shall be calculated based on subsection

 

21  (1)(c)(i) and shall be reduced proportionately.

 

22        (4) The allowable amount of the credit under this section

 

23  shall be remitted to the claimant, other than a claimant whose

 

24  heating costs are included in his or her rent, in the form of an

 

25  energy draft that states the name of the claimant and is issued

 

26  by the department. For a claimant for whom, at the time of

 

27  filing, the family independence agency department of human


 

 1  services has identified the enrolled heating fuel provider or is

 

 2  making direct vendor payments to an enrolled heating fuel

 

 3  provider, the department shall send the energy draft directly to

 

 4  the claimant's enrolled heating fuel provider, as identified by

 

 5  the claimant. If the department establishes a program or pilot

 

 6  program for the direct payment of energy drafts to enrolled

 

 7  heating fuel providers, enrolled heating fuel providers may

 

 8  submit to the department, in a manner prescribed by the

 

 9  department, the names of their customers who are claimants. If a

 

10  claimant whose name has been submitted meets the standards

 

11  established by the department, the department shall send that

 

12  claimant's energy draft directly to the claimant's enrolled

 

13  heating fuel provider. If the enrolled heating fuel provider

 

14  submits names of claimants who are not its customers and the

 

15  energy drafts of any of those claimants are sent to the enrolled

 

16  heating fuel provider, the enrolled heating fuel provider shall

 

17  return the energy drafts or pay the value of the energy drafts to

 

18  the department plus interest on the amount of the energy drafts

 

19  at the rate calculated under section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL

 

20  205.23, for deficiencies in tax payments. Except as provided in

 

21  subsection (5), after July 31, a refundable credit for a prior

 

22  tax year may be paid in the form of a negotiable warrant. The

 

23  energy draft shall be negotiable only through the claimant's

 

24  enrolled heating fuel provider upon remittance by the claimant.

 

25        (5) If a claimant received home heating assistance from the

 

26  family independence agency department of human services, a

 

27  governmental agency, or a nonprofit organization 12 months prior


 

 1  to remitting an energy draft to the claimant's enrolled heating

 

 2  fuel provider and the amount of the energy draft is greater than

 

 3  the total of outstanding bills incurred by the claimant with the

 

 4  enrolled heating fuel provider as of the date that the energy

 

 5  draft was remitted to the enrolled heating fuel provider, the

 

 6  enrolled heating fuel provider shall first apply the full amount

 

 7  of the energy draft to the claimant's outstanding bills and then

 

 8  apply any remaining amount to subsequent bills of the claimant

 

 9  until the full amount of the energy draft is used up or the

 

10  expiration of 9 months after the date on which the energy draft

 

11  was first applied to cover the claimant's outstanding bills. If

 

12  there is any remaining energy draft amount at the end of the 9-

 

13  month period, or if before the end of the 9-month period the

 

14  claimant is no longer a customer of the enrolled heating fuel

 

15  provider, the enrolled heating fuel provider shall remit the

 

16  remaining amount to the claimant in the form of a fully

 

17  negotiable check within 14 days after the end of the 9-month

 

18  period or 14 days after the termination of services, whichever

 

19  occurs sooner. If the claimant did not receive home heating

 

20  assistance from the family independence agency department of

 

21  human services, a governmental agency, or a nonprofit

 

22  organization 12 months prior to remitting an energy draft, the

 

23  claimant, by checking the appropriate box to be included on the

 

24  energy draft or application for participation with an enrolled

 

25  heating fuel provider, may request from the enrolled heating fuel

 

26  provider a payment equal to the amount of the energy draft less

 

27  the amount of the outstanding bills. The enrolled heating fuel


 

 1  provider shall issue the payment within 14 days after the

 

 2  claimant's request. For purposes of this subsection, home heating

 

 3  assistance does not include the credit allowed under this

 

 4  section.

 

 5        (6) If a claimant whose energy draft exceeds his or her

 

 6  outstanding bills does not request a payment from an enrolled

 

 7  heating fuel provider under subsection (5), an energy draft

 

 8  remitted to an enrolled heating fuel provider shall be applied

 

 9  upon receipt to the claimant's designated account. The energy

 

10  draft may be used to cover outstanding bills that the claimant

 

11  has incurred with the enrolled heating fuel provider and to cover

 

12  subsequent heating costs until the full amount of the energy

 

13  draft is used or until 1 year after the date on which the energy

 

14  draft is first applied to the claimant's designated account. If a

 

15  credit amount remains from this energy draft after the 1-year

 

16  period, or if prior to the end of the 1-year period a claimant is

 

17  no longer a customer of the enrolled heating fuel provider, the

 

18  heating fuel provider shall remit the remaining unused portion to

 

19  the claimant in the form of a fully negotiable check within 14

 

20  days after the end of the 1-year period or within 14 days after

 

21  termination of service, whichever is sooner.

 

22        (7) A claimant who is no longer a resident of this state,

 

23  who is not a customer of an enrolled heating fuel provider, or

 

24  whose heating fuel provider refuses to accept an energy draft

 

25  shall return the energy draft to the department and request the

 

26  issuance of a negotiable warrant. A claimant may return an energy

 

27  draft to the department and request issuance of a negotiable


 

 1  warrant if the energy draft is impractical because the claimant

 

 2  has already purchased his or her energy supply for the year and

 

 3  does not have an outstanding obligation to an enrolled heating

 

 4  fuel provider. The department may honor that request if it agrees

 

 5  that the use of the energy draft is impractical. The department

 

 6  shall issue the warrant within 14 days after receiving the energy

 

 7  draft from the claimant.

