February 7, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Condino, Bieda, Spade, Vagnozzi, Leland, Constan, Byrnes, Rick Jones, Angerer and Hood and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled
"Income tax act of 1967,"
by amending sections 520 and 522 (MCL 206.520 and 206.522),
section 520 as amended by 1995 PA 245 and section 522 as amended
by 2000 PA 41.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 520. (1) Subject to the limitations and the definitions
2 in this chapter, a claimant may claim against the tax due under
3 this act for the tax year a credit for the property taxes on the
4 taxpayer's homestead deductible for federal income tax purposes
5 pursuant to section 164 of the internal revenue code, or that
6 would have been deductible if the claimant had not elected the
7 zero bracket amount or if the claimant had been subject to the
1 federal income tax. The property taxes used for the credit
2 computation shall not be greater than the amount levied for 1 tax
3 year.
4 (2) A person who rents or leases a homestead may claim a
5 similar credit computed under this section and section 522 based
6 upon 17% of the gross rent paid for tax years before the 1994 tax
7 year, or 20% of the gross rent paid for tax years after the 1993
8 tax year. A person who rents or leases a homestead subject to a
9 service charge in lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided by section
10 15a of the state housing development authority act of 1966, Act
11 No. 346 of the Public Acts of 1966, being section 125.1415a of
12 the Michigan Compiled Laws 1966
PA 346, MCL 125.1415a, may claim
13 a similar credit computed under this section and section 522
14 based upon 10% of the gross rent paid.
15 (3) If the credit claimed under this section and section 522
16 exceeds the tax liability for the tax year or if there is no tax
17 liability for the tax year, the amount of the claim not used as
18 an offset against the tax liability shall, after examination and
19 review, be approved for payment, without interest, to the
20 claimant. In determining the amount of the payment under this
21 subsection, withholdings and other credits shall be used first to
22 offset any tax liabilities.
23 (4) If the homestead is an integral part of a multipurpose
24 or multidwelling building that is federally aided housing or
25 state aided housing, a claimant who is a senior citizen entitled
26 to a payment under subsection (2) may assign the right to that
27 payment to a mortgagor if the mortgagor reduces the rent charged
1 and collected on the claimant's homestead in an amount equal to
2 the tax credit payment provided in this chapter. The assignment
3 of the claim is valid only if the Michigan state housing
4 development authority, by affidavit, verifies that the claimant's
5 rent has been so reduced.
6 (5) Only the renter or lessee shall claim a credit on
7 property that is rented or leased as a homestead.
8 (6) A person who discriminates in the charging or collection
9 of rent on a homestead by increasing the rent charged or
10 collected because the renter or lessee claims and receives a
11 credit or payment under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
12 Discrimination against a renter who claims and receives the
13 credit under this section and section 522 by a reduction of the
14 rent on the homestead of a person who does not claim and receive
15 the credit is a misdemeanor. If discriminatory rents are charged
16 or collected, each charge or collection of the higher or lower
17 payment is a separate offense. Each acceptance of a payment of
18 rent is a separate offense.
19 (7) A person who received aid to families with dependent
20 children, state family assistance, or state disability assistance
21 through department of human services programs pursuant to the
22 social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as
23 amended, being sections 400.1 to 400.119b of the Michigan
24 Compiled Laws 1939 PA
280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, in the tax
year
25 for which the person is filing a return shall have a credit that
26 is authorized and computed under this section and section 522
27 reduced by an amount equal to the product of the claimant's
1 credit multiplied by the quotient of the sum of the claimant's
2 aid to families with dependent children, state family assistance,
3 and state disability assistance through department of human
4 services programs pursuant to the social welfare act, 1939 PA
5 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, for the tax year divided by the
6 claimant's household income. The reduction of credit shall not
7 exceed the sum of the aid to families with dependent children,
8 state family assistance, and state disability assistance
through
9 department of human services programs pursuant to the social
10 welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, for the tax
11 year. For the purposes of this subsection, aid to families with
12 dependent children any
assistance through department of human
13 services programs does not include child support payments that
14 offset or reduce payments made to the claimant.
15 (8) A credit under subsection (1) or (2) shall be reduced by
16 10% for each claimant whose household income exceeds $73,650.00
17 and by an additional 10% for each increment of $1,000.00 of
18 household income in excess of $73,650.00.
19 (9) If the credit authorized and calculated under this
20 section and section 522 and adjusted under subsection (7) or (8)
21 does not provide to a senior citizen who rents or leases a
22 homestead that amount attributable to rent that constitutes more
23 than 40% of the household income of the senior citizen, the
24 senior citizen may claim a credit based upon the amount of
25 household income attributable to rent as provided by this
26 section.
27 (10) A senior citizen whose gross rent paid for the tax year
1 is more than the percentage of household income specified in
2 subsection (9) for the respective tax year may claim a credit for
3 the amount of rent paid that constitutes more than the percentage
4 of the household income of the senior citizen specified in
5 subsection (9) and that was not provided to the senior citizen by
6 the credit computed pursuant to this section and section 522 and
7 adjusted pursuant to subsection (7) or (8).
8 (11) The department may promulgate rules to implement
9 subsections (9) to (16) (14) and may prescribe a table to allow a
10 claimant to determine the credit provided under this section and
11 section 522 in the instruction booklet that accompanies the
12 respective income tax or property tax credit forms used by
13 claimants.
14 (12) A senior citizen may claim the credit under subsections
15 (9) to (16) (14) on the same form as the property tax credit
16 permitted by subsection (2). The department shall adjust the
17 forms accordingly.
