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IN SB0525
Bill
Status
1/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mark Stoops
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AI Summary
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Amends Indiana corporate income tax law to impose a 6.25% tax rate on corporations that employ workers at hourly rates below a defined "living wage" starting after June 30, 2017.
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Defines "living wage" as an hourly rate that, if paid to a full-time employee, would exceed maximum income limits for TANF, Medicaid, food stamp assistance, or the federal WIC program.
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Corporations meeting the living wage threshold for all employees remain eligible for the scheduled corporate tax rate phase-down under current law, which decreases from 6.25% to 4.9% by 2021.
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Applies to any corporation employing one or more employees during a taxable year at an hourly rate below the living wage standard.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Corporate income tax rates. Provides that the income tax rate phase-down for corporations under current law shall not apply to a corporation that employs one or more employees during the taxable year at an hourly rate that is less than a living wage. Defines "living wage" as an hourly rate that if paid to a full-time employee would be sufficient to exceed the maximum income limits applicable to the employee for any of the following public assistance: (1) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). (2) Medicaid assistance. (3) Food stamp assistance under federal law. (4) The federal Special Supplemental
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/17/2017