 

 8        (8) The enrolled heating fuel provider shall bill the

 

 9  department for credit amounts that have been applied to claimant

 

10  accounts pursuant to subsection (6), and the department shall pay

 

11  the bills within 14 days of receipt. The billing shall be

 

12  accompanied by the energy drafts for which reimbursement is

 

13  claimed.

 

14        (9) A claimant whose heating fuel is provided by a utility

 

15  regulated by the Michigan public service commission is protected

 

16  against the discontinuance of his or her heating fuel service

 

17  from the date of filing a claim for the credit under this section

 

18  through the date of issuance of an energy draft and during a

 

19  period beginning December 1 of the tax year for which the credit

 

20  is claimed and ending March 31 of the following year if the

 

21  claimant participates in the winter protection program set forth

 

22  in R 460.2174 460.148 of the Michigan administrative code or if

 

23  the utility accepts the claimant's energy draft. The acceptance

 

24  of an energy draft by a utility is considered a request by the

 

25  claimant for the winter protection program. The energy draft

 

26  shall be coded by the department to denote claimants who are 65

 

27  years of age or older. If the claimant is a claimant whose


 

 1  heating cost is included in his or her rent payments, the amount

 

 2  of the claim not used as an offset against the state income tax,

 

 3  after examination and review, shall be approved for payment,

 

 4  without interest, to the claimant.

 

 5        (10) If an enrolled heating fuel provider does not issue a

 

 6  payment or a negotiable check within 14 days or as otherwise

 

 7  provided in subsection (5) or (6), beginning on the fifteenth day

 

 8  or the fifteenth day after the expiration of the 9-month period

 

 9  under subsection (5), the amount due to the claimant is increased

 

10  by adding interest computed on the basis of the rate of interest

 

11  prescribed for delayed refunds of excess tax payments in section

 

12  30(3) of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30. The enrolled heating fuel

 

13  provider shall pay the interest and shall not bill the interest

 

14  to or be reimbursed for the interest by the department.

 

15        (11) Only the renter or lessee shall claim a credit on

 

16  property that is rented or leased as a homestead. Only 1 credit

 

17  may be claimed for a household. The credit under this section is

 

18  in addition to other credits to which the claimant is entitled

 

19  under this act part. A person who is a full-time student at a

 

20  school, community college, or college or university and who is

 

21  claimed as a dependent by another person is not eligible for the

 

22  credit provided by this section. A claimant who shares a

 

23  homestead with other eligible claimants shall prorate the credit

 

24  by the number of claimants sharing the homestead.

 

25        (12) A claimant who is eligible for the credit provided by

 

26  this section shall be referred by the department to the

 

27  appropriate state agency for determination of eligibility for


 

 1  home weatherization assistance and shall accept weatherization

 

 2  assistance if eligible and if assistance is available. A heating

 

 3  fuel provider that is required by the Michigan public service

 

 4  commission to participate in the residential conservation

 

 5  services home energy analysis program shall annually contact each

 

 6  claimant to whom it provides heating fuel, and whose usage

 

 7  exceeds 200,000 cubic feet of natural gas or 18,000 kilowatt

 

 8  hours of electricity annually, and shall offer to provide a home

 

 9  energy analysis at no cost to the claimant. A heating fuel

 

10  provider that is not required to participate in the residential

 

11  conservation services program shall not be required to conduct a

 

12  home energy analysis for its customers.

 

13        (13) If an enrolled heating fuel provider is regulated by

 

14  the Michigan public service commission, the Michigan public

 

15  service commission may use an enforcement method authorized by

 

16  law or rule to enforce the requirements prescribed by this

 

17  section on the enrolled heating fuel provider. If an enrolled

 

18  heating fuel provider is not regulated by the Michigan public

 

19  service commission, the family independence agency department of

 

20  human services may use an enforcement method authorized by law or

 

21  rule to enforce the requirements prescribed by this section on

 

22  the enrolled heating fuel provider.

 

23        (14) The department shall mail a home heating credit return

 

24  to every person who received assistance through family

 

25  independence programs the department of human services pursuant

 

26  to the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b,

 

27  during the tax year.


 

 1        (15) The department shall complete a study by August 1 of

 

 2  1985, and of each subsequent year, of the actual heating costs of

 

 3  each claimant who received a credit from the department under

 

 4  this section for the immediately preceding tax year.

 

 5        (16) The department may promulgate rules necessary to

 

 6  administer this section pursuant to the administrative procedures

 

 7  act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

 8        (17) The department shall provide a simplified procedure for

 

 9  claiming the credit under this section for claimants for whom, at

 

10  the time of filing, the family independence agency department of

 

11  human services is making direct vendor payments to an enrolled

 

12  heating fuel provider.

