Bill Text: IA HF2433 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state taxation by temporarily updating the Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, decoupling from certain federal bonus depreciation provisions, rescinding certain administrative rules and rule amendments and modifying the sales tax exemptions related to the purchase of items used in manufacturing and other activities, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. Effective 3-21-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-21 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 522. [HF2433 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2433-Enrolled.html
House File 2433 - Enrolled




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                                        House File 2433

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO STATE TAXATION BY TEMPORARILY UPDATING THE CODE
    REFERENCES TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, DECOUPLING FROM
    CERTAIN FEDERAL BONUS DEPRECIATION PROVISIONS, RESCINDING
    CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND RULE AMENDMENTS AND
    MODIFYING THE SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO THE PURCHASE
    OF ITEMS USED IN MANUFACTURING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND
    INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
    PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
                           DIVISION I
                INTERNAL REVENUE CODE REFERENCES
    Section 1.  INTERNAL REVENUE CODE REFERENCES FOR
 2015.  Notwithstanding the definition of "Internal Revenue
 Code" in section 15.335, subsection 7, section 422.3,
 subsection 5, section 422.10, subsection 3, section 422.32,
 subsection 1, and section 422.33, subsection 5, Code 2016,
 the following shall apply for the period beginning January 1,
 2015, and ending December 31, 2015, and for tax years beginning
 during the 2015 calendar year:
    1.  The definition of "Internal Revenue Code" for purposes
 of section 15.335, subsection 7, section 422.10, subsection 3,
 and section 422.33, subsection 5, Code 2016, and for purposes
 of references in the 2016 Iowa Code and 2016 Iowa Acts to the
 definition of "Internal Revenue Code" in those sections, shall
 mean the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2016.
    2.  The definition of "Internal Revenue Code" for purposes
 of sections 422.3 and 422.32, Code 2016, and for purposes of
 references in the 2016 Iowa Code and 2016 Iowa Acts to the
 definition of "Internal Revenue Code" in those sections, shall
 mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, prior to the date of
 its redesignation as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the
 Tax Reform Act of 1986, or means the Internal Revenue Code of
 1986 as amended to and including January 1, 2016.
    Sec. 2.  DEDUCTION FOR STATE SALES AND USE TAX FOR
 2015.  Notwithstanding section 422.9, subsection 2, paragraph
 "i", Code 2016, the deduction for state sales and use taxes is
 allowable under section 422.9 for tax years beginning during
 the 2015 calendar year, but only if the taxpayer elected to
 deduct the state sales and use taxes in lieu of state income
 taxes under section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The
 deduction for state sales and use taxes is not allowed if the
 taxpayer has taken the deduction for state income taxes or
 claimed the standard deduction under section 63 of the Internal
 Revenue Code.
    Sec. 3.  BONUS DEPRECIATION FOR 2015.
    1.  Notwithstanding section 1 of this Act, or any other
 provision of law to the contrary, the additional first=year
 depreciation allowance authorized in section 168(k) of the
 Internal Revenue Code, as enacted by Pub. L. No. 114=113, {143,
 does not apply in computing net income for state tax purposes
 for tax years ending on or after January 1, 2015, but before
 January 1, 2016.  If the taxpayer has taken the additional
 first=year depreciation allowance for purposes of computing
 federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable income, as
 the case may be, then the taxpayer, when computing net income
 for purposes of the individual income tax under section 422.7
 or the corporation income tax or franchise tax under section
 422.35, shall make the adjustments described in section 422.7,
 subsection 39A, paragraphs "a" through "c", Code 2016, or
 described in section 422.35, subsection 19A, paragraphs "a"
 through "c", Code 2016, as applicable.
    2.  In addition to the requirements of section 422.5,
 subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), Code 2016,
 for purposes of the state alternative minimum taxable income
 calculation in section 422.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b",
 subparagraph (1), to the extent that any preference or
 adjustment is determined by an individual's federal adjusted
 gross income, the individual's federal adjusted gross income is
 computed in accordance with subsection 1 of this section for
 tax years beginning during the 2015 calendar year.
