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MI HB4287
Bill
Status
5/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karl Bohnak
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AI Summary
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Allows individuals, corporations, and flow-through entities to deduct grant money received for broadband expansion from their Michigan taxable income, effective retroactively for tax years beginning January 1, 2023
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Eligible grants include those from 13 specified federal and state programs, including the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Connect America Fund, USDA ReConnect program, and Michigan's Connecting Michigan Communities grant program
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Requires taxpayers to add back any expenses or depreciation deducted on federal returns that are attributable to the exempt broadband grants, preventing a double tax benefit
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Makes technical updates to existing tax code language, including removing outdated date references (such as "Beginning January 1, 2012") and updating statutory citations to the federal Social Security Act
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Applies to individual income tax (Section 30), corporate income tax (Section 623), and flow-through entity tax (Section 815) provisions
Legislative Description
Individual income tax: deductions; certain broadband expansion grants; deduct from taxable income. Amends secs. 30, 623 & 815 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30 et seq.).
Individual income tax: deductions
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Finance, Insurance, And Consumer Protection
5/29/2025