Report Title:

Income Tax Credit; Low-Income Household Renters

Description:

Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters with an adjusted gross income of less than $30,000, from $50 to $100, multiplied by the number of qualified exemptions. Also makes the tax credit available to household renters with an adjusted gross income between $30,000 and $50,000, but for a different amount: $75 multiplied by the number of qualified exemptions.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1853

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 235-55.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Each [taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of less than $30,000] resident taxpayer who has paid more than $1,000 in rent during the taxable year for which the credit is claimed may claim [a] the tax credit [of $50] as follows:

(1) For taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than or equal to $30,000, $100 multiplied by the number of qualified exemptions to which the taxpayer is entitled; and

(2) For taxpayers with an adjusted gross income greater than $30,000 and equal to or less than $50,000, $75 multiplied by the number of qualified exemptions to which the taxpayer is entitled;

provided each taxpayer sixty-five years of age or over may claim double the tax credit; and provided further that a resident individual who has no income or no income taxable under this chapter may also claim the tax credit as set forth in this section."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005.

INTRODUCED BY:

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