Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

HOUSE BILL NO. 4767
     June 15, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Martus and Morgan and referred to the Committee on
        Government Operations.
          A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled
    "Income tax act of 1967,"
    by amending sections 311, 504, and 522 (MCL 206.311, 206.504, and
522), section 311 as amended by 2011 PA 38, section 504 as
    amended by 1993 PA 328, and section 522 as amended by 2015 PA 179.
                    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
       Sec. 311. (1) The taxpayer on or before the due date set for
 the filing of a return or the payment of the tax, except as
 otherwise provided in this part, shall make out a return in the
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  form and content as prescribed by the department, verify the
  return, and transmit it, together with a remittance of the amount
  of the tax, to the department.
        (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), the
  department, upon application of the taxpayer and for good cause
  shown, may extend under prescribed conditions the time for filing
  the annual or final return required by this part. Before the
  original due date, the taxpayer shall remit with an application for
  extension the estimated tax due. In computing the tax due for the
 tax year, interest at the rate established in, and penalties
 imposed by, section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23, shall be added
 to the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the extension. The
 department may require a tentative return and payment of an
 estimated tax.
       (3) Taxpayers who are husband and wife married and who file a
 joint federal income tax return pursuant to the internal revenue
 code shall file a joint return.
       (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), if the taxpayer has
 been granted an extension or extensions of time within which to
 file a final federal return for a taxable year, the filing of a
 copy of the extension or extensions automatically extends the due
 date of the final return under this part for an equivalent period.
 The taxpayer shall remit with the copy of the extension or
 extensions the estimated tax due. In computing the tax due for the
 tax year, interest at the rate established in, and penalties
 imposed by, section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23, shall be added
 to the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the extension.
       (5) If the taxpayer is eligible for an automatic extension of
 time within which to file a federal return based on service in a
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  combat zone, the due date for filing an annual or final return or a
  return and payment of an estimated tax under this part is
  automatically extended for an equivalent period of time. The
  taxpayer is not required to file a copy of any federal extension,
  but shall print "COMBAT ZONE" in red ink at the top of his or her
  return when the return is filed. The taxpayer is not required to
  pay the amount of tax due at the time the return is originally due,
  and the department shall not impose any interest or penalties for
  the amount of tax unpaid for the period of the extension.
       Sec. 504. (1) "Blind" means a person an individual with a
 permanent impairment of both eyes of the following status: central
 visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective
 glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a
 field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such
 an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an
 angular distance of not greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.
       (2) "Claimant" means an individual natural person who filed a
 claim under this chapter and who was domiciled in this state during
 at least 6 months of the calendar year immediately preceding the
 year in which the claim is filed under this chapter and includes a
 husband and wife both spouses if they are required to file a joint
 state income tax return. The 6-month residency requirement does not
 apply to a claimant who files for the home heating credit under
 section 527a.
       Sec. 522. (1) The amount of a claim made pursuant to this
 chapter shall be determined as follows:
       (a) A claimant who is not a senior citizen is entitled to a
 credit against the state income tax liability under this part equal
 to 60% of the amount by which the property taxes on the homestead,
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  or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year, exceeds
  3.5% of the claimant's total household resources for tax years
  before the 2018 tax year or 3.2% of the claimant's total household
  resources for the 2018 tax year and each tax year after 2018.
         (b) A claimant who is a senior citizen is entitled to a credit
  against the state income tax liability under this part equal to the
  following:
         (i) For a claimant with total household resources of $21,000.00
  or less, an amount as determined in accordance with subdivision
 (c).
        (ii) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $21,000.00 and less than or equal to $22,000.00, an amount equal to
 96% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
 or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
 of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
 or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
 tax year after 2018.
        (iii) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $22,000.00 and less than or equal to $23,000.00, an amount equal to
 92% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
 or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
 of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
 or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
 tax year after 2018.
        (iv) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $23,000.00 and less than or equal to $24,000.00, an amount equal to
 88% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
 or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
 of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
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  or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
  tax year after 2018.
        (v) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
  $24,000.00 and less than or equal to $25,000.00, an amount equal to
  84% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
  or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
  of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
  or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
  tax year after 2018.
       (vi) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $25,000.00 and less than or equal to $26,000.00, an amount equal to
 80% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
 or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
 of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
 or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
 tax year after 2018.
       (vii) For a claimant with total household resources of more
 than $26,000.00 and less than or equal to $27,000.00, an amount
 equal to 76% of the difference between the property taxes on the
 homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax
 year and 3.5% of total household resources for tax years before the
 2018 tax year or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax
 year and each tax year after 2018.
       (viii) For a claimant with total household resources of more
 than $27,000.00 and less than or equal to $28,000.00, an amount
 equal to 72% of the difference between the property taxes on the
 homestead or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax
 year and 3.5% of total household resources for tax years before the
 2018 tax year or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax
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  year and each tax year after 2018.
