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S.B. 38

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INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXATION OF

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CERTAIN TRUST DISTRIBUTIONS

             3     
2006 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

             6     
House Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies the Individual Income Tax Act relating to the individual income
             11      taxation of certain trust distributions.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    defines "distributable net income";
             15          .    modifies an addition to income for certain distributions received by a resident
             16      beneficiary of a nonresident trust that was taxed at the trust level for federal tax
             17      purposes, but was not taxed at the trust level by any state; and
             18          .    makes technical changes.
             19      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          This bill has retrospective operation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
             23      2004.
             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      AMENDS:
             26          59-10-103, as last amended by Chapter 241, Laws of Utah 2005
             27          59-10-114, as last amended by Chapters 109 and 241, Laws of Utah 2005


             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Section 59-10-103 is amended to read:
             31           59-10-103. Definitions.
             32          (1) As used in this chapter:
             33          (a) "Adoption expenses" means:
             34          (i) any actual medical and hospital expenses of the mother of the adopted child which
             35      are incident to the child's birth;
             36          (ii) any welfare agency fees or costs;
             37          (iii) any child placement service fees or costs;
             38          (iv) any legal fees or costs; or
             39          (v) any other fees or costs relating to an adoption.
             40          (b) "Adult with a disability" means an individual who:
             41          (i) is 18 years of age or older;
             42          (ii) is eligible for services under Title 62A, Chapter 5, Services [to] for People with
             43      Disabilities; and
             44          (iii) is not enrolled in:
             45          (A) an education program for students with disabilities that is authorized under Section
             46      53A-15-301 ; or
             47          (B) a school established under Title 53A, Chapter 25, Schools for the Deaf and Blind.
             48          (c) (i) For purposes of Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m), "capital gain transaction" means a
             49      transaction that results in a:
             50          (A) short-term capital gain; or
             51          (B) long-term capital gain.
             52          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             53      the commission may by rule define the term "transaction."
             54          (d) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which the trade or business
             55      of a Utah small business corporation is directed or managed.
             56          (e) "Corporation" includes:
             57          (i) associations;
             58          (ii) joint stock companies; and


             59          (iii) insurance companies.
             60          (f) "Dependent child with a disability" means an individual 21 years of age or younger
             61      who:
             62          (i) (A) is diagnosed by a school district representative under rules adopted by the State
             63      Board of Education as having a disability classified as:
             64          (I) autism;
             65          (II) deafness;
             66          (III) preschool developmental delay;
             67          (IV) dual sensory impairment;
             68          (V) hearing impairment;
             69          (VI) intellectual disability;
             70          (VII) multidisability;
             71          (VIII) orthopedic impairment;
             72          (IX) other health impairment;
             73          (X) traumatic brain injury; or
             74          (XI) visual impairment;
             75          (B) is not receiving residential services from:
             76          (I) the Division of Services for People with Disabilities created under Section
             77      62A-5-102 ; or
             78          (II) a school established under Title 53A, Chapter 25, Schools for the Deaf and Blind;
             79      and
             80          (C) is enrolled in:
             81          (I) an education program for students with disabilities that is authorized under Section
             82      53A-15-301 ; or
             83          (II) a school established under Title 53A, Chapter 25, Schools for the Deaf and Blind;
             84      or
             85          (ii) is identified under guidelines of the Department of Health as qualified for:
             86          (A) Early Intervention; or
             87          (B) Infant Development Services.
             88          (g) "Distributable net income" is as defined in Section 643, Internal Revenue Code.
             89          [(g)] (h) "Employee" is as defined in Section 59-10-401 .