18 (13) A senior citizen who moves to a different rented or
19 leased homestead shall determine, for 2 tax years after the move,
20 both his or her qualification to claim a credit under subsections
21 (9) to (16) (14) and the amount of a credit under subsections (9)
22 to (16) (14) on the basis of the annualized final monthly rental
23 payment at his or her previous homestead, if this annualized
24 rental is less than the senior citizen's actual annual rental
25 payments.
26 (14) For a return of less than 12 months, the claim for a
27 credit under subsections (9) to (16) (13)
shall be reduced
1 proportionately.
2 (15) The Michigan state housing development authority shall
3 report on the effect of the credit provided by subsections (9) to
4 (16) (14) on the price of rented and leased homesteads. If
the
5 authority determines that the price of rented and leased
6 homesteads has increased as a result of the credit provided by
7 subsections (9) to (16) (14), the authority shall make
8 recommendations to the legislature to remedy this situation. The
9 report shall be made to the chairpersons of the house and senate
10 committees that have primary responsibility for taxation
11 legislation 2 years after the credit provided by subsections (9)
12 to (16) (14) is in effect.
13 (16) The total credit allowed by this section and section
14 522 shall not exceed $1,200.00 per year for tax years that begin
15 before January 1, 2007 and $2,400.00 for tax years that begin
16 after December 31, 2006.
17 Sec. 522. (1) The amount of a claim made pursuant to this
18 chapter shall be determined as follows:
19 (a) A claimant is entitled to a credit against the state
20 income tax liability equal to 60% of the amount by which the
21 property taxes on the homestead, or the credit for rental of the
22 homestead for the tax year, exceeds 3.5% of the claimant's
23 household income for that tax year.
24 (b) A claimant who is a senior citizen or a paraplegic,
25 hemiplegic, or quadriplegic and for tax years that begin after
26 December 31, 1999, a claimant who is totally and permanently
27 disabled or deaf is entitled to a credit against the state income
1 tax liability for the amount by which the property taxes on the
2 homestead, the credit for rental of the homestead, or a service
3 charge in lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided by section 15a of
4 the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346,
5 MCL 125.1415a, for the tax year exceeds the percentage of the
6 claimant's household income for that tax year computed as
7 follows:
8 Household income Percentage
9 Not over $3,000.00 .0%
10 Over $3,000.00 but not over $4,000.00 1.0%
11 Over $4,000.00 but not over $5,000.00 2.0%
12 Over $5,000.00 but not over $6,000.00 3.0%
13 Over $6,000.00 3.5%
14 (c) For a tax year that begins before January 1, 2000, a
15 claimant who is totally and permanently disabled is entitled to a
16 credit against the state income tax liability equal to 60% of the
17 amount by which the property taxes on the homestead, or the
18 credit for rental of the homestead or for a service charge in
19 lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided in section 15a of the state
20 housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL
21 125.1415a, for the tax year, exceeds the percentage of the
22 claimant's household income for that tax year based on the
23 schedule in subdivision (b).
24 (d) A claimant who is an eligible serviceperson, eligible
25 veteran, or eligible widow or widower is entitled to a credit
26 against the state income tax liability for a percentage of the
1 property taxes on the homestead for the tax year not in excess of
2 100% determined as follows:
3 (i) Divide the taxable value allowance specified in section
4 506 by the taxable value of the homestead or, if the eligible
5 serviceperson, eligible veteran, or eligible widow or widower
6 leases or rents a homestead, divide 17% of the total annual rent
7 paid for tax years before the 1994 tax year, or 20% of the total
8 annual rent paid for tax years after the 1993 tax year on the
9 property by the property tax rate on the property.
10 (ii) Multiply the property taxes on the homestead by the
11 percentage computed in subparagraph (i).
12 (e) A claimant who is blind is entitled to a credit against
13 the state income tax liability for a percentage of the property
14 taxes on the homestead for the tax year determined as follows:
15 (i) If the taxable value of the homestead is $3,500.00 or
16 less, 100% of the property taxes.
17 (ii) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than
18 $3,500.00, the percentage that $3,500.00 bears to the taxable
19 value of the homestead.
20 (2) A person who is qualified to make a claim under more
21 than 1 classification shall elect the classification under which
22 the claim is made.
23 (3) Only 1 claimant per household for a tax year is entitled
24 to the credit, unless both the husband and wife filing a joint
25 return are blind, then each shall be considered a claimant.
26 (4) As used in this section, "totally and permanently
27 disabled" means disability as defined in section 216 of title II
1 of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. USC 416.
2 (5) A senior citizen who has a total household income for
3 the tax year of $6,000.00 or less and who for 1973 received a
4 senior citizen homestead exemption under former section 7c of the
5 general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893
6 1893 PA 206, may compute the credit against the state income tax
7 liability for a percentage of the property taxes on the homestead
8 for the tax year determined as follows:
9 (a) If the taxable value of the homestead is $2,500.00 or
10 less, 100% of the property taxes.
11 (b) If the taxable value of the homestead is more than
12 $2,500.00, the percentage that $2,500.00 bears to the taxable
13 value of the homestead.
14 (6) For a return of less than 12 months, the claim shall be
15 reduced proportionately.
16 (7) The commissioner may prescribe tables that may be used
17 to determine the amount of the claim.
18 (8) The total credit allowed in this section for each year
19 after December 31, 1975 shall
not exceed $1,200.00 per year the
20 amount determined under section 520.
21 (9) The total credit allowable under this act and part 361
22 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994
23 PA 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117, shall not exceed the total
24 property tax due and payable by the claimant in that year. The
25 amount by which the credit exceeds the property tax due and
26 payable shall be deducted from the credit claimed under part 361
27 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994
1 PA 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117.