        (ix) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
  $28,000.00 and less than or equal to $29,000.00, an amount equal to
  68% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
  or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
  of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
  or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
  tax year after 2018.
        (x) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $29,000.00 and less than or equal to $30,000.00, an amount equal to
 64% of the difference between the property taxes on the homestead
 or the credit for rental of the homestead for the tax year and 3.5%
 of total household resources for tax years before the 2018 tax year
 or 3.2% of total household resources for the 2018 tax year and each
 tax year after 2018.
       (xi) For a claimant with total household resources of more than
 $30,000.00, an amount equal to 60% of the difference between the
 property taxes on the homestead or the credit for rental of the
 homestead for the tax year and 3.5% of total household resources
 for tax years before the 2018 tax year or 3.2% of total household
 resources for the 2018 tax year and each tax year after 2018.
       (c) A claimant who is a senior citizen with total household
 resources of $21,000.00 or less or a paraplegic, hemiplegic, or
 quadriplegic and for tax years that begin after December 31, 1999,
 a claimant who is totally and permanently disabled, deaf, or, for
 tax years that begin after December 31, 2012, blind is entitled to
 a credit against the state income tax liability for the amount by
 which the property taxes on the homestead, the credit for rental of
 the homestead, or a service charge in lieu of ad valorem taxes as
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  provided by section 15a of the state housing development authority
  act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1415a, for the tax year exceeds
  the percentage of the claimant's total household resources for that
  tax year computed as follows:
        Total household resources                      Percentage
        Not over $3,000.00                                 .0%
        Over $3,000.00 but not over $4,000.00             1.0%
        Over $4,000.00 but not over $5,000.00             2.0%
        Over $5,000.00 but not over $6,000.00             3.0%
       Over $6,000.00 for tax years before
       the 2018 tax year                                 3.5%
       Over $6,000.00 for tax years after
       the 2017 tax year                                 3.2%
       (d) A claimant who is an eligible serviceperson, eligible
 veteran, or eligible widow or widower is entitled to a credit
 against the state income tax liability for a percentage of the
 property taxes on the homestead for the tax year not in excess of
 100% determined as follows:
       (i) Divide the taxable value allowance specified in section 506
 by the taxable value of the homestead or, if the eligible
 serviceperson, eligible veteran, or eligible widow or widower
 leases or rents a homestead, divide 20% of the total annual rent
 paid for tax years before the 2018 tax year or 23% of the total
 annual rent paid for tax years after the 2017 tax year on the
 property by the property tax rate on the property.
       (ii) Multiply the property taxes on the homestead by the
 percentage computed in subparagraph (i).
       (e) A claimant who is blind is entitled to a credit against
 the state income tax liability for a percentage of the property
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  taxes on the homestead for the tax year determined as follows:
        (i) If the taxable value of the homestead is $3,500.00 or less,
  100% of the property taxes.
        (ii) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than
  $3,500.00, the percentage that $3,500.00 bears to the taxable value
  of the homestead.
        (2) A person who is qualified to make a claim under more than
  1 classification shall elect the classification under which the
  claim is made.
       (3) Only 1 claimant per household for a tax year is entitled
 to the credit, unless both the husband and wife spouses filing a
 joint return are blind, then each shall be considered a claimant.
       (4) As used in this section, "totally and permanently
 disabled" means disability as defined in section 216 of title II of
 the social security act, 42 USC 416.
       (5) A senior citizen who has total household resources for the
 tax year of $6,000.00 or less and who for 1973 received a senior
 citizen homestead exemption under former section 7c of the general
 property tax act, 1893 PA 206, may compute the credit against the
 state income tax liability for a percentage of the property taxes
 on the homestead for the tax year determined as follows:
       (a) If the taxable value of the homestead is $2,500.00 or
 less, 100% of the property taxes.
       (b) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than
 $2,500.00, the percentage that $2,500.00 bears to the taxable value
 of the homestead.
       (6) For a return of less than 12 months, the claim shall be
 reduced proportionately.
       (7) The department may prescribe tables that may be used to
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  determine the amount of the claim.
        (8) The total credit allowed in this section for each year
  shall not exceed the amount determined under section 520.
        (9) The total credit allowable under this part and part 361 of
  the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
  451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117, 324.36116, shall not exceed the
  total property tax due and payable by the claimant in that year.
  The amount by which the credit exceeds the property tax due and
  payable shall be deducted from the credit claimed under part 361 of
 the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117.324.36116.
       Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
 unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution F
 (request no. 00367'23) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of
 the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
 XII of the state constitution of 1963.
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Statutes affected: 
House Introduced Bill: 206.311