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HF 2223

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/28/2023 10:49am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 02/27/2023

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A bill for an act
relating to taxation; providing for direct payments to taxpayers; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2, by
adding a subdivision; 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivision 2,
as amended.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Additional revenues; priority.

(a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund
revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that
there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the
biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following
accounts and purposes in priority order:

(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
$350,000,000;

(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches
$2,377,399,000;

(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids
and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest
tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds
deposited in the budget reserve;

(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section
127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75,
subdivision 5
, by the same amount;

(5) the amount necessary to increase the Minnesota 21st century fund by not more than
the difference between $5,000,000 and the sum of the amounts credited and canceled to it
in the previous 12 months under Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 11, until the sum
of all transfers under this section and all amounts credited or canceled under Laws 2020,
chapter 71, article 1, section 11, equals $20,000,000; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(6) for a forecast in November only, the amount remaining after the transfer under clause
(5) must be used to reduce the percentage of accelerated June liability sales tax payments
required under section 289A.20, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), until the percentage equals
zero, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. By March 15 following the November
forecast, the commissioner must provide the commissioner of revenue with the percentage
of accelerated June liability owed based on the reduction required by this clause. By April
15 each year, the commissioner of revenue must certify the percentage of June liability
owed by vendors based on the reduction required by this clausedeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (7) for a forecast in November only, the amount remaining, if any, after the transfers in
clauses (1) to (6), to make the budget surplus refunds required under subdivision 2a.
new text end

(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations
schedules otherwise established in statute.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount
of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of education.
The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and reduce the
property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current
fiscal year and thereafter.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.152, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end

new text begin Budget surplus refunds; direct payments. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this
subdivision, "qualifying taxpayer" means an individual or married couple who:
new text end

new text begin (1) filed a Minnesota individual income tax return within six months of the due date for
filing a return; and
new text end

new text begin (2) was a resident of this state in the taxable year for which the return was filed.
new text end

new text begin (b) By December 31, the commissioner of revenue must make a direct payment to a
qualifying taxpayer as required by this subdivision. The amount of each direct payment for
single filers and married individuals filing a separate return is:
new text end

new text begin (1) the amount allocated for refunds in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (7); divided
by
new text end

new text begin (2) the sum of:
new text end

new text begin (i) the estimated number of single filers and married individuals filing a separate return;
plus
new text end

new text begin (ii) two times the sum of the estimated number of married couples filing a joint return
and head of household filers.
new text end

new text begin (c) The amount of each direct payment for married couples filing a joint return and head
of household filers is two times the amount of the direct payment calculated in paragraph
(b).
new text end

new text begin (d) For a qualifying taxpayer who was a resident of Minnesota for less than the entire
taxable year for which the return was filed, the direct payment equals the direct payment
amount determined under paragraph (b), multiplied by the percentage determined in section
290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e), as calculated on the qualifying taxpayer's original
income tax return.
new text end

new text begin (e) A direct payment under this subdivision must be paid by the commissioner of revenue
based on information available in the commissioner's records. The commissioner must not
require a qualifying taxpayer to file a claim to receive the payment.
new text end

new text begin (f) The direct payment is a "Minnesota tax law" for purpose of section 270B.01,
subdivision 8.
new text end

new text begin (g) If a qualifying taxpayer dies prior to the issuance of the direct payment, the right to
the payment lapses.
new text end

new text begin (h) A payment under this section is not considered income of a recipient in determining
the Minnesota property tax refund or the Minnesota senior citizen property tax deferral. A
direct payment must not be counted as income or as an asset, personal property, or resource
when determining eligibility for any program administered by the Department of Human
Services. A direct payment is not assistance based on need for purposes of section 550.37,
subdivision 14.
new text end

new text begin (i) If the commissioner of revenue cannot locate a qualifying taxpayer within two years
of the date that the original check or warrant was issued, or if a qualifying taxpayer to whom
a direct payment was made has not cashed the check or warrant within two years of the date
that the original check or warrant was issued, the right to the payment lapses. If a qualifying
taxpayer to whom a direct payment was made by debit card has not withdrawn from the
card the total amount of the direct payment within two years of the date of issuance of the
original debit card, the right to any remaining balance lapses to the state general fund.
new text end

new text begin (j) If a direct payment check or warrant is cashed by someone other than the payee or
payees of the check or warrant, and the commissioner of revenue determines that the check
has been forged or improperly endorsed, the commissioner may recover the amount of the
check or warrant from the endorsee or forger. The recovery may be made using the same
procedures used in assessing additional tax under section 270C.33. The assessment must
be made within two years after the check or warrant is cashed. If a direct payment was made
through a debit card and the commissioner determines that the card was activated and
accessed by an unauthorized person, the commissioner may recover from the unauthorized
person the amount of any unauthorized withdrawals. The recovery may be made using the
same procedures used in assessing additional tax under section 270C.33. The assessment
must be made within two years after the last unauthorized withdrawal.
new text end

new text begin (k) Notwithstanding sections 9.031 and 16B.49, chapter 16C, and any other law to the
contrary, the commissioner of revenue may take whatever actions the commissioner deems
necessary to make the direct payments required by this subdivision. The commissioner may,
in consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, contract with a private
vendor or vendors to process, print, mail, or deliver the checks, warrants, or debit cards that
may be required under this subdivision and receive and disburse state funds to make the
direct payments by check, warrant, electronic funds transfer, or debit card.
new text end

new text begin (l) The amount necessary to make the direct payments provided in this subdivision is
annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.0132, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 34. new text end

new text begin Budget surplus refunds. new text end

new text begin The amount of a direct payment made under section
16A.152, subdivision 2a, is a subtraction.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxable years beginning after December
31, 2022.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 290.091, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2023, chapter 1, section 18, 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)(1)(D) 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;

(ii) the medical expense deduction;

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

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

(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 290.0131, subdivision 2;

(6) the amount of addition required by section 290.0131, subdivisions 9, 10, and 16;

(7) the deduction allowed under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code, to the extent
not included in the addition required under clause (6); and

(8) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the amount
of foreign-derived intangible income deducted under section 250 of the Internal Revenue
Code;

less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:

(i) interest income as defined in section 290.0132, subdivision 2;

(ii) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by section 290.0132, subdivision
3
, to the extent included in federal alternative minimum taxable income;

(iii) 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;

(iv) amounts subtracted from federal taxable or adjusted gross income as provided by
section 290.0132, subdivisions 7, 9 to 15, 17, 21, 24, 26 to 29, deleted text begin anddeleted text end 31new text begin , and 34new text end ;

(v) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision 11,
paragraph (c); and

(vi) the amount allowable as a Minnesota itemized deduction under section 290.0122,
subdivision 7.

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, except alternative minimum
taxable income must be increased by the addition in section 290.0131, subdivision 16.

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

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

(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) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.75 percent of alternative minimum taxable income
after subtracting the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxable years beginning after December
31, 2022.
new text end