Bill Text: IN HB1563 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Inheritance tax and estate tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means [HB1563 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1563-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 6-4.1.
Synopsis: Inheritance tax and estate tax. Phases out the inheritance tax
beginning July 1, 2013, by giving an increasing credit against the
inheritance tax due. Provides that the inheritance tax does not apply to
the transfer of property interests by a decedent whose death occurs after
June 30, 2018. Phases out payments of the inheritance tax replacement
amount to counties over a period between 2013 and 2018. Provides that
the estate tax and generation skipping transfer tax do not apply after
June 30, 2018. Makes technical corrections.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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(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 30%
After June 30, 2014, and
before July 1, 2015 40%
After June 30, 2015, and
before July 1, 2016 50%
After June 30, 2016, and
before July 1, 2017 60%
After June 30, 2017, and
before July 1, 2018 75%
(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, 2018, 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) Seventy percent (70%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2013, and ending before July 1, 2014.
(B) Sixty percent (60%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2014, and ending before July 1, 2015.
(C) Fifty percent (50%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2015, and ending before July 1, 2016.
(D) Forty percent (40%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2016, and ending before July 1, 2017.
(E) Twenty-five percent (25%) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2017, and ending before July 1, 2018.
(e) A county is not entitled to a distribution under subsection (b) for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2018.
dies after June 30, 2018, there is no inheritance tax imposed on the
decedent's transfer of property interests.
(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, 2018.