HF 20

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; income; providing a subtraction
for expenses related to organ donation; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 290.01, subdivision
19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.01,
subdivision 19b, is amended to read:

Subd. 19b.

Subtractions from federal taxable income.

For
individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from
federal taxable income:

(1) interest income on obligations of any authority,
commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the
extent includable in taxable income for federal income tax
purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the
United States;

(2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of
any overpayment of income tax to Minnesota or to any other
state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount is
received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's
income tax liability;

(3) the amount paid to others, less the amount used to
claim the credit allowed under section 290.0674, not to exceed
$1,625 for each qualifying child in grades kindergarten to 6 and
$2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition,
textbooks, and transportation of each qualifying child in
attending an elementary or secondary school situated in
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin,
wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's
compulsory attendance laws, which is not operated for profit,
and which adheres to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and chapter 363A. For the purposes of this clause,
"tuition" includes fees or tuition as defined in section
290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1). As used in this clause,
"textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and
equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and
secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and
commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in
this state. Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction
includes expenses as defined and limited in section 290.0674,
subdivision 1, clause (3). "Textbooks" does not include
instructional books and materials used in the teaching of
religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is
to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it
include books or materials for, or transportation to,
extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or
dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or
similar programs. For purposes of the subtraction provided by
this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section
32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(4) income as provided under section 290.0802;

(5) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, income realized on disposition of property exempt from
tax under section 290.491;

(6) to the extent included in federal taxable income,
postservice benefits for youth community service under section
124D.42 for volunteer service under United States Code, title
42, sections 12601 to 12604;

(7) to the extent not deducted in determining federal
taxable income by an individual who does not itemize deductions
for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an amount
equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions
allowable as a deduction for the taxable year under section
170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code over $500;

(8) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, the
amount of the federal small ethanol producer credit allowed
under section 40(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which is
included in gross income under section 87 of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(9) for individuals who are allowed a federal foreign tax
credit for taxes that do not qualify for a credit under section
290.06, subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover of
subnational foreign taxes for the taxable year, but not to
exceed the total subnational foreign taxes reported in claiming
the foreign tax credit. For purposes of this clause, "federal
foreign tax credit" means the credit allowed under section 27 of
the Internal Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational foreign
taxes" equals the carryover allowed under section 904(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code minus national level foreign taxes to the
extent they exceed the federal foreign tax credit;

(10) in each of the five tax years immediately following
the tax year in which an addition is required under subdivision
19a, clause (7), an amount equal to one-fifth of the delayed
depreciation. For purposes of this clause, "delayed
depreciation" means the amount of the addition made by the
taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (7), minus the positive
value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the
Internal Revenue Code generated for the tax year of the
addition. The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less
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(11) job opportunity building zone income as provided under
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new text begin (12) to the extent not deducted in computing federal
taxable income, an amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal to
qualified expenses related to a qualified donor's donation,
while living, of one or more of the qualified donor's organs to
another person for human organ transplantation. For purposes of
determining the extent to which expenses are deducted in
computing federal taxable income, travel and lodging expenses
related to an organ donation are considered deducted by an
individual in determining federal taxable income to the extent
they exceed 7.5 percent of federal adjusted gross income as
defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code. For
purposes of this clause, "organ" means all or part of an
individual's liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone
marrow; "human organ transplantation" means the medical
procedure by which transfer of a human organ is made from the
body of one person to the body of another person; "qualified
expenses" means unreimbursed expenses for both the individual
and the qualified donor for (i) travel, (ii) lodging, and (iii)
lost wages net of sick pay, except that such expenses may be
subtracted under this clause only once; and "qualified donor"
means the individual or the individual's dependent, as defined
in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code. An individual may
claim the subtraction in this clause only once for each instance
of organ donation for transplantation during the taxable year in
which the human organ donation and transplantation occurs.
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years beginning after December 31, 2004.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.091,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Definitions.

For purposes of the tax imposed by
this section, the following terms have the meanings given:

(a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of
the following for the taxable year:

(1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable
income as defined in section 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code;

(2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing
federal alternative minimum taxable income, but excluding:

(i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170
of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that the deduction
exceeds 1.0 percent of adjusted gross income, as defined in
section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(ii) the medical expense deduction;

(iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and

(iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled
person;

(3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as
defined in section 614 of the Internal Revenue Code), to the
extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable
income, the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable
under section 611 of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable
year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the
taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion
deduction for the taxable year);

(4) to the extent not included in federal alternative
minimum taxable income, the amount of the tax preference for
intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E);

(5) to the extent not included in federal alternative
minimum taxable income, the amount of interest income as
provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); and

(6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01,
subdivision 19a, clause (7);

less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:

(1) interest income as defined in section 290.01,
subdivision 19b, clause (1);

(2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by
section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (2), to the extent
included in federal alternative minimum taxable income;

(3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued
within the taxable year on indebtedness to the extent that the
amount does not exceed net investment income, as defined in
section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest does
not include amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross
income; and

(4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as
provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (10) deleted text begin and
(11) deleted text end new text begin to (12) new text end .

In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum
taxable income must be computed as provided in section 59(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as
defined in section 163(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.4 percent of
alternative minimum taxable income after subtracting the
exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

(d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under
this chapter (without regard to this section and section
290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable credits
allowed under this chapter.

(e) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this
section.

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years beginning after December 31, 2004.
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