             90          [(h)] (i) "Employer" is as defined in Section 59-10-401 .
             91          [(i)] (j) "Fiduciary" means:
             92          (i) a guardian;
             93          (ii) a trustee;
             94          (iii) an executor;
             95          (iv) an administrator;
             96          (v) a receiver;
             97          (vi) a conservator; or
             98          (vii) any person acting in any fiduciary capacity for any individual.
             99          [(j)] (k) "Homesteaded land diminished from the Uintah and Ouray Reservation"
             100      means the homesteaded land that was held to have been diminished from the Uintah and Ouray
             101      Reservation in Hagen v. Utah, 510 U.S. 399 (1994).
             102          [(k)] (l) "Individual" means a natural person and includes aliens and minors.
             103          [(l)] (m) "Irrevocable trust" means a trust in which the settlor may not revoke or
             104      terminate all or part of the trust without the consent of a person who has a substantial beneficial
             105      interest in the trust and the interest would be adversely affected by the exercise of the settlor's
             106      power to revoke or terminate all or part of the trust.
             107          [(m)] (n) For purposes of Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m), "long-term capital gain" is as
             108      defined in Section 1222, Internal Revenue Code.
             109          [(n)] (o) "Nonresident individual" means an individual who is not a resident of this
             110      state.
             111          [(o)] (p) "Nonresident trust" or "nonresident estate" means a trust or estate which is not
             112      a resident estate or trust.
             113          [(p)] (q) (i) "Partnership" includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other
             114      unincorporated organization:
             115          (A) through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is
             116      carried on; and
             117          (B) which is not, within the meaning of this chapter:
             118          (I) a trust;
             119          (II) an estate; or
             120          (III) a corporation.


             121          (ii) "Partnership" does not include any organization not included under the definition of
             122      "partnership" in Section 761, Internal Revenue Code.
             123          (iii) "Partner" includes a member in a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or
             124      organization described in Subsection (1)[(p)](q)(i).
             125          [(q)] (r) "Qualifying military service member" means a member of:
             126          (i) The Utah Army National Guard;
             127          (ii) The Utah Air National Guard; or
             128          (iii) the following if the member is assigned to a unit that is located in the state:
             129          (A) The Army Reserve;
             130          (B) The Naval Reserve;
             131          (C) The Air Force Reserve;
             132          (D) The Marine Corps Reserve; or
             133          (E) The Coast Guard Reserve.
             134          [(r)] (s) "Qualifying stock" means stock that is:
             135          (i) (A) common; or
             136          (B) preferred;
             137          (ii) as defined by the commission by rule, originally issued to:
             138          (A) a resident or nonresident individual; or
             139          (B) a partnership if the resident or nonresident individual making a subtraction from
             140      federal taxable income in accordance with Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m):
             141          (I) was a partner when the stock was issued; and
             142          (II) remains a partner until the last day of the taxable year for which the resident or
             143      nonresident individual makes the subtraction from federal taxable income in accordance with
             144      Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m); and
             145          (iii) issued:
             146          (A) by a Utah small business corporation;
             147          (B) on or after January 1, 2003; and
             148          (C) for:
             149          (I) money; or
             150          (II) other property, except for stock or securities.
             151          [(s)] (t) (i) "Resident individual" means:


             152          (A) an individual who is domiciled in this state for any period of time during the
             153      taxable year, but only for the duration of the period during which the individual is domiciled in
             154      this state; or
             155          (B) an individual who is not domiciled in this state but:
             156          (I) maintains a permanent place of abode in this state; and
             157          (II) spends in the aggregate 183 or more days of the taxable year in this state.
             158          (ii) For purposes of Subsection (1)[(s)](t)(i)(B), a fraction of a calendar day shall be
             159      counted as a whole day.
             160          [(t)] (u) "Resident estate" or "resident trust" is as defined in Section 75-7-103 .
             161          [(u)] (v) For purposes of Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m), "short-term capital gain" is as
             162      defined in Section 1222, Internal Revenue Code.
             163          [(v)] (w) "Taxable income" and "state taxable income" are defined as provided in
             164      Sections 59-10-111 , 59-10-112 , 59-10-116 , 59-10-201.1 , and 59-10-204 .
             165          [(w)] (x) "Taxpayer" means any individual, estate, or trust or beneficiary of an estate or
             166      trust, whose income is subject in whole or part to the tax imposed by this chapter.
             167          [(x)] (y) "Uintah and Ouray Reservation" means the lands recognized as being included
             168      within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in:
             169          (i) Hagen v. Utah, 510 U.S. 399 (1994); and
             170          (ii) Ute Indian Tribe v. Utah, 114 F.3d 1513 (10th Cir. 1997).
             171          [(y)] (z) (i) "Utah small business corporation" means a corporation that:
             172          (A) is a small business corporation as defined in Section 1244(c)(3), Internal Revenue
             173      Code;
             174          (B) except as provided in Subsection (1)[(y)](z)(ii), meets the requirements of Section
             175      1244(c)(1)(C), Internal Revenue Code; and
             176          (C) has its commercial domicile in this state.
             177          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)[(y)](z)(i)(B), the time period described in Section
             178      1244(c)(1)(C) and Section 1244(c)(2), Internal Revenue Code, for determining the source of a
             179      corporation's aggregate gross receipts shall end on the last day of the taxable year for which the
             180      resident or nonresident individual makes a subtraction from federal taxable income in
             181      accordance with Subsection 59-10-114 (2)(m).
             182          [(z)] (aa) "Ute tribal member" means a person who is enrolled as a member of the Ute


