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AL HB182

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/22/2023

Primary Sponsor

Tracy Estes

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "dependent" under Alabama income tax law to include an unborn child, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2023.

  • Requires the Department of Revenue to establish an administrative form, signed by a licensed health care professional, to verify that a taxpayer claiming an unborn child dependent was pregnant during the tax year.

  • Limits taxpayers to claiming only one unborn child dependent per tax year, unless the taxpayer has a multiple gestation pregnancy.

  • Prohibits a taxpayer from claiming both an unborn child dependent and a dependent for the resulting child in the same tax year under existing dependent provisions.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

Legislative Description

Relating to revenue and taxation; to amend Section 40-18-19, as last amended by Act 2022-292, Act 2022-294, and Act 2022-297 of the 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975 to expand the definition of a dependent to include an unborn child.

Income tax, to expand the definition of dependent to include an unborn child.

Last Action

Introduced and Referred to House Ways and Means Education

3/22/2023

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means Education3/22/2023

Full Bill Text

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