Bill Text: HI HB2519 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: College Savings Program Tax Deduction; 529 Plans
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakashima, Thielen, Tokioka excused (3). [HB2519 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2519-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM TAX DEDUCTION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§235- College savings program tax deduction (a) The following annual deductions from gross income shall be allowed for contributions made to a designated beneficiary's Hawaii college savings program account established pursuant to chapter 256:
(1) Up to $5,000 for individual taxpayers, but not more than the amount contributed during the taxable or prior year as provided in this section;
(2) Up to $5,000 for married couples filing separate returns, but not more than the amount contributed during the taxable or prior year as provided in this section; provided that each spouse may claim a deduction of up to $5,000; and
(3) Up to $10,000 for married couples filing joint returns, individuals filing as the head of the household, or individuals filing as surviving spouses, but not more than the amount contributed during the taxable or prior year as provided in this section;
provided that a taxpayer shall be limited to one deduction for all contributions made per year.
(b) If the amount of the deduction exceeds the taxpayer's taxable income for the taxable year the contribution is made, or if the amount contributed to the college savings program account exceeds the amount allowed to be deducted during the year of contribution, the contribution in excess of the deductible amount may be used as a deduction against the taxpayer's taxable income for up to five subsequent tax years or until the excess deduction is exhausted, whichever occurs first.
(c) Amounts deducted shall be for contributions made by December 31 of the tax year. No deduction shall be allowed for any amounts derived from a withdrawal or rollover from another qualified tuition program created pursuant to section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. No deduction shall be allowed for contributions to an account made in the same tax year that a nonqualified withdrawal from that account has occurred.
All deductions taken under this section shall be subject to recapture. Recapture of deductions taken under this section shall be triggered by any nonqualified withdrawal from the account to which the contribution was made. Any recapture under this section shall be equal to the amount of all nonqualified withdrawals during the taxable year and shall be added to the taxpayer's taxable income for the taxable year in which the recapture is triggered.
(d) In addition to the recapture of deductions under subsection (c), all nonqualified withdrawals shall be subject to a penalty equal to ten per cent of the amount of the unqualified withdrawal.
(e) For the purposes of this section, "nonqualified withdrawal" has the same meaning as in section 256-1."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2525.
Report Title:
College Savings Program Tax Deduction; 529 Plans
Description:
Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly for contributions made to the Hawaii College Savings Program. (HB2519 HD1)
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