 

13        (18) For the 2001 tax year and each tax year after the 2001

 

14  tax year, the credit under this section is allowed only if there

 

15  has been a federal appropriation for the federal fiscal year

 

16  beginning in the tax year of federal low income home energy

 

17  assistance program block grant funds of any amount. If the amount

 

18  of federal low income home energy assistance program block grant

 

19  funds available for the home heating credit is less than the full

 

20  home heating credit amount, each individual credit claimed under

 

21  this section shall be reduced by multiplying the credit amount by

 

22  a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount available for

 

23  the home heating credit and the denominator of which is the full

 

24  home heating credit amount. As used in this subsection, "amount

 

25  available for the home heating credit" means the sum of the

 

26  federal low income home energy assistance program block grant

 

27  allotment for this state for the federal fiscal year beginning in


 

 1  the tax year and the amount as certified by the director of the

 

 2  family independence agency department of human services carried

 

 3  forward from the immediately preceding fiscal year for the low

 

 4  income home energy assistance program block grant minus the sum

 

 5  of the amount certified by the director of the family

 

 6  independence agency department of human services for

 

 7  administration of the low income home energy assistance program

 

 8  block grant, the amount certified by the director of the family

 

 9  independence agency department of human services for crisis

 

10  assistance programs, and the amount certified by the director of

 

11  the family independence agency department of human services for

 

12  weatherization. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

 

13  the amount used for weatherization each fiscal year shall not

 

14  exceed $9,000,000.00 less the amount used for weatherization from

 

15  the emergency contingency funds received in the immediately

 

16  preceding year. For the 2004-2005 state fiscal year only, the

 

17  amount used for weatherization shall not exceed $9,000,000.00 and

 

18  shall not be reduced by the amount used for weatherization from

 

19  the emergency contingency funds received in the immediately

 

20  preceding year. The amounts under this subsection that require

 

21  certification by the director of the family independence agency

 

22  department of human services or by the state treasurer and the

 

23  director of the department of technology, management, and budget

 

24  shall be certified on or before December 30 of the tax year for

 

25  the 1996 tax year, and on or before November 1 of the tax year

 

26  for the 1997 tax year and each tax year after the 1997 tax year.

 

27  As used in this subsection, "full home heating credit amount"


 

 1  means the amount certified by the state treasurer and the

 

 2  director of the department of technology, management, and budget

 

 3  to be the estimated amount of the credits that would have been

 

 4  provided under this section for the tax year if no reduction as

 

 5  provided in this subsection were made for that tax year.

 

 6        (19) For tax years after the 1994 tax year, a claimant who

 

 7  claims a credit under this section shall not report the credit

 

 8  amount on the claimant's income tax return filed under this act

 

 9  part as an offset against the tax imposed by this act part, but

 

10  shall claim the credit on a separate form prescribed by the

 

11  department. For tax years after the 1995 tax year, a credit

 

12  claimed under this section shall not be allowed unless the claim

 

13  for the credit is filed with the department on or before the

 

14  September 30 immediately following the tax year for which the

 

15  credit is claimed.

 

16        (20) The state treasurer shall notify all of the following

 

17  each state fiscal year that the federal low income home energy

 

18  assistance program block grant allotment for this state for that

 

19  fiscal year is less than the full home heating credit amount:

 

20        (a) The chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the senate and

 

21  house of representatives appropriations committees.

 

22        (b) The senate and house of representatives committees on

 

23  taxation and finance related issues.

 

24        (c) The senate and house of representatives committees on

 

25  energy and technology related issues.

 

26        (21) Notwithstanding section 30a of 1941 PA 122, MCL

 

27  205.30a, the credit allowed under this section is exempt from


 

 1  interception, execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other

 

 2  legal process to collect a debt. No portion of the credit allowed

 

 3  or any rights existing under this section shall be applied as an

 

 4  offset to any liability of the claimant under section 30a of 1941

 

 5  PA 122, MCL 205.30a, or any arrearage or other debt of the

 

 6  claimant.

 

 7        (22) The department shall meet with interested parties

 

 8  including enrolled heating fuel providers and advocacy groups to

 

 9  identify and implement methods of improving the processing of

 

10  claims for the credit allowed under this section and payments

 

11  attributable to those credits.

 

12        (23) As used in this section:

 

13        (a) "Claimant whose heating costs are included in his or her

 

14  rent" means a claimant whose rent includes the cost of heat at

 

15  the time the claim for the credit under this section is filed.

 

16        (b) "Enrolled heating fuel provider" means a heating fuel

 

17  provider that is enrolled with the family independence agency

 

18  department of human services as a heating fuel provider.

 

19        (c) "Heating fuel provider" means an individual or entity

 

20  that provides a claimant with heating fuel or electricity for

 

21  heating purposes.

 

22        Sec. 530. (1) The department may require reasonable proof

 

23  from the claimant in support of rent paid, property taxes paid,

 

24  household income, total household resources, size and nature of

 

25  the property claimed as a homestead, or any other information

 

26  required for the administration of this chapter.

 

27        (2) If a homestead is occupied for less than a 12-month


 

 1  period, the credit computation shall be proportional to the

 

 2  period of occupancy. A claimant shall not occupy more than 1

 

 3  homestead at 1 time. If more than 1 homestead is occupied during

 

 4  the tax year, the credit computation shall be proportional to the

 

 5  period of occupancy of each homestead, but not for a total period

 

 6  of more than 1 year.

 

 7        (3) If unoccupied land is used for agricultural or

 

 8  horticultural purposes by the claimant, the credit shall be

 

 9  allowed only if the gross receipts of the agricultural or

 

10  horticultural operations exceed the household income total

 

11  household resources as defined in this act part.

