Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1542
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 33 and 34
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. 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. 221.02,
   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, and those enumerated in s. 220.1896, and those
   20  enumerated in s. 220.1877.
   21         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   22  220.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         220.13 “Adjusted federal income” defined.—
   24         (1) The term “adjusted federal income” means an amount
   25  equal to the taxpayer’s taxable income as defined in subsection
   26  (2), or such taxable income of more than one taxpayer as
   27  provided in s. 220.131, for the taxable year, adjusted as
   28  follows:
   29         (a) Additions.—There shall be added to such taxable income:
   30         1. The amount of any tax upon or measured by income,
   31  excluding taxes based on gross receipts or revenues, paid or
   32  accrued as a liability to the District of Columbia or any state
   33  of the United States which is deductible from gross income in
   34  the computation of taxable income for the taxable year.
   35         2. The amount of interest which is excluded from taxable
   36  income under s. 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or any other
   37  federal law, less the associated expenses disallowed in the
   38  computation of taxable income under s. 265 of the Internal
   39  Revenue Code or any other law, excluding 60 percent of any
   40  amounts included in alternative minimum taxable income, as
   41  defined in s. 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the
   42  taxpayer pays tax under s. 220.11(3).
   43         3. In the case of a regulated investment company or real
   44  estate investment trust, an amount equal to the excess of the
   45  net long-term capital gain for the taxable year over the amount
   46  of the capital gain dividends attributable to the taxable year.
   47         4. That portion of the wages or salaries paid or incurred
   48  for the taxable year which is equal to the amount of the credit
   49  allowable for the taxable year under s. 220.181. This
   50  subparagraph shall expire on the date specified in s. 290.016
   51  for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
   52         5. That portion of the ad valorem school taxes paid or
   53  incurred for the taxable year which is equal to the amount of
   54  the credit allowable for the taxable year under s. 220.182. This
   55  subparagraph shall expire on the date specified in s. 290.016
   56  for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
   57         6. The amount of emergency excise tax paid or accrued as a
   58  liability to this state under chapter 221 which tax 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 equal to the credit claimed for the taxable
   91  year under s. 220.1877. The addition in this subparagraph is
   92  intended to ensure that the same amount is not allowed for tax
   93  purposes of this state as both a deduction from income and a
   94  credit against the tax. This addition is not intended to result
   95  in adding the same expense back to income more than once.
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   97  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   98         And the title is amended as follows:
   99         Between lines 2 and 3
  100  insert:
  101         amending s. 220.02, F.S.; adding the tax credit
  102         allowed under the Florida Public School Tax Credit
  103         Program to the tax credits that are applied against
  104         the corporate income tax; amending s. 220.13, F.S.;
  105         redefining the term “adjusted federal income” to
  106         include the public school funding tax credit;
  107         prohibiting a taxpayer from receiving a credit greater
  108         than the amount of the contribution;