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FL H0965

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/2/2011

Primary Sponsor

Clay Ford

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows a 100 percent tax credit for contributions to eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations, removing the previous 75 percent cap on the amount of tax liability that could be offset.

  • Applies the 100 percent credit change to both corporate income tax (section 220.1875) and insurance premium tax (section 624.51055) under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

  • Extends the carryforward period for unused tax credits from 3 years to 5 years when taxpayers have insufficient tax liability to use the full credit in the specified year.

  • Removes restrictions on rescinding tax credits, allowing taxpayers to rescind all or part of approved tax credits multiple times without the previous limitation of one rescindment per 3-year period.

  • Effective date of July 1, 2011.

Legislative Description

Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program

Last Action

Ordered enrolled -HJ 1218

5/5/2011

Committee Referrals

State Affairs4/5/2011
Finance And Tax3/3/2011

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