Bill Text: IA HF50 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the exemption from the state inheritance tax of estates of a certain size and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF50 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-HF50-Introduced.html
House File 50 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 50 BY DRAKE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the exemption from the state inheritance tax 1 of estates of a certain size and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1138YH (3) 85 mm/sc
H.F. 50 Section 1. Section 450.4, subsection 1, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. When the entire estate of the decedent does not exceed 3 the sum of twenty-five one hundred thousand dollars after 4 deducting the liabilities, as defined in this chapter . 5 Sec. 2. Section 450.44, Code 2013, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 450.44 Remainders —— valuation. 8 When a person whose estate over and above the amount of that 9 person’s liabilities, as defined in this chapter , exceeds the 10 sum of twenty-five one hundred thousand dollars, bequeaths, 11 devises, or otherwise transfers real property to or for the 12 use of persons exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter , 13 during life or for a term of years and the remainder to persons 14 not thus exempt, this property, upon the determination of the 15 estate for life or years, shall be valued at its then actual 16 market value from which shall be deducted the value of any 17 improvements on it made by the person who owns the remainder 18 interest during the time of the prior estate, to be determined 19 as provided in section 450.37, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , and 20 the tax on the remainder shall be paid by the person who owns 21 the remainder interest as provided in section 450.46 . 22 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to estates of 23 decedents dying on or after July 1, 2013. 24 EXPLANATION 25 This bill increases from $25,000 to $100,000 the value at 26 which estates are exempt from the Iowa inheritance tax. The 27 bill applies to estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 28 2013. 29 -1- LSB 1138YH (3) 85 mm/sc 1/ 1
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