Bill Text: IA SSB3154 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state taxation and administration by modifying sales and use taxes, individual and corporate income taxes, the automobile rental excise tax, the franchise tax, and the insurance premiums tax, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 2372.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2372. [SSB3154 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3154-Introduced.html
Senate Study Bill 3154 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DAWSON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to state taxation and administration by 1 modifying sales and use taxes, individual and corporate 2 income taxes, the automobile rental excise tax, the 3 franchise tax, and the insurance premiums tax, and including 4 effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability 5 provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh
S.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 SALES AND USE TAX ON SERVICES AND EXEMPTIONS 2 Section 1. Section 423.2, subsection 6, paragraph bu, Code 3 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 bu. Software as a service Cloud computing . 5 Sec. 2. Section 423.2, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended 6 by adding the following new paragraphs: 7 NEW PARAGRAPH . bv. Web hosting. 8 NEW PARAGRAPH . bw. Digital automated services. 9 NEW PARAGRAPH . bx. Scooter rentals. 10 Sec. 3. Section 423.3, subsection 8, paragraph d, 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended by adding the following 12 new subparagraph division: 13 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (e) A specified digital 14 product. 15 Sec. 4. Section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph a, 16 subparagraph (4), Code 2022, is amended by striking the 17 subparagraph. 18 Sec. 5. Section 423.3, subsection 68, paragraph c, 19 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2022, is 20 amended to read as follows: 21 (a) “Clothing” includes but is not limited to the 22 following: aprons, household and shop; athletic supporters; 23 baby receiving blankets; bathing suits and caps; beach capes 24 and coats; belts and suspenders; boots; coats and jackets; 25 costumes; diapers (children and adults, including disposable 26 diapers); earmuffs; footlets; formal wear; garters and garter 27 belts; girdles; gloves and mittens for general use; hats 28 and caps; hosiery; insoles for shoes; lab coats; neckties; 29 overshoes; pantyhose; rainwear; rubber pants; sandals; 30 scarves; shoes and shoelaces; slippers; sneakers; socks and 31 stockings; steel-toed shoes; underwear; uniforms, athletic and 32 nonathletic; and wedding apparel. 33 Sec. 6. Section 423.3, subsection 104, paragraph a, Code 34 2022, is amended to read as follows: 35 -1- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 1/ 13
S.F. _____ a. The sales price of specified digital products and of 1 prewritten computer software sold, and of enumerated services 2 described in section 423.2, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , 3 subparagraph (5), or section 423.2, subsection 6 , paragraphs 4 “bq” , “br” , “bs” , and “bu” , “bv” , and “bw” furnished, to a 5 commercial enterprise for use exclusively by the commercial 6 enterprise. The use of prewritten computer software, a 7 specified digital product, or service fails to qualify as a 8 use exclusively by the commercial enterprise if its use for 9 noncommercial purposes is more than de minimis. 10 Sec. 7. Section 423.3, subsection 104, paragraph b, 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 12 (1) “Commercial enterprise” means the same as defined in 13 section 423.3, subsection 47 , paragraph “d” , subparagraph (1), 14 but also includes professions and occupations and includes 15 public utilities as defined in section 476.1, subsection 3 . 16 Sec. 8. Section 423.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 17 following new subsections: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 107. The sales price from the sale of 19 period products. For purposes of this subsection, “period 20 products” means sanitary napkins or pads, tampons, menstrual 21 cups, or other similar items used in connection with the 22 menstrual cycle. 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 108. The sales price from the sale of a 24 child or adult diaper, whether cloth or disposable. 25 Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 26 effect January 1, 2023. 27 DIVISION II 28 AUTOMOBILE RENTAL EXCISE TAX 29 Sec. 10. Section 423.14A, subsection 1, paragraph b, 30 subparagraph (3), Code 2022, is amended by striking the 31 subparagraph. 32 Sec. 11. Section 423C.2, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended 33 by striking the subsection. 34 Sec. 12. Section 423C.3, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 35 -2- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 2/ 13