 

12        (4) A claim shall not be allowed if the department finds

 

13  that the claimant received title to the homestead primarily for

 

14  the purpose of receiving benefits under this chapter.

 

15        (5) The amount of a claim otherwise payable may be applied

 

16  by the department against a liability outstanding on the books of

 

17  the state against the claimant.

 

18        Sec. 532. The department shall prescribe forms for claiming

 

19  the credit, which forms shall be a component part of the state

 

20  income tax return. , except as provided in section 531. All

 

21  provisions of this act part including but not limited to audit,

 

22  review, determinations, appeals, hearings, notices, assessments,

 

23  and administration shall apply to this chapter.

 

24                             PART 2

 

25                           CHAPTER 10

 

26        Sec. 601. A term used in this part and not defined

 

27  differently shall have the same meaning as when used in


 

 1  comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to

 

 2  federal income taxes in effect for the tax year unless a

 

 3  different meaning is clearly required. A reference in this part

 

 4  to the internal revenue code includes other provisions of the

 

 5  laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes.

 

 6        Sec. 603. (1) "Business activity" means a transfer of legal

 

 7  or equitable title to or rental of property, whether real,

 

 8  personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or the performance of

 

 9  services, or a combination thereof, made or engaged in, or caused

 

10  to be made or engaged in, whether in intrastate, interstate, or

 

11  foreign commerce, with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage,

 

12  whether direct or indirect, to the taxpayer or to others, but

 

13  does not include the services rendered by an employee to his or

 

14  her employer or services as a director of a corporation. Although

 

15  an activity of a taxpayer may be incidental to another or to

 

16  others of his or her business activities, each activity shall be

 

17  considered to be business engaged in within the meaning of this

 

18  part.

 

19        (2) "Business income" means federal taxable income. For a

 

20  taxpayer that is a mutual or cooperative electric company exempt

 

21  under section 501(c)(12) of the internal revenue code, business

 

22  income equals the organization's excess or deficiency of revenues

 

23  over expenses as reported to the federal government by those

 

24  organizations exempt from the federal income tax under the

 

25  internal revenue code, less capital credits paid to members of

 

26  that organization, less income attributed to equity in another

 

27  organization's net income, and less income resulting from a


 

 1  charge approved by a state or federal regulatory agency that is

 

 2  restricted for a specified purpose and refundable if it is not

 

 3  used for the specified purpose. For a tax-exempt taxpayer,

 

 4  business income means only that part of federal taxable income

 

 5  derived from unrelated business activity.

 

 6        Sec. 605. (1) "Corporation" means a taxpayer that is

 

 7  required or has elected to file as a C corporation as defined

 

 8  under section 1361(a)(2) and section 7701(a)(3) of the internal

 

 9  revenue code. Corporation does not include an insurance company

 

10  or a financial institution.

 

11        (2) "Department" means the department of treasury.

 

12        (3) "Disregarded entity" means a qualified subchapter S

 

13  subsidiary under section 1361(b)(3) of the internal revenue code

 

14  or a single member limited liability company that has not elected

 

15  to be classified as a corporation under 26 CFR 301.7701.

 

16        (4) "Employee" means an employee as defined in section

 

17  3401(c) of the internal revenue code. A person from whom an

 

18  employer is required to withhold for federal income tax purposes

 

19  is prima facie considered an employee.

 

20        (5) "Employer" means an employer as defined in section

 

21  3401(d) of the internal revenue code. A person required to

 

22  withhold for federal income tax purposes is prima facie

 

23  considered an employer.

 

24        Sec. 607. (1) "Federal taxable income" means taxable income

 

25  as defined in section 63 of the internal revenue code, except

 

26  that federal taxable income shall be calculated as if section

 

27  168(k) and section 199 of the internal revenue code were not in


 

 1  effect.

 

 2        (2) "Flow-through entity" means an entity that for the

 

 3  applicable tax year is treated as a subchapter S corporation

 

 4  under section 1362(a) of the internal revenue code, a general

 

 5  partnership, a trust, a limited partnership, a limited liability

 

 6  partnership, or a limited liability company, that for the tax

 

 7  year is not taxed as a corporation for federal income tax

 

 8  purposes.

 

 9        (3) "Foreign operating entity" means a United States person

 

10  that satisfies each of the following:

 

11        (a) Would otherwise be a part of a unitary business group

 

12  that has at least 1 person included in the unitary business group

 

13  that is taxable in this state.

 

14        (b) Has substantial operations outside the United States,

 

15  the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the

 

16  United States except for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a

 

17  political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

 

18        (c) At least 80% of its income is active foreign business

 

19  income as defined in section 861(c)(1)(B) of the internal revenue

 

20  code.

 

21        (4) "Gross receipts" means the entire amount received by the

 

22  taxpayer as determined by using the taxpayer's method of

 

23  accounting used for federal income tax purposes, less any amount

 

24  deducted as bad debt for federal income tax purposes from any

 

25  activity whether in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce

 

26  carried on for direct or indirect gain, benefit, or advantage to

 

27  the taxpayer or to others except for the following:


 

 1        (a) Proceeds from sales by a principal that the taxpayer

 

 2  collects in an agency capacity solely on behalf of the principal

 

 3  and delivers to the principal.