             183      Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
             184          [(aa)] (bb) "Ute tribe" means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
             185      Reservation.
             186          [(bb)] (cc) "Wages" is as defined in Section 59-10-401 .
             187          (2) (a) Any term used in this chapter has the same meaning as when used in
             188      comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes unless a
             189      different meaning is clearly required.
             190          (b) Any reference to the Internal Revenue Code or to the laws of the United States shall
             191      mean the Internal Revenue Code or other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to
             192      federal income taxes that are in effect for the taxable year.
             193          (c) Any reference to a specific section of the Internal Revenue Code or other provision
             194      of the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes shall include any
             195      corresponding or comparable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as hereafter amended,
             196      redesignated, or reenacted.
             197          Section 2. Section 59-10-114 is amended to read:
             198           59-10-114. Additions to and subtractions from federal taxable income of an
             199      individual.
             200          (1) There shall be added to federal taxable income of a resident or nonresident
             201      individual:
             202          (a) the amount of any income tax imposed by this or any predecessor Utah individual
             203      income tax law and the amount of any income tax imposed by the laws of another state, the
             204      District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States, to the extent deducted from federal
             205      adjusted gross income, as defined by Section 62, Internal Revenue Code, in determining federal
             206      taxable income;
             207          (b) a lump sum distribution that the taxpayer does not include in adjusted gross income
             208      on the taxpayer's federal individual income tax return for the taxable year;
             209          (c) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the amount of a child's
             210      income calculated under Subsection (5) that:
             211          (i) a parent elects to report on the parent's federal individual income tax return for the
             212      taxable year; and
             213          (ii) the parent does not include in adjusted gross income on the parent's federal


             214      individual income tax return for the taxable year;
             215          (d) 25% of the personal exemptions, as defined and calculated in the Internal Revenue
             216      Code;
             217          (e) a withdrawal from a medical care savings account and any penalty imposed in the
             218      taxable year if:
             219          (i) the taxpayer did not deduct or include the amounts on the taxpayer's federal
             220      individual income tax return pursuant to Section 220, Internal Revenue Code; and
             221          (ii) the withdrawal is subject to Subsections 31A-32a-105 (1) and (2);
             222          (f) the amount disbursed to an account owner under Title 53B, Chapter 8a, Higher
             223      Education Savings Incentive Program, in the year in which the amount is disbursed;
             224          (g) except as provided in Subsection (6), for taxable years beginning on or after
             225      January 1, 2003, for bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness acquired on or after
             226      January 1, 2003, the interest from bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued by
             227      one or more of the following entities:
             228          (i) a state other than this state;
             229          (ii) the District of Columbia;
             230          (iii) a political subdivision of a state other than this state; or
             231          (iv) an agency or instrumentality of an entity described in Subsections (1)(g)(i) through
             232      (iii);
             233          (h) any distribution received by a resident beneficiary of a resident trust of income that
             234      was taxed at the trust level for federal tax purposes, but was subtracted from state taxable
             235      income of the trust pursuant to Subsection 59-10-202 (2)(c); and
             236          (i) any distribution received by a resident beneficiary of a nonresident trust of
             237      undistributed distributable net income realized by the trust on or after January 1, 2004, if that
             238      undistributed distributable net income was taxed at the trust level for federal tax purposes, but
             239      was not taxed at the trust level by any state, with undistributed distributable net income
             240      considered to be distributed from the most recently accumulated undistributed distributable net
             241      income.
             242          (2) There shall be subtracted from federal taxable income of a resident or nonresident
             243      individual:
             244          (a) the interest or dividends on obligations or securities of the United States and its