S.F. _____ 2022, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 2 effect January 1, 2023. 3 DIVISION III 4 MANUFACTURED FOOD —— SALES TAX EXEMPTION 5 Sec. 14. Section 423.3, subsection 49, Code 2022, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 49. a. The sales price from the sale of carbon dioxide 8 in a liquid, solid, or gaseous form, electricity, steam, and 9 other taxable services and the lease or rental of tangible 10 personal property when used by a manufacturer of food products 11 to primarily produce marketable food products for human 12 consumption food or food ingredients , including but not 13 limited to treatment of material to change its form, context, 14 or condition, in order to produce the food product or food 15 ingredients , maintenance of quality or integrity of the 16 food product or food ingredients , changing or maintenance of 17 temperature levels necessary to avoid spoilage or to hold the 18 food product or food ingredients in marketable condition, 19 maintenance of environmental conditions necessary for the safe 20 or efficient use of machinery and material used to produce 21 the food product or food ingredients , sanitation and quality 22 control activities, formation of packaging, placement into 23 shipping containers, and movement of the material or food 24 product or food ingredients until shipment from the building 25 of manufacture. 26 b. For purposes of this subsection, “food or food 27 ingredients” means the same as “food and food ingredients” as 28 defined in subsection 57, paragraph “d” , and includes tangible 29 personal property that could be sold for ingestion or chewing 30 by humans but is sold for another use. 31 Sec. 15. REFUNDS. Refunds of taxes, interest, or penalties 32 which arise from the enactment of this division of this Act, 33 for sales or services occurring between January 1, 2019, and 34 the effective date of this division of this Act, shall be 35 -3- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 3/ 13
S.F. _____ limited to one hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate for 1 any calendar year in which claims are eligible for a refund and 2 shall not be allowed unless refund claims are filed by October 3 1, 2022, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. If the 4 amount of claims totals more than one hundred thousand dollars 5 in the aggregate for any calendar year in which claims are 6 eligible for a refund, the department of revenue shall prorate 7 the one hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate among all the 8 claimants for that particular calendar year in relation to the 9 amounts of the claimants’ valid claims. 10 Sec. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 11 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 Sec. 17. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this 13 Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2019. 14 DIVISION IV 15 NATIONAL GUARD PAY 16 Sec. 18. Section 422.7, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 17 following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 42B. Subtract, to the extent included, up 19 to twenty thousand dollars of pay received by the taxpayer for 20 service pursuant to 32 U.S.C. §502. 21 Sec. 19. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 22 to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. 23 DIVISION V 24 NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION 25 Sec. 20. 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1161, section 120, is 26 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 27 the following: 28 SEC. 120. Section 422.9 , Code 2018, is amended by striking 29 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 30 422.9 Calculation of Iowa net operating loss —— deduction. 31 1. Any available net operating loss carryforward amount as 32 described in subsection 3 shall be deducted from the Iowa net 33 income of the taxpayer. 34 2. The deduction allowed under subsection 1 shall not exceed 35 -4- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 4/ 13
S.F. _____ eighty percent of the Iowa net income as determined under 1 section 422.7 computed without regard to the deductions under 2 this section and, to the extent included in the Iowa net income 3 calculation, sections 199A and 250 of the Internal Revenue 4 Code. 5 3. If, after applying all of the adjustments provided for in 6 section 422.7 and the allocation provisions of section 422.8, 7 and subject to the modifications provided in section 172(d) 8 of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable income results in 9 a net operating loss, such Iowa net operating loss, if any, 10 shall be carried forward and such carryforward amounts shall be 11 available as a deduction under this section in future years. 12 Sec. 21. 