 

 4        (b) Amounts received by the taxpayer as an agent solely on

 

 5  behalf of the principal that are expended by the taxpayer for any

 

 6  of the following:

 

 7        (i) The performance of a service by a third party for the

 

 8  benefit of the principal that is required by law to be performed

 

 9  by a licensed person.

 

10        (ii) The performance of a service by a third party for the

 

11  benefit of the principal that the taxpayer has not undertaken a

 

12  contractual duty to perform.

 

13        (iii) Principal and interest under a mortgage loan or land

 

14  contract, lease or rental payments, or taxes, utilities, or

 

15  insurance premiums relating to real or personal property owned or

 

16  leased by the principal.

 

17        (iv) A capital asset of a type that is, or under the internal

 

18  revenue code will become, eligible for depreciation,

 

19  amortization, or accelerated cost recovery by the principal for

 

20  federal income tax purposes, or for real property owned or leased

 

21  by the principal.

 

22        (v) Property not described under subparagraph (iv) that is

 

23  purchased by the taxpayer on behalf of the principal and that the

 

24  taxpayer does not take title to or use in the course of

 

25  performing its contractual business activities.

 

26        (vi) Fees, taxes, assessments, levies, fines, penalties, or

 

27  other payments established by law that are paid to a governmental


 

 1  entity and that are the legal obligation of the principal.

 

 2        (c) Amounts that are excluded from gross income of a foreign

 

 3  corporation engaged in the international operation of aircraft

 

 4  under section 883(a) of the internal revenue code.

 

 5        (d) Amounts received by an advertising agency used to

 

 6  acquire advertising media time, space, production, or talent on

 

 7  behalf of another person.

 

 8        (e) Amounts received by a newspaper to acquire advertising

 

 9  space not owned by that newspaper in another newspaper on behalf

 

10  of another person. This subdivision does not apply to any

 

11  consideration received by the taxpayer for acquiring that

 

12  advertising space.

 

13        (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,

 

14  amounts received by a taxpayer that manages real property owned

 

15  by a third party that are deposited into a separate account kept

 

16  in the name of that third party and that are not reimbursements

 

17  to the taxpayer and are not indirect payments for management

 

18  services that the taxpayer provides to that third party.

 

19        (g) Proceeds from the taxpayer's transfer of an account

 

20  receivable if the sale that generated the account receivable was

 

21  included in gross receipts for federal income tax purposes. This

 

22  subdivision does not apply to a taxpayer that during the tax year

 

23  both buys and sells any receivables.

 

24        (h) Proceeds from any of the following:

 

25        (i) The original issue of stock or equity instruments or

 

26  equity issued by a regulated investment company as that term is

 

27  defined under section 851 of the internal revenue code.


 

 1        (ii) The original issue of debt instruments.

 

 2        (i) Refunds from returned merchandise.

 

 3        (j) Cash and in-kind discounts.

 

 4        (k) Trade discounts.

 

 5        (l) Federal, state, or local tax refunds.

 

 6        (m) Security deposits.

 

 7        (n) Payment of the principal portion of loans.

 

 8        (o) Value of property received in a like-kind exchange.

 

 9        (p) Proceeds from a sale, transaction, exchange, involuntary

 

10  conversion, maturity, redemption, repurchase, recapitalization,

 

11  or other disposition or reorganization of tangible, intangible,

 

12  or real property, less any gain from the disposition or

 

13  reorganization to the extent that the gain is included in the

 

14  taxpayer's federal taxable income, if the property satisfies 1 or

 

15  more of the following:

 

16        (i) The property is a capital asset as defined in section

 

17  1221(a) of the internal revenue code.

 

18        (ii) The property is land that qualifies as property used in

 

19  the trade or business as defined in section 1231(b) of the

 

20  internal revenue code.

 

21        (iii) The property is used in a hedging transaction entered

 

22  into by the taxpayer in the normal course of the taxpayer's trade

 

23  or business primarily to manage the risk of exposure to foreign

 

24  currency fluctuations that affect assets, liabilities, profits,

 

25  losses, equity, or investments in foreign operations; interest

 

26  rate fluctuations; or commodity price fluctuations. For purposes

 

27  of this subparagraph, the actual transfer of title of real or


 

 1  tangible personal property to another person is not a hedging

 

 2  transaction. Only the overall net gain from the hedging

 

 3  transactions entered into during the tax year is included in

 

 4  gross receipts. As used in this subparagraph, "hedging

 

 5  transaction" means that term as defined under section 1221 of the

 

 6  internal revenue code regardless of whether the transaction was

 

 7  identified by the taxpayer as a hedge for federal income tax

 

 8  purposes, provided, however, that transactions excluded under

 

 9  this subparagraph and not identified as a hedge for federal

 

10  income tax purposes shall be identifiable to the department by

 

11  the taxpayer as a hedge in its books and records.

 

12        (iv) The property is investment and trading assets managed as

 

13  part of the person's treasury function. For purposes of this

 

14  subparagraph, a person principally engaged in the trade or

 

15  business of purchasing and selling investment and trading assets

 

16  is not performing a treasury function. Only the overall net gain

 

17  from the treasury function incurred during the tax year is

 

18  included in gross receipts. As used in this subparagraph,

 

19  "treasury function" means the pooling and management of

 

20  investment and trading assets for the purpose of satisfying the

 

21  cash flow or liquidity needs of the taxpayer's trade or business.