             245      possessions or of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States, to the
             246      extent includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes but exempt from state
             247      income taxes under the laws of the United States, but the amount subtracted under this
             248      Subsection (2)(a) shall be reduced by any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to
             249      purchase or carry the obligations or securities described in this Subsection (2)(a), and by any
             250      expenses incurred in the production of interest or dividend income described in this Subsection
             251      (2)(a) to the extent that such expenses, including amortizable bond premiums, are deductible in
             252      determining federal taxable income;
             253          (b) (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), 1/2 of the net amount of any income
             254      tax paid or payable to the United States after all allowable credits, as reported on the United
             255      States individual income tax return of the taxpayer for the same taxable year; and
             256          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b)(i), for taxable years beginning on or after
             257      January 1, 2001, the amount of a credit or an advance refund amount reported on a resident or
             258      nonresident individual's United States individual income tax return allowed as a result of the
             259      acceleration of the income tax rate bracket benefit for 2001 in accordance with Section 101,
             260      Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-16, may not be
             261      used in calculating the amount described in Subsection (2)(b)(i);
             262          (c) the amount of adoption expenses for one of the following taxable years as elected
             263      by the resident or nonresident individual:
             264          (i) regardless of whether a court issues an order granting the adoption, the taxable year
             265      in which the adoption expenses are:
             266          (A) paid; or
             267          (B) incurred;
             268          (ii) the taxable year in which a court issues an order granting the adoption; or
             269          (iii) any year in which the resident or nonresident individual may claim the federal
             270      adoption expenses credit under Section 23, Internal Revenue Code;
             271          (d) amounts received by taxpayers under age 65 as retirement income which, for
             272      purposes of this section, means pensions and annuities, paid from an annuity contract
             273      purchased by an employer under a plan which meets the requirements of Section 404(a)(2),
             274      Internal Revenue Code, or purchased by an employee under a plan which meets the
             275      requirements of Section 408, Internal Revenue Code, or paid by the United States, a state, or


             276      political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, to the employee involved or the
             277      surviving spouse;
             278          (e) for each taxpayer age 65 or over before the close of the taxable year, a $7,500
             279      personal retirement exemption;
             280          (f) 75% of the amount of the personal exemption, as defined and calculated in the
             281      Internal Revenue Code, for each dependent child with a disability and adult with a disability
             282      who is claimed as a dependent on a taxpayer's return;
             283          (g) any amount included in federal taxable income that was received pursuant to any
             284      federal law enacted in 1988 to provide reparation payments, as damages for human suffering,
             285      to United States citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry who were interned during
             286      World War II;
             287          (h) subject to the limitations of Subsection (3)(e), amounts a taxpayer pays during the
             288      taxable year for health care insurance, as defined in Title 31A, Chapter 1, General Provisions:
             289          (i) for:
             290          (A) the taxpayer;
             291          (B) the taxpayer's spouse; and
             292          (C) the taxpayer's dependents; and
             293          (ii) to the extent the taxpayer does not deduct the amounts under Section 125, 162, or
             294      213, Internal Revenue Code, in determining federal taxable income for the taxable year;
             295          (i) (i) except as otherwise provided in this Subsection (2)(i), the amount of a
             296      contribution made during the taxable year on behalf of the taxpayer to a medical care savings
             297      account and interest earned on a contribution to a medical care savings account established
             298      pursuant to Title 31A, Chapter 32a, Medical Care Savings Account Act, to the extent the
             299      contribution is accepted by the account administrator as provided in the Medical Care Savings
             300      Account Act, and if the taxpayer did not deduct or include amounts on the taxpayer's federal
             301      individual income tax return pursuant to Section 220, Internal Revenue Code; and
             302          (ii) a contribution deductible under this Subsection (2)(i) may not exceed either of the
             303      following:
             304          (A) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act
             305      for the tax year multiplied by two for taxpayers who file a joint return, if neither spouse is
             306      covered by health care insurance as defined in Section 31A-1-301 or self-funded plan that