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1161, section 129, is 13 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 14 the following: 15 SEC. 129. Section 422.35, subsection 11 , Code 2018, is 16 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 17 thereof the following: 18 11. a. Subtract to the extent available any net operating 19 loss carryforward amount as described in this subsection not 20 to exceed eighty percent of the Iowa net income as determined 21 under this section, computed without regard to the deductions 22 under this subsection and, to the extent included in the Iowa 23 net income calculation, section 250 of the Internal Revenue 24 Code. 25 b. If after applying all of the adjustments provided for in 26 this section and the allocation and apportionment provisions 27 of section 422.33, the Iowa taxable income results in a net 28 operating loss, such Iowa net operating loss shall be carried 29 forward and such carryforward amounts shall be available as a 30 deduction under this subsection in future years. 31 c. Any portion of a net operating loss which was sustained 32 from that portion of the trade or business carried on outside 33 the state of Iowa shall not be deducted. 34 d. The deductions described in this subsection are allowed 35 -5- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 5/ 13
S.F. _____ subject to the requirement that a corporation affected by the 1 allocation provisions of section 422.33 shall be permitted to 2 deduct only that portion of the deductions for net operating 3 loss that is fairly and equitably allocable to Iowa, under 4 rules prescribed by the director. 5 Sec. 22. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 6 effect January 1, 2023. 7 Sec. 23. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 8 to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. 9 DIVISION VI 10 CHANGES TO SALE OF CERTAIN QUALIFIED STOCK PROVISIONS 11 Sec. 24. Section 422.7, subsection 63, paragraph c, 12 subparagraph (2), as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 13 2317, section 1, is amended to read as follows: 14 (2) “Employee-owner” means an individual who owns capital 15 stock in a qualified corporation for at least ten years, which 16 capital stock was acquired by the individual while employed and 17 on account of employment by such any qualified corporation for 18 at least ten cumulative years. 19 Sec. 25. Section 422.7, subsection 63, paragraph c, 20 subparagraph (4), subparagraph division (b), as enacted by 2022 21 Iowa Acts, House File 2317, section 1, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 (b) “Qualified corporation” includes any member of an Iowa 24 affiliated group if the Iowa affiliated group includes a member 25 that has employed individuals in this state for at least ten 26 years. For purposes of this subparagraph division, “Iowa 27 affiliated group” means an affiliated group that has made is 28 eligible to make a valid election to file an Iowa consolidated 29 income tax return under section 422.37 in the year in which 30 the deduction under this subsection is claimed. “Member” 31 includes any entity that is eligible to be included in the a 32 consolidated return under section 422.37, subsection 2, for the 33 tax year in which the deduction is claimed. 34 Sec. 26. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 35 -6- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 6/ 13
S.F. _____ effect January 1, 2023. 1 Sec. 27. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 2 to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. 3 DIVISION VII 4 FRANCHISE TAX 5 Sec. 28. Section 422.63, Code 2022, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 422.63 Amount of tax. 8 1. The franchise tax is imposed annually in an amount equal 9 to five the percent specified in subsection 2 of the net income 10 received or accrued during the taxable year. If the net income 11 of the financial institution is derived from its business 12 carried on entirely within the state, the tax shall be imposed 13 on the entire net income, but if the business is carried on 14 partly within and partly without the state, the portion of net 15 income reasonably attributable to the business within the state 16 shall be specifically allocated or equitably apportioned within 17 and without the state under rules of the director. 18 2. a. For tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2023, 19 five percent. 20 b. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but 21 before January 1, 2024, four and four-fifths percent. 22 c. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, but 23 before January 1, 2025, four and three-fifths percent. 24 d. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but 25 before January 1, 2026, four and two-fifths percent. 26 e. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but 27 before January 1, 2027, four and one-fifth percent. 28 f. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, 29 three and nine-tenths percent. 30 DIVISION VIII 31 INSURANCE PREMIUMS TAX 32 Sec. 29. Section 432.1, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended 33 to read as follows: 34 2. The “applicable percent” for purposes of subsection 1 of 35 -7- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 7/ 13