 

22        (q) The proceeds from a policy of insurance, a settlement of

 

23  a claim, or a judgment in a civil action less any proceeds under

 

24  this subdivision that are included in federal taxable income.

 

25        (r) For a sales finance company, as defined in section 2 of

 

26  the motor vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL

 

27  492.102, and directly or indirectly owned in whole or in part by


 

 1  a motor vehicle manufacturer as of January 1, 2008, and for a

 

 2  person that is a broker or dealer as defined under section

 

 3  78c(a)(4) or (5) of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC

 

 4  78c, or a person included in the unitary business group of that

 

 5  broker or dealer that buys and sells for its own account,

 

 6  contracts that are subject to the commodity exchange act, 7 USC 1

 

 7  to 27f, amounts realized from the repayment, maturity, sale, or

 

 8  redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, or mutual fund,

 

 9  certificate of deposit, or similar marketable instrument provided

 

10  such instruments are not held as inventory.

 

11        (s) For a sales finance company, as defined in section 2 of

 

12  the motor vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL

 

13  492.102, and directly or indirectly owned in whole or in part by

 

14  a motor vehicle manufacturer as of January 1, 2008, and for a

 

15  person that is a broker or dealer as defined under section

 

16  78c(a)(4) or (5) of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC

 

17  78c, or a person included in the unitary business group of that

 

18  broker or dealer that buys and sells for its own account,

 

19  contracts that are subject to the commodity exchange act, 7 USC 1

 

20  to 27f, the principal amount received under a repurchase

 

21  agreement or other transaction properly characterized as a loan.

 

22        (t) For a mortgage company, proceeds representing the

 

23  principal balance of loans transferred or sold in the tax year.

 

24  For purposes of this subdivision, "mortgage company" means a

 

25  person that is licensed under the mortgage brokers, lenders, and

 

26  servicers licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1651 to 445.1684,

 

27  or the secondary mortgage loan act, 1981 PA 125, MCL 493.51 to


 

 1  493.81, and has greater than 90% of its revenues, in the ordinary

 

 2  course of business, from the origination, sale, or servicing of

 

 3  residential mortgage loans.

 

 4        (u) For a professional employer organization, any amount

 

 5  charged by a professional employer organization that represents

 

 6  the actual cost of wages and salaries, benefits, worker's

 

 7  compensation, payroll taxes, withholding, or other assessments

 

 8  paid to or on behalf of a covered employee by the professional

 

 9  employer organization under a professional employer arrangement.

 

10        (v) Any invoiced items used to provide more favorable floor

 

11  plan assistance to a person subject to the tax imposed under this

 

12  act than to a person not subject to this tax and paid by a

 

13  manufacturer, distributor, or supplier.

 

14        (w) For an individual, estate, or other person organized for

 

15  estate or gift planning purposes, amounts received other than

 

16  those from transactions, activities, and sources in the regular

 

17  course of the taxpayer's trade or business. For purposes of this

 

18  subdivision, all of the following apply:

 

19        (i) Amounts received from transactions, activities, and

 

20  sources in the regular course of the taxpayer's business include,

 

21  but are not limited to, the following:

 

22        (A) Receipts from tangible and intangible property if the

 

23  acquisition, rental, lease, management, or disposition of the

 

24  property constitutes integral parts of the taxpayer's regular

 

25  trade or business operations.

 

26        (B) Receipts received in the course of the taxpayer's trade

 

27  or business from stock and securities of any foreign or domestic


 

 1  corporation and dividend and interest income.

 

 2        (C) Receipts derived from isolated sales, leases,

 

 3  assignments, licenses, divisions, or other infrequently occurring

 

 4  dispositions, transfers, or transactions involving tangible,

 

 5  intangible, or real property if the property is or was used in

 

 6  the taxpayer's trade or business operation.

 

 7        (D) Receipts derived from the sale of an interest in a

 

 8  business that constitutes an integral part of the taxpayer's

 

 9  regular trade or business.

 

10        (E) Receipts derived from the lease or rental of real

 

11  property.

 

12        (ii) Receipts excluded from gross receipts include, but are

 

13  not limited to, the following:

 

14        (A) Receipts derived from investment activity, including

 

15  interest, dividends, royalties, and gains from an investment

 

16  portfolio or retirement account, if the investment activity is

 

17  not part of the taxpayer's trade or business.

 

18        (B) Receipts derived from the disposition of tangible,

 

19  intangible, or real property held for personal use and enjoyment,

 

20  such as a personal residence or personal assets.

 

21        (x) Receipts derived from investment activity by a person

 

22  that is organized exclusively to conduct investment activity and

 

23  that does not conduct investment activity for any person other

 

24  than an individual or a person related to that individual or by a

 

25  common trust fund established under the collective investment

 

26  funds act, 1941 PA 174, MCL 555.101 to 555.113. For purposes of

 

27  this subdivision, a person is related to an individual if that


 

 1  person is a spouse, brother or sister, whether of the whole or

 

 2  half blood or by adoption, ancestor, lineal descendent of that

 

 3  individual or related person, or a trust benefiting that

 

 4  individual or 1 or more persons related to that individual.

