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MO HB1055

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/4/2012

Primary Sponsor

Bill Lant

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows individual taxpayers a one-time income tax deduction for storm shelter construction costs beginning in tax year 2013, with the deduction capped at $5,000 or actual costs, whichever is less.

  • Requires storm shelters to comply with Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication 320 standards and be manufactured or produced in the United States with at least 70% domestic labor and materials.

  • Limits total deductions issued statewide to $2 million per fiscal year on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • Authorizes the Department of Revenue to establish procedures and promulgate rules for claiming the deduction, subject to Missouri's Administrative Procedure Act.

  • Program automatically sunsets on December 31, six years after the effective date unless reauthorized by the General Assembly, with a 12-year sunset if reauthorized.

Legislative Description

Authorizes a one-time income tax deduction to a taxpayer for the cost of the construction or $5,000, whichever is less, of a storm shelter which was made in America

Last Action

Public Hearing Completed (H)

2/2/2012

Committee Referrals

Ways And Means1/19/2012

Full Bill Text

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