Mississippi Senate Bill 2440 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-3-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Revenue To Establish An Amnesty Program For Taxpayers Having An Unpaid Tax Liability Due After January 1, 2005, And Before December 21, 2015; To Provide That The Program Shall Begin On September 1 2017, And End On December 31, 2017; To Provide That Tax Amnesty Shall Be Available To Any Taxpayer Who Is Liable For Taxes Administered By The Department, Including, But Not Limited To, Taxpayers Subject To Tax-related Criminal Investigations Or Prosecution, To Interest And Penalties Collected Under The International Fuel Tax Agreement Or International Registration Plan, To Estimated Payments Made Under The Mississippi Income Tax Withholding Law Of 1968 Or To Any Taxpayer Who Participated In The 2004 Tax Amnesty Program; To Provide That All Interest And Penalties That Have Accrued Since A Liability Became A Finally Determined Tax Liability Shall Be Waived For An Eligible Taxpayer Who Makes A Total Payment Of The Original Tax Liability During The Amnesty Period; And For Related Purposes.

Tax amnesty; establish a program for tax liabilities that accrued after January 1, 2005, and before December 31, 2015.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2440.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2440IN.htm