 

 5        (y) Interest income and dividends derived from obligations

 

 6  or securities of the United States government, this state, or any

 

 7  governmental unit of this state. As used in this subdivision,

 

 8  "governmental unit" means that term as defined in section 3 of

 

 9  the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1053.

 

10        (z) Dividends and royalties received or deemed received from

 

11  a foreign operating entity or a person other than a United States

 

12  person, including, but not limited to, the amounts determined

 

13  under section 78 of the internal revenue code and sections 951 to

 

14  964 of the internal revenue code.

 

15        (aa) Each of the following:

 

16        (i) Sales or use taxes collected from or reimbursed by a

 

17  consumer or other taxes the taxpayer collected directly from or

 

18  was reimbursed by a purchaser and remitted to a local, state, or

 

19  federal tax authority.

 

20        (ii) In the case of receipts from the sale of cigarettes or

 

21  tobacco products by a wholesale dealer, retail dealer,

 

22  distributor, manufacturer, or seller, an amount equal to the

 

23  federal and state excise taxes paid by any person on or for such

 

24  cigarettes or tobacco products under subtitle E of the internal

 

25  revenue code or other applicable state law.

 

26        (iii) In the case of receipts from the sale of motor fuel by a

 

27  person with a motor fuel tax license or a retail dealer, an


 

 1  amount equal to federal and state excise taxes paid by any person

 

 2  on such motor fuel under section 4081 of the internal revenue

 

 3  code or under other applicable state law.

 

 4        (iv) In the case of receipts from the sale of beer, wine, or

 

 5  intoxicating liquor by a person holding a license to sell,

 

 6  distribute, or produce those products, an amount equal to federal

 

 7  and state excise taxes paid by any person on or for such beer,

 

 8  wine, or intoxicating liquor under subtitle E of the internal

 

 9  revenue code or other applicable state law.

 

10        (v) In the case of receipts from the sale of communication,

 

11  video, internet access and related services and equipment, any

 

12  government imposed tax, fee, or other imposition in the nature of

 

13  a tax or fee required by law, ordinance, regulation, ruling, or

 

14  other legal authority and authorized to be charged on a

 

15  customer's bill or invoice.

 

16        (vi) In the case of receipts from the sale of electricity,

 

17  natural gas, or other energy source, any government imposed tax,

 

18  fee, or other imposition in the nature of a tax or fee required

 

19  by law, ordinance, regulation, ruling, or other legal authority

 

20  and authorized to be charged on a customer's bill or invoice.

 

21        (vii) Any deposit required under any of the following:

 

22        (A) 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576.

 

23        (B) R 436.1629 of the Michigan administrative code.

 

24        (C) R 436.1723a of the Michigan administrative code.

 

25        (D) Any substantially similar beverage container deposit law

 

26  of another state.

 

27        (viii) An excise tax collected pursuant to the airport parking


 

 1  tax act, 1987 PA 248, MCL 207.371 to 207.383, collected from or

 

 2  reimbursed by a consumer and remitted as provided in the airport

 

 3  parking tax act, 1987 PA 248, MCL 207.371 to 207.383.

 

 4        (bb) For a regulated investment company as that term is

 

 5  defined under section 851 of the internal revenue code, receipts

 

 6  derived from investment activity by that regulated investment

 

 7  company.

 

 8        (cc) For fiscal years that begin after September 30, 2009,

 

 9  unless the state budget director certifies to the state treasurer

 

10  by January 1 of that fiscal year that the federally certified

 

11  rates for actuarial soundness required under 42 CFR 438.6 and

 

12  that are specifically developed for Michigan's health maintenance

 

13  organizations that hold a contract with this state for medicaid

 

14  services provide explicit adjustment for their obligations

 

15  required for payment of the tax under this act, amounts received

 

16  by the taxpayer during that fiscal year for medicaid premium or

 

17  reimbursement of costs associated with service provided to a

 

18  medicaid recipient or beneficiary.

 

19        (dd) For a taxpayer that provides health care management

 

20  consulting services, amounts received by the taxpayer as fees

 

21  from its clients that are expended by the taxpayer to reimburse

 

22  those clients for labor and nonlabor services that are paid by

 

23  the client and reimbursed to the client pursuant to a services

 

24  agreement.

 

25        (5) "Insurance company" means an authorized insurer as

 

26  defined in section 108 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA

 

27  218, MCL 500.108.


 

 1        (6) "Internal revenue code" means the United States internal

 

 2  revenue code of 1986 in effect on January 1, 2012 or, at the

 

 3  option of the taxpayer, in effect for the tax year.

 

 4        (7) "Member", when used for purposes of determining tax

 

 5  liability for a flow-through entity, means a shareholder of a

 

 6  subchapter S corporation, a partner in a general partnership, a

 

 7  limited partnership, or a limited liability partnership, a member

 

 8  of a limited liability company, or a beneficiary of a trust that

 

 9  is a flow-through entity, that is not taxed as a corporation for

 

10  federal income tax purposes.

 

11        Sec. 609. (1) "Person" means an individual, firm, bank,

 

12  financial institution, insurance company, limited partnership,

 

13  limited liability partnership, copartnership, partnership, joint

 

14  venture, association, corporation, subchapter S corporation,

 

15  limited liability company, receiver, estate, trust, or any other

 

16  group or combination of groups acting as a unit.

