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MS HB4

Bill

Status

Failed

2/25/2015

Primary Sponsor

Cecil Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "doing business" in Mississippi to include regular solicitation of business from potential customers, issuing credit/debit cards to Mississippi customers, performing services outside the state where benefits are received within Mississippi, and franchising/licensing agreements with Mississippi-based franchisees or licensees

  • Subjects nonresident individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates to Mississippi income tax on all net income derived from property, activity, or other sources within the state, broadening the previous language focused primarily on property owned or sold and business carried on in the state

  • Adds provisions for taxing regular transactions with Mississippi customers involving intangible personal property, including loans and extensions of credit that result in receipts flowing to nonresident taxpayers from within Mississippi

  • Requires income from services to be apportioned to the state where the benefits of services are received, expanding the state's ability to tax service-based income

  • Effective date of January 1, 2015

Legislative Description

Income tax; revise provisions regarding net income of nonresidents, revise definition of term "doing business."

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/25/2015

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/6/2015

Full Bill Text

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