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HB289
173439-3:n:02/22/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-410R2 HB289 By Representative Daniels RFD Commerce and
Small Business Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department of Revenue is authorized
to enter into agreements with counties and municipalities to collect and administer local
sales, use, rental, and lodging taxes. To recover its costs, the department is authorized
to charge a municipality a maximum of two percent of the revenue collected and a county a
maximum of five percent of the revenue collected. This bill would prohibit the Department
of Revenue from charging a local governmental entity for which it provides collection and
administration for a tax levy of the entity for the cost of filing, payment processing, and
remittance services for any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department
and would define collection and administrative services for those purposes. The bill would
also reduce the maximum percentage the department could charge a county to...
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HB70
173132-2:n:02/01/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-187R1 HB70 By Representative Melton RFD State Government
Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, Alabama does not have a state minimum wage law. This bill
would propose a constitutional amendment to increase the state minimum wage to $10.10 per
hour in three steps ending January 1, 2018. This bill would provide that tipped employees'
wages may not fall below 30 percent of the minimum wage at any time. This bill would provide
for an increase commencing on January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter based on the
Consumer Price Index for the July 1st of the year preceding the year of the increase. This
bill would require the State Finance Director to notify the Alabama Department of Labor in
writing between October 1 and October 15 each year preceding a wage adjustment of the percentage
to be used for the cost-of-living adjustment for the next three calendar years. This bill
would require the Alabama Department of Labor to post any change in the...
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HB92
173442-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF/bdl HB92 By Representative Greer RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 03-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law for Alabama income tax purposes, all individuals
are exempt from the reporting of distributions received from a defined benefit plan to the
extent it is taxable for federal income tax purposes. Distributions received from a defined
contribution plan are not exempt from reporting. This bill would remove the exemption from
the reporting and taxation of such distributions and require such benefits be reported on
an individuals income tax returns effective for the 2016 calendar tax year and provide an
exemption of the first $50,000 of pension and annuity income. A portion of such distributions
may be exempt from taxation for the recapture of any basis, under certain circumstances. A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-25-23, 36-27-28, 36-27-170, 40-18-14, and
40-18-19 repeal Section 40-18-20 Code of Alabama 1975, to require individuals,...
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SB272
174272-1:n:02/17/2016:LFO-HP/bdl SB272 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd
1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the state imposes sales or use taxes upon certain
persons, firms, or corporations. Sales of certain items are taxed at a reduced rate. Sales
of other items are exempt from the taxes. This bill would increase the state sales and use
tax general rate to four and one-half percent on September 1, 2016 and to five percent on
September 1, 2017. This bill would phase out the state sales and use taxes on food over a
two-year period by reducing the rates by two percentage points per year beginning September
1, 2016. This bill would exempt sales of food from the sales and use taxes beginning September
1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-23-2 and 40-23-61, Code of Alabama
1975, to increase the state sales and use tax general rates to four and one-half percent on
September 1, 2016 and five percent on September 1, 2017; to phase out the state...
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HB251
173987-2:n:02/17/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-576R1 HB251 By Representatives Daniels, Whorton (R), Hill
(M), Treadaway, Hill (J), Farley, Hall and Mooney RFD State Government Rd 1 17-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, individual state income tax returns are generally due on or before April
15 following the close of the calendar year. Corporate state income tax returns are generally
due on or before March 15 following the close of the calendar year or on or before the fifteenth
day of third month following the close of the fiscal year for corporations that filed on a
fiscal year basis. Recently, the federal government has changed certain filing dates for federal
income tax returns. This bill would provide for the due dates of state income tax returns
to correspond to the due dates for federal returns. The bill would also further provide for
a payment to be made on the due date of a return. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections
40-18-27, 40-18-39, and 40-18-42 of the Code of Alabama...
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HB90
173075-1:n:01/15/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-145 HB90 By Representative Greer RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 03-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, income from defined contribution deferred compensation
plans is taxable as state income. This bill would provide that $50,000 of such annual income
is exempt. The exemption would be phased in over a five-year period. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-442, relating
to exemptions from state income taxation; to provide for exemptions of certain amounts of
annual income received as a benefit from defined contribution deferred compensation plans;
and to provide for a period of five years to fully implement the exemption. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended
by Act 2015-442 of the 2015 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows: §40-18-19. "(a)
The following exemptions from income taxation shall be allowed to every...
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SB263
SB263 By Senator Ross ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 40-18-27, 40-18-39, and 40-18-42
of the Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the due dates of certain state income
tax returns to correspond to the due dates of federal income tax returns and to further provide
for a payment to be made on the due date of a return. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-18-27, 40-18-39, and 40-18-42 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
are amended to read as follows: §40-18-27. "(a) Effective for tax years beginning after
December 31, 1997, every taxpayer having an adjusted gross income for the taxable year of
more than one thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,875) if single or if married
and not living with spouse, and of more than three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($3,750)
if married and living with spouse, shall each year file with the Department of Revenue a return
stating specifically the items of gross income, the deductions and credits...
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HB63
171507-1:n:08/25/2015:MCS/agb LRS2015-2739 HB63 By Representative Greer RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, income from defined contribution deferred compensation
plans is taxable as income. This bill would provide that 90 percent of such income is exempt.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by
Act 2015-442, relating to exemptions from state income taxation; to provide that 90 percent
of income from defined contributions deferred compensation plans is exempt from income taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975,
as amended by Act 2015-442 of the 2015 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows: §40-18-19.
"(a) The following exemptions from income taxation shall be allowed to every individual
resident taxpayer: "(1) Retirement allowances, pensions and annuities, or optional allowances,
approved by the Board of Control of the Teachers'...
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HB91
173074-1:n:01/15/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-144 HB91 By Representative Greer RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 03-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, income from defined contribution deferred compensation
plans is taxable as income. This bill would provide that 90 percent of such income, up to
$50,000, is exempt. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama
1975, as amended by Act 2015-442, relating to exemptions from state income taxation; to provide
that 90 percent of income from defined contributions deferred compensation plans, up to a
certain limit, is exempt from income taxation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-442 of the 2015 Regular
Session, is amended to read as follows: §40-18-19. "(a) The following exemptions from
income taxation shall be allowed to every individual resident taxpayer: "(1) Retirement
allowances, pensions and annuities, or optional allowances, approved by the...
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HB541
176919-1:n:04/12/2016:LFO-HP*/bdl HB541 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 13-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill defines the term transient as used in Chapter 26 of
Title 40 and would clarify that the entity collecting any rental charges shall be responsible
for remitting it to the Department. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-26-1,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to transient occupancy tax; to define transient. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-26-1, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended
to read as follows: §40-26-1. "(a) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other
taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm,
or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging,
or accommodations to transients in for any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin,
or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are...
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