 

17        (2) "Professional employer organization" means an

 

18  organization, other than an organization whose business

 

19  activities are included in industry group 736 under the standard

 

20  industrial classification code as compiled by the United States

 

21  department of labor, that provides the management and

 

22  administration of the human resources of another entity by

 

23  contractually assuming substantial employer rights and

 

24  responsibilities through a professional employer agreement that

 

25  establishes an employer relationship with the leased officers or

 

26  employees assigned to the other entity by doing all of the

 

27  following:


 

 1        (a) Maintaining a right of direction and control of

 

 2  employees' work, although this responsibility may be shared with

 

 3  the other entity.

 

 4        (b) Paying wages and employment taxes of the employees out

 

 5  of its own accounts.

 

 6        (c) Reporting, collecting, and depositing state and federal

 

 7  employment taxes for the employees.

 

 8        (d) Retaining a right to hire and fire employees.

 

 9        (3) "Revenue mile" means the transportation for a

 

10  consideration of 1 net ton in weight or 1 passenger the distance

 

11  of 1 mile.

 

12        (4) "Sale" or "sales" means, except as provided in

 

13  subdivision (e), the amounts received by the taxpayer as

 

14  consideration from the following:

 

15        (a) The transfer of title to, or possession of, property

 

16  that is stock in trade or other property of a kind that would

 

17  properly be included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand

 

18  at the close of the tax period or property held by the taxpayer

 

19  primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the

 

20  taxpayer's trade or business. For intangible property, the

 

21  amounts received shall be limited to any gain received from the

 

22  disposition of that property.

 

23        (b) The performance of services that constitute business

 

24  activities.

 

25        (c) The rental, lease, licensing, or use of tangible or

 

26  intangible property, including interest that constitutes business

 

27  activity.


 

 1        (d) Any combination of business activities described in

 

 2  subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).

 

 3        (e) For taxpayers not engaged in any other business

 

 4  activities, sales include interest, dividends, and other income

 

 5  from investment assets and activities and from trading assets and

 

 6  activities.

 

 7        (5) "Shareholder" means a person who owns outstanding stock

 

 8  in a corporation or is a member of a business entity that files

 

 9  as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. An individual

 

10  is considered as the owner of the stock owned, directly or

 

11  indirectly, by or for family members as defined by section

 

12  318(a)(1) of the internal revenue code.

 

13        (6) "State" means any state of the United States, the

 

14  District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any

 

15  territory or possession of the United States, and any foreign

 

16  country, or a political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

 

17        Sec. 611. (1) "Tangible personal property" means that term

 

18  as defined in section 2 of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL

 

19  205.92.

 

20        (2) "Tax" means the tax imposed under this part, including

 

21  interest and penalties under this part, unless the term is given

 

22  a more limited meaning in the context of this part or a provision

 

23  of this part.

 

24        (3) "Tax-exempt person" means an organization that is exempt

 

25  from federal income tax under section 501(a) of the internal

 

26  revenue code, except the following:

 

27        (a) An organization exempt under section 501(c)(12) or (16)


 

 1  of the internal revenue code.

 

 2        (b) An organization exempt under section 501(c)(4) of the

 

 3  internal revenue code that would be exempt under section

 

 4  501(c)(12) of the internal revenue code but for its failure to

 

 5  meet the requirement in section 501(c)(12) that 85% or more of

 

 6  its income must consist of amounts collected from members.

 

 7        (4) "Tax year" means the calendar year, or the fiscal year

 

 8  ending during the calendar year, upon the basis of which the tax

 

 9  base of a taxpayer is computed under this part. If a return is

 

10  made for a fractional part of a year, tax year means the period

 

11  for which the return is made. Except for the first return

 

12  required by this part, a taxpayer's tax year is for the same

 

13  period as is covered by its federal income tax return. A taxpayer

 

14  that has a 52- or 53-week tax year beginning not more than 7 days

 

15  before the end of any month is considered to have a tax year

 

16  beginning on the first day of the subsequent month. If the term

 

17  tax year in this part is used in reference to 1 or more previous

 

18  or preceding tax years and those referenced tax years are before

 

19  January 1, 2012, then those referenced tax years are deemed those

 

20  same tax years during which the Michigan business tax act, 2007

 

21  PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601, applied.

 

22        (5) "Taxpayer" means a corporation, insurance company,

 

23  financial institution, or unitary business group, whichever is

 

24  applicable under each chapter, that is liable for a tax,

 

25  interest, or penalty under this part. For purposes of chapters 11

 

26  and 14, taxpayer does not include an insurance company or a

 

27  financial institution. For purposes of chapter 12, unless


 

 1  specifically included in the section, taxpayer does not include a

 

 2  corporation or a financial institution. For purposes of chapter

 

 3  13, taxpayer does not include a corporation or an insurance

 

 4  company.

 

 5        (6) "Unitary business group" means a group of United States

 

 6  persons that are corporations, insurance companies, or financial

 

 7  institutions, other than a foreign operating entity, 1 of which

 

 8  owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the

 

 9  ownership interest with voting rights or ownership interests that

 

10  confer comparable rights to voting rights of the other members,

 

11  and that has business activities or operations which result in a

 

12  flow of value between or among members included in the unitary

 

13  business group or has business activities or operations that are

 

14  integrated with, are dependent upon, or contribute to each other.

 

15        (7) "United States person" means that term as defined in

 

16  section 7701(a