S.F. _____ this section and section 432.2 is the following: 1 a. For calendar years beginning before the 2003 calendar 2 year, two percent. 3 b. For the 2003 calendar year, one and three-fourths 4 percent. 5 c. For the 2004 calendar year, one and one-half percent. 6 d. For the 2005 calendar year, one and one-fourth percent. 7 e. For the 2006 and subsequent calendar years year through 8 the 2022 calendar year , one percent. 9 f. For the 2023 calendar year, ninety-five hundredths of one 10 percent. 11 g. For the 2024 and subsequent calendar years, nine-tenths 12 of one percent. 13 Sec. 30. Section 432.1, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 4. The “applicable percent” for purposes of subsection 3 is 16 the following: 17 a. For calendar years beginning before the 2004 calendar 18 year, two percent. 19 b. For the 2004 calendar year, one and three-fourths 20 percent. 21 c. For the 2005 calendar year, one and one-half percent. 22 d. For the 2006 calendar year, one and one-fourth percent. 23 e. For the 2007 and subsequent calendar years year through 24 the 2022 calendar year , one percent. 25 f. For the 2023 calendar year, ninety-five hundredths of one 26 percent. 27 g. For the 2024 and subsequent calendar years, nine-tenths 28 of one percent. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to state taxation and administration by 33 modifying sales and use taxes, individual and corporate income 34 taxes, the automobile rental excise tax, the franchise tax, and 35 -8- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 8/ 13
S.F. _____ the insurance premium tax. 1 DIVISION I —— SALES AND USE TAX ON SERVICES AND EXEMPTIONS. 2 The bill strikes “software as a service” and substitutes “cloud 3 computing” as a service for purposes of imposing sales tax. 4 The bill makes the following services subject to the sales tax: 5 web hosting, digital automated services, and scooter. However, 6 the bill exempts web hosting and digital automated services 7 from the sales tax when furnished to a commercial enterprise 8 for use exclusively by the commercial enterprise. 9 The bill exempts “specified digital products” from the sales 10 tax when used in agricultural production. 11 The bill strikes the sales and use tax exemption on the 12 sales price from the sale or rental of computer or computer 13 peripherals by an insurance company, financial institution, or 14 commercial enterprise. 15 The bill exempts from the sales tax the sale of period 16 products and child and adult diapers. Period products are 17 defined in the bill. 18 The bill strikes “professions and occupations” from 19 the definition of “commercial enterprise” in Code section 20 423.3(104) thus making sales to professions and occupations 21 related to prewritten software, specified digital services, 22 and other services subject to the sales tax. The bill expands 23 the definition of “commercial enterprise” to include a “public 24 utility” as defined in Code section 476.1(3). As a result, the 25 sales price of specified digital products, prewritten computer 26 software, and other enumerated digital and computer services 27 furnished to a public utility are exempt from the sales tax, if 28 exclusively used by the public utility. 29 This division takes effect January 1, 2023. 30 DIVISION II —— AUTOMOBILE RENTAL EXCISE TAX. The bill 31 repeals an exception for the collection of the automobile 32 rental excise tax of a person or an affiliate of a person who 33 owns, operates, or controls an automobile peer-to-peer sharing 34 marketplace. 35 -9- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 9/ 13
S.F. _____ This division takes effect January 1, 2023. 1 DIVISION III —— MANUFACTURED FOOD —— SALES TAX EXEMPTION. 2 The bill exempts from the sales tax the sales of certain items 3 and services used by a manufacturer to primarily produce food 4 or food ingredients, including the lease or rental of tangible 5 personal property used to primarily produce such food or food 6 ingredients. 7 The bill defines “food or food ingredients” to mean the same 8 as defined in Code section 423.3(57)(d) and includes tangible 9 personal property that could be sold for ingestion or chewing 10 by humans but is sold for another use. 11 Under current law, in order to receive the sales tax 12 exemption the items or services must be used to produce 13 marketable food products for human consumption. 14 By operation of Code section 423.6, an item exempt from the 15 imposition of the sales tax is also exempt from the use tax 16 imposed in Code section 423.5. 17 The bill requires refunds of taxes, interest, or penalties 18 arising from claims resulting from the enactment of the bill 19 for sales or services occurring between January 1, 2019, and 20 the effective date of the bill to be filed prior to October 21 1, 2022. Refunds of taxes, interest, or penalties shall not 22 exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year in which 23 claims are eligible for a refund. If the amount of claims 24 totals more than $100,000 in the aggregate for any calendar 25 year in which claims are eligible for a refund, the department 26 of revenue shall prorate the $100,000 in the aggregate among 27 all the claimants for that particular calendar year. 28 This division takes effect upon enactment and applies 29 retroactively to January 1, 2019. 30 DIVISION IV —— NATIONAL GUARD PAY. The bill exempts from the 31 individual income tax up to $20,000 of pay received by a member 32 of the national guard for any required drills, field exercises, 33 or in the performance of any other orders under 32 U.S.C. §502. 34 This division applies to tax years beginning on or after 35 -10- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 10/ 13
