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AL HB50

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2023

Primary Sponsor

Tracy Estes

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

HB50 Summary

  • Expands the definition of a dependent for Alabama income tax purposes to include a taxpayer or their spouse in their third trimester of pregnancy during the tax year, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2023.

  • Requires the Department of Revenue to establish a form, to be signed by a licensed health care professional, to verify that a person claimed as a dependent under this provision was in their third trimester of pregnancy during the tax year.

  • Directs the Alabama Department of Public Health to ensure copies of the verification form are available to all health care professionals treating pregnant women and at all county health departments.

  • Prohibits a taxpayer from claiming a dependent under this provision and also claiming a dependent for a child resulting from that same pregnancy in the same tax year.

  • 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, Code of Alabama, as last amended by Act 2022-292, Act 2022-294, and Act 2022-297 of the 2022 Regular Session, to expand the definition of a dependent to include a taxpayer, or spouse of a taxpayer, in their third trimester of pregnancy during the tax year.

Income tax credit for dependent, definition expanded to include certain pregnant women

Last Action

Introduced and Referred to House Ways and Means Education

3/6/2023

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means Education3/6/2023

Full Bill Text

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