    3.  In addition to the requirements of section 422.9,
 subsection 2, paragraph "h", Code 2016, for purposes of
 calculating the deductions in section 422.9 that are authorized
 under the Internal Revenue Code, and to the extent that
 any such deduction is determined by an individual's federal
 adjusted gross income, the individual's federal adjusted gross
 income is computed in accordance with subsection 1 of this
 section for tax years beginning during the 2015 calendar year.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This division of this
 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
 enactment.
    Sec. 5.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This division of this
 Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2015.
                           DIVISION II
                       SALES AND USE TAXES
    Sec. 6.  RESCISSION OF AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
    1.  The amendments to 701 Iowa administrative code, rule
 15.3, subrule 3; rule 18.29, subrule 7; rules 18.58, 219.11,
 and 219.12; rule 219.13, subrule 3; and rule 230.5, as
 appearing in ARC 2349C, as published in the Iowa administrative
 bulletin, volume XXXVIII, number 14, dated January 6, 2016, pp.
 1359=1364, are rescinded.
    2.  As soon as practicable, the Iowa administrative code
 editor shall restore the language of the Iowa administrative
 code rules and subrules referenced in subsection 1 of this
 section to the language that existed on January 5, 2016.
    Sec. 7.  RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
    1.  701 Iowa administrative code, rules 230.14 through
 230.22, are rescinded.
    2.  As soon as practicable, the Iowa administrative code
 editor shall remove the language of the Iowa administrative
 code rules referenced in subsection 1 of this section from the
 Iowa administrative code.
    Sec. 8.  Section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph a,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
    The sales price from the sale or rental of computers,
 machinery, and equipment, including replacement parts,
 supplies, and materials used to construct or self=construct
 computers, machinery, and equipment, replacement parts, and
 supplies, if such items are any of the following:
    Sec. 9.  Section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph d, Code
 2016, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (7)  "Replacement part" means tangible
 personal property other than computers, machinery, equipment,
 or supplies, regardless of the cost or useful life of the
 tangible personal property, that meets all of the following
 conditions:
    (a)  The tangible personal property replaces a component of
 a computer, machinery, or equipment, which component is capable
 of being separated from the computer, machinery, or equipment.
    (b)  The tangible personal property performs the same or
 similar function as the component it replaced.
    (c)  The tangible personal property restores the computer,
 machinery, or equipment to an operational condition, or
 upgrades or improves the efficiency of the computer, machinery,
 or equipment.
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (8)  "Supplies" means tangible personal
 property, other than computers, machinery, equipment, or
 replacement parts, that meets one of the following conditions:
    (a)  The tangible personal property is to be connected
 to a computer, machinery, or equipment and requires regular
 replacement because the property is consumed or deteriorates
 during use, including but not limited to saw blades, drill
 bits, filters, and other similar items with a short useful
 life.
    (b)  The tangible personal property is used in conjunction
 with a computer, machinery, or equipment and is specially
 designed for use in manufacturing specific products and may
 be used interchangeably and intermittently on a particular
 computer, machine, or piece of equipment, including but not
 limited to jigs, dies, tools, and other similar items.
    (c)  The tangible personal property comes into physical
 contact with other tangible personal property used in
 processing and is used to assist with or maintain conditions
 necessary for processing, including but not limited to cutting
 fluids, oils, coolants, lubricants, and other similar items
 with a short useful life.
    (d)  The tangible personal property is directly and
 primarily used in an activity described in paragraph "a",
 subparagraphs (1) through (6), including but not limited to
 prototype materials and testing materials.
    Sec. 10.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The sections of this
 division of this Act rescinding Iowa administrative code rules
 and amendments to Iowa administrative code rules, being deemed
 of immediate importance, take effect upon enactment.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2433, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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