S.F. _____ January 1, 2023. 1 DIVISION V —— NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION. For tax years 2 beginning on or after January 1, 2023, 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 3 1161, sections 120, 128, and 129, are set to go into effect, 4 which provide that a net operating loss will no longer be 5 calculated at the state level for individual and corporate 6 income taxpayers, as applicable, and requires such taxpayers 7 to add back any federal net operating loss deduction carried 8 over from a tax year beginning prior to January 1, 2023, but 9 such taxpayers are allowed to deduct any remaining Iowa net 10 operating loss from a prior taxable year. The net operating 11 loss deduction remains available to taxpayers at the federal 12 level. 13 INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXPAYERS. For an individual income 14 taxpayer with an available net operating loss carryforward 15 amount prior to January 1, 2023, the bill limits the 16 carryforward deduction amount to an amount not to exceed 80 17 percent of Iowa net income without regard to the net operating 18 loss deduction as calculated and, to the extent included in the 19 Iowa net income calculation, without regard to sections 199A 20 and 250 of the Internal Revenue Code. 21 For individual income taxpayers, if a net Iowa operating 22 loss is calculated for tax years beginning on or after January 23 1, 2023, the bill allows such a loss to be carried forward and 24 be available as a deduction in future years. 25 CORPORATE INCOME TAXPAYERS. For a corporate income taxpayer 26 with an available net operating loss carryforward amount prior 27 to January 1, 2023, the bill limits the carryforward deduction 28 amount to an amount not to exceed 80 percent of Iowa net 29 income without regard to the net operating loss deduction as 30 calculated and, to the extent included in the Iowa net income 31 calculation, without regard to section 250 of the Internal 32 Revenue Code. 33 For corporate income taxpayers, if a net Iowa operating loss 34 is calculated for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 35 -11- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 11/ 13
S.F. _____ 2023, the bill allows such a loss to be carried forward and be 1 available as a deduction in future years. 2 EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. This division takes 3 effect January 1, 2023, and applies to tax years beginning on 4 or after that date. 5 DIVISION VI —— CHANGES TO SALE OF CERTAIN QUALIFIED STOCK 6 PROVISIONS. The bill makes changes to provisions related to 7 the sale of certain qualified stock in 2022 Iowa Acts, House 8 File 2317, as enacted. 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2317, 9 grants an employee-owner one irrevocable lifetime election 10 to exclude from state individual income tax the net capital 11 gain from the state of the capital stock on one qualified 12 corporation. The bill expands the definition of “qualified 13 corporation” to include any “member” of an Iowa affiliate group 14 if the affiliated group is eligible to make a valid election 15 to file an Iowa consolidated income tax return under Code 16 section 422.37 in the year the qualified stock sale deduction 17 is made. The bill expands the definition of “member” under 18 the definition of “qualified corporation” in 2022 Iowa Acts, 19 House File 2317, to include any entity that is eligible to be 20 included in a consolidated return under Code section 422.37(2) 21 if an election is made to file a consolidated return. 22 This division takes effect January 1, 2023, and applies to 23 tax years beginning on or after that date. 24 DIVISION VII —— FRANCHISE TAX. The bill phases in a 25 reduction of the current franchise tax of 5 percent of net 26 income as follows: Commencing with the tax years beginning 27 during the 2023 calendar year, 4.80 percent; for tax years 28 beginning during the 2024 calendar year, 4.60 percent; for tax 29 years beginning during the 2025 calendar year, 4.40 percent; 30 for tax years beginning during the 2026 calendar year, 4.20 31 percent; and for all tax years beginning on or after January 32 1, 2027, 3.90 percent. 33 DIVISION VIII —— INSURANCE PREMIUMS TAX. The bill reduces 34 the insurance premiums tax on the gross amount of premiums 35 -12- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 12/ 13
S.F. _____ received by an insurance company from 1 percent to .95 percent 1 in calendar year 2023, and from .95 percent to .90 percent for 2 the 2024 calendar year and subsequent calendar years. 3 -13- LSB 6232XC (11) 89 jm/jh 13/ 13
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