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MO HB850

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/15/2013

Primary Sponsor

John McCaherty

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Bring Jobs Home Act" creating a deduction against Missouri income taxes (Chapter 143) equal to 20% of eligible insourcing expenses for businesses relocating from out-of-state to Missouri.

  • Defines eligible insourcing expenses as costs paid to eliminate a business unit outside Missouri and establish the same business unit within Missouri, including deductible business expenses, permits, licenses, lease fees, and equipment installation costs.

  • Requires businesses claiming the deduction to increase their full-time equivalent employees in Missouri in the year of the claim compared to the baseline year before expenses were first incurred.

  • Prohibits any deduction for expenses incurred when dissolving a Missouri business unit and relocating it to another state.

  • Automatically sunsets the program six years after the effective date unless reauthorized by the legislature, with additional 12-year sunset if reauthorized; requires the Department of Economic Development and Department of Revenue to promulgate implementing rules.

Legislative Description

Establishes the Bring Jobs Home Act which authorizes a tax deduction for out-of-state businesses that relocate to Missouri

Last Action

Second read and referred: Senate Jobs, Economic Development, and Local Government(S)

4/18/2013

Committee Referrals

Fiscal Review4/10/2013
Rules3/28/2013
International Trade3/13/2013

Full Bill Text

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