Bill Text: IA SF4 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical services personnel with an individual income tax credit and including effective date and applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF4 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF4-Introduced.html
Senate File 4 - Introduced SENATE FILE 4 BY HANCOCK A BILL FOR An Act providing volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical 1 services personnel with an individual income tax credit and 2 including effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1592XS (3) 84 tw/sc
S.F. 4 Section 1. Section 422.12, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. a. A volunteer fire fighter and 3 volunteer emergency medical services personnel credit equal to 4 the amount specified in paragraph “b” to compensate the taxpayer 5 for the voluntary services. 6 b. The amount of the credit is equal to the following: 7 (1) For tax years beginning in the 2012 calendar year, 8 twenty-five dollars. 9 (2) For tax years beginning in the 2013 calendar year, fifty 10 dollars. 11 (3) For tax years beginning in the 2014 calendar year, 12 seventy-five dollars. 13 (4) For tax years beginning in the 2015 and subsequent 14 calendar years, one hundred dollars. 15 c. If the taxpayer is not a volunteer fire fighter or 16 volunteer emergency medical services personnel for the entire 17 tax year, the amount of the dollar credit shall be prorated 18 and the amount of credit shall equal the maximum amount of 19 credit for the tax year, divided by twelve, multiplied by the 20 number of months in the tax year the taxpayer was a volunteer. 21 The credit shall be rounded to the nearest five dollars. If 22 the taxpayer is a volunteer during any part of a month, the 23 taxpayer shall be considered a volunteer for the entire month. 24 If the taxpayer is a volunteer fire fighter and a volunteer 25 emergency medical services personnel during the same month, a 26 credit may be claimed for only one volunteer position for that 27 month. 28 d. The taxpayer is required to have a written statement 29 from the fire chief or other appropriate supervisor verifying 30 that the taxpayer was a volunteer fire fighter or volunteer 31 emergency medical services personnel for the months for which 32 the credit under this subsection is claimed. 33 e. For purposes of this subsection: 34 (1) “Emergency medical services personnel” means an emergency 35 -1- LSB 1592XS (3) 84 tw/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 4 medical care provider, as defined in section 147A.1, who is 1 certified as a first responder pursuant to chapter 147A. 2 (2) “Volunteer fire fighter” means a volunteer fire fighter 3 as defined in section 85.61 who has met the minimum training 4 standards established by the fire service training bureau 5 pursuant to chapter 100B. 6 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. This Act takes 7 effect January 1, 2012, for tax years beginning on or after 8 that date. 9 EXPLANATION 10 This bill provides a nonrefundable individual income tax 11 credit for an individual who was a volunteer fire fighter who 12 has met the minimum training standards or certified volunteer 13 emergency medical services personnel for the entire tax year. 14 The credit is to compensate the individual for the volunteer 15 services. The amount of the credit equals $25 for the 2012 tax 16 year and increases by $25 for each subsequent tax year until 17 the credit equals $100. If the individual was not a volunteer 18 for the entire tax year, the amount of credit is prorated based 19 upon the months of volunteer service. A credit may be claimed 20 for only one volunteer position per month. 21 The bill takes effect January 1, 2012, for tax years 22 beginning on or after that date. 23 -2- LSB 1592XS (3) 84 tw/sc 2/ 2
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