             307      covers the other spouse, and each spouse has a medical care savings account; or
             308          (B) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act
             309      for the tax year for taxpayers:
             310          (I) who do not file a joint return; or
             311          (II) who file a joint return, but do not qualify under Subsection (2)(i)(ii)(A);
             312          (j) the amount included in federal taxable income that was derived from money paid by
             313      an account owner to the program fund under Title 53B, Chapter 8a, Higher Education Savings
             314      Incentive Program, not to exceed amounts determined under Subsection 53B-8a-106 (1)(d), and
             315      investment income earned on account agreements entered into under Section 53B-8a-106 that
             316      is included in federal taxable income, but only when the funds are used for qualified higher
             317      education costs of the beneficiary;
             318          (k) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, any amounts paid for
             319      premiums for long-term care insurance as defined in Section 31A-1-301 to the extent the
             320      amounts paid for long-term care insurance were not deducted under Section 213, Internal
             321      Revenue Code, in determining federal taxable income;
             322          (l) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, if the conditions of
             323      Subsection (4)(a) are met, the amount of income derived by a Ute tribal member:
             324          (i) during a time period that the Ute tribal member resides on homesteaded land
             325      diminished from the Uintah and Ouray Reservation; and
             326          (ii) from a source within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation;
             327          (m) (i) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, the total amount of a
             328      resident or nonresident individual's short-term capital gain or long-term capital gain on a
             329      capital gain transaction:
             330          (A) that occurs on or after January 1, 2003;
             331          (B) if 70% or more of the gross proceeds of the capital gain transaction are expended:
             332          (I) to purchase qualifying stock in a Utah small business corporation; and
             333          (II) within a 12-month period after the day on which the capital gain transaction occurs;
             334      and
             335          (C) if, prior to the purchase of the qualifying stock described in Subsection
             336      (2)(m)(i)(B)(I), the resident or nonresident individual did not have an ownership interest in the
             337      Utah small business corporation that issued the qualifying stock; and


             338          (ii) in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             339      commission may make rules:
             340          (A) defining the term "gross proceeds"; and
             341          (B) for purposes of Subsection (2)(m)(i)(C), prescribing the circumstances under which
             342      a resident or nonresident individual has an ownership interest in a Utah small business
             343      corporation; and
             344          (n) for the taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2005, but beginning on or
             345      before December 31, 2005, the first $2,200 of income a qualifying military service member
             346      receives:
             347          (i) for service:
             348          (A) as a qualifying military service member; or
             349          (B) under an order into active service in accordance with Section 39-1-5 ; and
             350          (ii) to the extent that income is included in adjusted gross income on that resident or
             351      nonresident individual's federal individual income tax return for that taxable year.
             352          (3) (a) For purposes of Subsection (2)(d), the amount of retirement income subtracted
             353      for taxpayers under 65 shall be the lesser of the amount included in federal taxable income, or
             354      $4,800, except that:
             355          (i) for married taxpayers filing joint returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             356      earned over $32,000, the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted
             357      shall be reduced by 50 cents;
             358          (ii) for married taxpayers filing separate returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             359      earned over $16,000, the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted
             360      shall be reduced by 50 cents; and
             361          (iii) for individual taxpayers, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned over
             362      $25,000, the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted shall be
             363      reduced by 50 cents.
             364          (b) For purposes of Subsection (2)(e), the amount of the personal retirement exemption
             365      shall be further reduced according to the following schedule:
             366          (i) for married taxpayers filing joint returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             367      earned over $32,000, the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50
             368      cents;


             369          (ii) for married taxpayers filing separate returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             370      earned over $16,000, the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50
             371      cents; and
             372          (iii) for individual taxpayers, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned over
             373      $25,000, the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50 cents.
             374          (c) For purposes of Subsections (3)(a) and (b), adjusted gross income shall be
             375      calculated by adding to federal adjusted gross income any interest income not otherwise
             376      included in federal adjusted gross income.
             377          (d) For purposes of determining ownership of items of retirement income common law
             378      doctrine will be applied in all cases even though some items may have originated from service
             379      or investments in a community property state. Amounts received by the spouse of a living
             380      retiree because of the retiree's having been employed in a community property state are not
             381      deductible as retirement income of such spouse.
             382          (e) For purposes of Subsection (2)(h), a subtraction for an amount paid for health care
             383      insurance as defined in Title 31A, Chapter 1, General Provisions, is not allowed:
             384          (i) for an amount that is reimbursed or funded in whole or in part by the federal
             385      government, the state, or an agency or instrumentality of the federal government or the state;
             386      and
             387          (ii) for a taxpayer who is eligible to participate in a health plan maintained and funded
             388      in whole or in part by the taxpayer's employer or the taxpayer's spouse's employer.
             389          (4) (a) A subtraction for an amount described in Subsection (2)(l) is allowed only if:
             390          (i) the taxpayer is a Ute tribal member; and
             391          (ii) the governor and the Ute tribe execute and maintain an agreement meeting the
             392      requirements of this Subsection (4).
             393          (b) The agreement described in Subsection (4)(a):
             394          (i) may not:
             395          (A) authorize the state to impose a tax in addition to a tax imposed under this chapter;
             396          (B) provide a subtraction under this section greater than or different from the
             397      subtraction described in Subsection (2)(l); or
             398          (C) affect the power of the state to establish rates of taxation; and
             399          (ii) shall:


