Bill Text: IN HB1199 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Inheritance tax.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 58-10)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-09 - Senator Miller added as cosponsor [HB1199 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1199-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 6-4.1.
Synopsis: Inheritance tax. Provides for a phase-out of the inheritance
tax.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
January 25, 2012, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
taxation.
(1) the property transferred is described in:
by a nonresident decedent;
(2) the transfer is described in section 4 of this chapter; and
(3) neither the transfer nor the property is exempt from the
inheritance tax under IC 6-4.1-3.
(b) For purposes of this article, a transfer described in section 4 of
this chapter is considered a transfer made by the deceased transferor
regardless of when the transferee acquires the property interest.
(b) For purposes of determining the amount of inheritance tax imposed under this article, a credit is allowed against the tax imposed under section 1 of this chapter on a decedent's transfer of property interests. The amount of the credit equals the inheritance tax imposed under section 1 of this chapter multiplied by the percentage prescribed in the following table:
DATE OF PERCENTAGE
INDIVIDUAL'S DEATH OF CREDIT
After June 30, 2013, and
before July 1, 2014 9%
After June 30, 2014, and
before July 1, 2015 18%
After June 30, 2015, and
before July 1, 2016 27%
After June 30, 2016, and
before July 1, 2017 36%
After June 30, 2017, and
before July 1, 2018 45%
After June 30, 2018, and
before July 1, 2019 55%
After June 30, 2019, and
before July 1, 2020 64%
After June 30, 2020, and
before July 1, 2021 73%
After June 30, 2021, and
before July 1, 2022 82%
After June 30, 2022, and
before July 1, 2023 91%
(c) A person who is liable for inheritance tax imposed under this article may claim the credit allowed under this section at the time the person pays the tax. When the payment is made, the person collecting the tax shall reduce the inheritance tax due by the amount of the credit specified in subsection (b).
(b)
(c) For a state fiscal year ending before July 1, 2013, the department of state revenue shall determine the inheritance tax replacement amount for each county using the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the amount of inheritance tax revenue retained by each county in each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year that began July 1, 1990, and ending with the state fiscal year that ends June 30, 1997.
STEP TWO: Determine the average annual amount of inheritance tax revenue retained by each county using five (5) of the seven (7) state fiscal years described in STEP ONE after excluding the two (2) years in which each county retained its highest and lowest totals of inheritance tax revenue.
STEP THREE: Determine the remainder of the STEP TWO amount minus the amount of inheritance taxes retained by the county during the immediately preceding state fiscal year.
(d) For a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2013, and ending before July 1, 2023, the department of state revenue shall determine the inheritance tax replacement amount for each county using the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the inheritance tax replacement amount distributed to the county for the state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2012, and ending before July 1, 2013.
STEP TWO: Multiply the amount determined under STEP ONE by the appropriate percentage as follows:
(A) Ninety-one percent (91%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2013, and ending before July 1, 2014.
(B) Eighty-two percent (82%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2014, and ending before July 1, 2015.
(C) Seventy-three percent (73%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2015, and ending before July 1, 2016.
(D) Sixty-four percent (64%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2016, and ending before July 1,
2017.
(E) Fifty-five percent (55%) for a state fiscal year
beginning after June 30, 2017, and ending before July 1,
2018.
(F) Forty-five percent (45%) for a state fiscal year
beginning after June 30, 2018, and ending before July 1,
2019.
(G) Thirty-six percent (36%) for a state fiscal year
beginning after June 30, 2019, and ending before July 1,
2020.
(H) Twenty-seven percent (27%) for a state fiscal year
beginning after June 30, 2020, and ending before July 1,
2021.
(I) Eighteen percent (18%) for a state fiscal year beginning
after June 30, 2021, and ending before July 1, 2022.
(J) Nine percent (9%) for a state fiscal year beginning after
June 30, 2022, and ending before July 1, 2023.
(e) A county is not entitled to a distribution under subsection (b)
for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2023.
(b) Sections 1 through 12 of this chapter do not apply to a property interest transferred by a decedent whose death occurs after June 30, 2023.
