The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the tax imposed by that law.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would allow a credit against those taxes in an amount equal to 50% of unreimbursed costs paid or incurred by a taxpayer for the purchase of durable medical equipment, as defined, for use by a qualifying dependent, as defined, not to exceed $5,000 per taxable year for each qualifying dependent.
Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.
This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.
This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Statutes affected:
SB 785: 1 RTC
02/21/25 - Introduced: 1 RTC
03/25/25 - Amended Senate: 1 RTC