             400          (A) provide for the implementation of the subtraction described in Subsection (2)(l);
             401          (B) be in writing;
             402          (C) be signed by:
             403          (I) the governor; and
             404          (II) the chair of the Business Committee of the Ute tribe;
             405          (D) be conditioned on obtaining any approval required by federal law; and
             406          (E) state the effective date of the agreement.
             407          (c) (i) The governor shall report to the commission by no later than February 1 of each
             408      year regarding whether or not an agreement meeting the requirements of this Subsection (4) is
             409      in effect.
             410          (ii) If an agreement meeting the requirements of this Subsection (4) is terminated, the
             411      subtraction permitted under Subsection (2)(l) is not allowed for taxable years beginning on or
             412      after the January 1 following the termination of the agreement.
             413          (d) For purposes of Subsection (2)(l) and in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a,
             414      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
             415          (i) for determining whether income is derived from a source within the Uintah and
             416      Ouray Reservation; and
             417          (ii) that are substantially similar to how federal adjusted gross income derived from
             418      Utah sources is determined under Section 59-10-117 .
             419          (5) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (5), "Form 8814" means:
             420          (i) the federal individual income tax Form 8814, Parents' Election To Report Child's
             421      Interest and Dividends; or
             422          (ii) (A) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, a form designated by
             423      the commission in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(ii)(B) as being substantially similar to
             424      2000 Form 8814 if for purposes of federal individual income taxes the information contained
             425      on 2000 Form 8814 is reported on a form other than Form 8814; and
             426          (B) for purposes of Subsection (5)(a)(ii)(A) and in accordance with Title 63, Chapter
             427      46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules designating a form
             428      as being substantially similar to 2000 Form 8814 if for purposes of federal individual income
             429      taxes the information contained on 2000 Form 8814 is reported on a form other than Form
             430      8814.


             431          (b) The amount of a child's income added to adjusted gross income under Subsection
             432      (1)(c) is equal to the difference between:
             433          (i) the lesser of:
             434          (A) the base amount specified on Form 8814; and
             435          (B) the sum of the following reported on Form 8814:
             436          (I) the child's taxable interest;
             437          (II) the child's ordinary dividends; and
             438          (III) the child's capital gain distributions; and
             439          (ii) the amount not taxed that is specified on Form 8814.
             440          (6) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(g), interest from bonds, notes, and other evidences
             441      of indebtedness issued by an entity described in Subsections (1)(g)(i) through (iv) may not be
             442      added to federal taxable income of a resident or nonresident individual if, as annually
             443      determined by the commission:
             444          (a) for an entity described in Subsection (1)(g)(i) or (ii), the entity and all of the
             445      political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities of the entity do not impose a tax based on
             446      income on any part of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of this state; or
             447          (b) for an entity described in Subsection (1)(g)(iii) or (iv), the following do not impose
             448      a tax based on income on any part of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of
             449      this state:
             450          (i) the entity; or
             451          (ii) (A) the state in which the entity is located; or
             452          (B) the District of Columbia, if the entity is located within the District of Columbia.
             453          Section 3. Retrospective operation.
             454          This bill has retrospective operation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
             455      2004.





Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-30-05 10:53 AM


Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


Mixed Membership Committee Note
    as of 12-21-05 3:47 PM


The Tax Review Commission recommended this bill.
    Membership:        4 legislators    10 non-legislators
    Legislative Vote:    3 voting for    0 voting against    1 absent


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