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HB142
164990-1::03/03/2015:EBO-MEJ/mej HB142 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, each entity, subject to the Alabama corporate
income tax, is required to file a separate return and calculate the income tax on its separately
accounted for taxable income, regardless whether the entity is part of a larger business that
consists of an affiliated group of entities. This filing method allows large corporate taxpayers
to take advantage of tax planning options to shift income to other entities within the affiliated
group located in tax favorable states. Most large corporate businesses consist of a parent
corporation and a number of corporate subsidiaries. This bill would amend the corporate income
tax law to require the operations of all related entities, involved in a unitary business,
file one corporate income tax return on a combined basis, known as combined reporting. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend the corporate income tax...
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HB455
164979-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB455 By Representatives Lindsey and Scott RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill defines unitary business and requires taxpayers
who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama taxable
income. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide
for additional definitions and Sections 40-2A-17 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, to require
taxpayers who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama
taxable income. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-2A-17,
40-18-1 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, are hereby amended to read as follows: §40-2A-17.
"For purposes of the tax imposed in Chapter 18 of this title, the following rules shall
apply: "(a) In any case of two or more organizations, trades, or businesses (whether
or not affiliated within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 1504) owned or...
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HB581
166667-1:n:03/31/2015:LFO-RR*/bdl HB581 By Representative Beech RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, all entities doing business or registered
to do business in Alabama, have an annual filing obligation for Business Privilege Tax. The
Business Privilege Tax is calculated based on an entitys net worth, apportioned to Alabama.
There is a minimum of $100 Business Privilege Tax imposed annually on all entities subject
to this tax. Currently, most taxpayers have an annual maximum Business Privilege Tax due of
$15,000. The Business Privilege Tax rate is determined by the taxpayers federal taxable
income, apportioned to Alabama. In addition, under current law, the Business Privilege Tax
due date for financial institutions is March 15. The Alabama Excise Tax return filed by financial
institutions is due April 15. Taxpayers often need to extend the filing date of the Business
Privilege Tax in order to have complete information not available until the...
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SB71
SB71 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-6D-4 and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to clarify and confirm that the
intent of the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 is educational choice; to amend certain current
definitions and add new definitions; to amend the reporting period for scholarship granting
organizations from a calendar year to an academic year; to clarify and confirm that educational
scholarships are provided to eligible students, not to particular schools; to require scholarship
granting organizations to determine the income eligibility of a scholarship recipient every
other year; to require all participating private schools to be accredited by one of the six
regional accrediting agencies, the National Council for Private School Accreditation, AdvancEd,
the American Association of Christian Schools, or one of their partner accrediting agencies,
within three years from the date their notice of intent to...
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HB584
be deposited with the State Treasurer to be continuously appropriated to the Department of
Human Resources to assist all children in temporary or permanent custody in foster care. "(9)
Contributions designated for mental health on the Alabama state resident individual income
tax return shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be distributed equally to
the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Alabama and to the Mental Health Consumers of Alabama.
"(10) Contributions to the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Program
shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and distributed to the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, which shall implement and administer the program. "(11) Contributions to
the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for distribution
by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs for weatherization assistance as provided
for under Article 6, commencing with Section 41-23-100, Chapter 23, Title 41. "(12)...
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SB241
SB241 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to campaign financing; to amend Sections 17-5-2,
17-5-4, 17-5-5, 17-5-6, 17-5-7, 17-5-8, 17-5-9, 17-5-10, 17-5-19, 36-25-3, 36-25-4, 36-25-14,
and 36-25-15, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 17-5-7.2, 17-5-19.1, 17-5-19.2, 17-5-21,
and 36-14-18 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to clarify when campaign contributions and expenditures
are made and would clarify the disposition of a campaign committee and its assets upon its
dissolution or termination; to clarify that legal costs associated with a civil action, criminal
prosecution, or investigation reasonably related to the performance of duties may be paid
using campaign funds; to decrease the civil penalties for failure to properly report contributions
or expenditures; to provide for the payment of civil penalties using campaign funds; and to
authorize the State Ethics Commission to affirm, reduce, or set aside civil penalties, to
take investigative actions of potential criminal...
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HB304
165935-1::03/17/2015:EBO-JK/JK HB304 By Representatives Williams (P) and Ball RFD Technology
and Research Rd 1 17-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are no economic incentives
or tax credits extended to Alabama businesses for qualified research expenses incurred by
Alabama companies that spend funds and resources in-house, or pay Alabama research companies
to conduct qualified research for new or improved products or services. This bill would establish
the Alabama Innovation Act that would provide for a research and development tax credit to
certain Alabama companies modeled on the federal research and development tax credit. The
credit would be 25 percent of new research at an Alabama research entity, and 5 percent for
other new research conducted in Alabama. The credit could be taken against the income tax
or the financial institution excise tax. This bill would limit the Alabama Innovation tax
credits to no more than $10 million of credits per year, and no eligible company...
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HB467
164976-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB467 By Representatives Scott and Knight RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would add Article 7 to Chapter 29 of Title 40,
to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for reportable tax avoidance transactions. This bill
would provide definitions; taxpayer responsibility for disclosure of reportable tax avoidance
transactions; time and manner of disclosure; imposition and amount of penalties, assessment
date, and waiver; penalties related to understatement of tax resulting from a reportable tax
avoidance transaction, interest penalty, and waiver; extension of statute of limitations for
assessments; material advisor responsibility for disclosure; penalty for failure to disclose
a reportable tax avoidance transaction or to maintain advisee list and waiver; penalty for
tax shelters; and injunction of certain conduct related to reportable tax avoidance transactions
and tax shelters. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add Article 7,...
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HB122
164937-1:n:02/26/2015:LLR*/mfc LRS2015-564 HB122 By Representative Lee RFD Agriculture and
Forestry Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law requires that an inspection fee is collected
on petroleum products sold, offered for sale, stored, or used in the state. Currently, this
fee is collected by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. This bill would
move the collection of the inspection fee that pertains to gasoline to the terminal excise
tax return and dyed diesel fuel, dyed kerosene, and lubricating oil products to a separate
return. This bill would require the Alabama Department of Revenue to collect the fees. This
bill would clarify the definitions used for petroleum products fee under Title 8, Chapter
17, Code of Alabama 1975. This bill would change the disposition of the funds to provide for
an amount to the Alabama Department of Revenue for administration in collecting the fees.
This bill would change the date which importers importing motor fuel from a bulk plank...
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HB466
164975-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB466 By Representatives Scott and Knight RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish a factor presence nexus standard
for business activity for purposes of income tax. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add a new
Section 40-18-31.2 to the Code of Alabama of 1975, to establish a factor presence nexus standard
for business activity for purposes of income tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 40-18-31.2 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: "§40-18-31.2
"(a)(1) Individuals who are residents or domiciliaries of this state and business entities
that are organized or commercially domiciled in this state have substantial nexus with this
state. "(2) Nonresident individuals and business entities organized outside of the state
that are doing business in this state have substantial nexus and are subject to the taxes
provided for in Chapters 14A, 18, and 16 of this title, when in...
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