Bill Text: MA S1296 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to tax deductions for contributions to college savings plans
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/22 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S1296 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1296-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael R. Knapik
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative Tax Deductions for Contributions to College Savings Plans.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
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William Smitty Pignatelli |
4th Berkshire |
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Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative TO Tax Deductions for Contributions to College
Savings Plans.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Paragraph (a) of Part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 42 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2006, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-
(16) Contributions to qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Code, such as the U.Fund or the U.Plan offered through the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority; but in the case of a single person, a married person filing a separate return or a head of household the deduction shall not exceed $500, and in the case of a married couple filing a joint return, the deduction shall not exceed $1,000.
