Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1598
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/20/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Sachs) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 44 and 45
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 220.02, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         220.02 Legislative intent.—
    8         (8) It is the intent of the Legislature that credits
    9  against either the corporate income tax or the franchise tax be
   10  applied in the following order: those enumerated in s. 631.828,
   11  those enumerated in s. 220.191, those enumerated in s. 220.181,
   12  those enumerated in s. 220.183, those enumerated in s. 220.182,
   13  those enumerated in s. 220.1895, those enumerated in s. 220.195,
   14  those enumerated in s. 220.184, those enumerated in s. 220.186,
   15  those enumerated in s. 220.1845, those enumerated in s. 220.19,
   16  those enumerated in s. 220.185, those enumerated in s. 220.1875,
   17  those enumerated in s. 220.192, those enumerated in s. 220.193,
   18  those enumerated in s. 288.9916, those enumerated in s.
   19  220.1899, those enumerated in s. 220.1896, those enumerated in
   20  s. 220.194, and those enumerated in s. 220.196, and those
   21  enumerated in s. 220.197.
   22         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   23  220.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         220.13 “Adjusted federal income” defined.—
   25         (1) The term “adjusted federal income” means an amount
   26  equal to the taxpayer’s taxable income as defined in subsection
   27  (2), or such taxable income of more than one taxpayer as
   28  provided in s. 220.131, for the taxable year, adjusted as
   29  follows:
   30         (a) Additions.—There shall be added to such taxable income:
   31         1. The amount of any tax upon or measured by income,
   32  excluding taxes based on gross receipts or revenues, paid or
   33  accrued as a liability to the District of Columbia or any state
   34  of the United States which is deductible from gross income in
   35  the computation of taxable income for the taxable year.
   36         2. The amount of interest which is excluded from taxable
   37  income under s. 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or any other
   38  federal law, less the associated expenses disallowed in the
   39  computation of taxable income under s. 265 of the Internal
   40  Revenue Code or any other law, excluding 60 percent of any
   41  amounts included in alternative minimum taxable income, as
   42  defined in s. 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the
   43  taxpayer pays tax under s. 220.11(3).
   44         3. In the case of a regulated investment company or real
   45  estate investment trust, an amount equal to the excess of the
   46  net long-term capital gain for the taxable year over the amount
   47  of the capital gain dividends attributable to the taxable year.
   48         4. That portion of the wages or salaries paid or incurred
   49  for the taxable year which is equal to the amount of the credit
   50  allowable for the taxable year under s. 220.181. This
   51  subparagraph shall expire on the date specified in s. 290.016
   52  for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
   53         5. That portion of the ad valorem school taxes paid or
   54  incurred for the taxable year which is equal to the amount of
   55  the credit allowable for the taxable year under s. 220.182. This
   56  subparagraph shall expire on the date specified in s. 290.016
   57  for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
   58         6. The amount taken as a credit under s. 220.195 which is
   59  deductible from gross income in the computation of taxable
   60  income for the taxable year.
   61         7. That portion of assessments to fund a guaranty
   62  association incurred for the taxable year which is equal to the
   63  amount of the credit allowable for the taxable year.
   64         8. In the case of a nonprofit corporation which holds a
   65  pari-mutuel permit and which is exempt from federal income tax
   66  as a farmers’ cooperative, an amount equal to the excess of the
   67  gross income attributable to the pari-mutuel operations over the
   68  attributable expenses for the taxable year.
   69         9. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   70  s. 220.1895.
   71         10. Up to nine percent of the eligible basis of any
   72  designated project which is equal to the credit allowable for
   73  the taxable year under s. 220.185.
   74         11. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   75  s. 220.1875. The addition in this subparagraph is intended to
   76  ensure that the same amount is not allowed for the tax purposes
   77  of this state as both a deduction from income and a credit
   78  against the tax. This addition is not intended to result in
   79  adding the same expense back to income more than once.
   80         12. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   81  s. 220.192.
   82         13. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   83  s. 220.193.
   84         14. Any portion of a qualified investment, as defined in s.
   85  288.9913, which is claimed as a deduction by the taxpayer and
   86  taken as a credit against income tax pursuant to s. 288.9916.
   87         15. The costs to acquire a tax credit pursuant to s.
   88  288.1254(5) that are deducted from or otherwise reduce federal
   89  taxable income for the taxable year.
   90         16. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year
   91  pursuant to s. 220.194.
   92         17. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   93  s. 220.196. The addition in this subparagraph is intended to
   94  ensure that the same amount is not allowed for the tax purposes
   95  of this state as both a deduction from income and a credit
   96  against the tax. The addition is not intended to result in
   97  adding the same expense back to income more than once.
   98         18. The amount taken as a credit for the taxable year under
   99  s. 220.197.
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  101  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  102         And the title is amended as follows:
  103         Delete line 12
  104  and insert:
  105         credit; amending s. 220.02, F.S.; revising the order
  106         in which credits against the corporate income tax or
  107         franchise tax may be taken to include the hiring of
  108         veterans; amending s. 220.13, F.S.; redefining the
  109         term “adjusted federal income” to include certain tax
  110         credits taken relating to the hiring of veterans;
  111         providing an effective date.