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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 422.9, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. An optional standard deduction, after deduction of 1 4 federal income tax, social security tax, and railroad 1 5 retirement tax, equal to one thousand two hundred thirty 1 6 dollars for a married person who files separately or a single 1 7 person or equal to three thousand thirty dollars for a husband 1 8 and wife who file a joint return, a surviving spouse, or an 1 9 unmarried head of household. The optional standard deduction 1 10 shall not exceed the amount remaining after deduction of the 1 11 federal income tax, social security tax, and railroad 1 12 retirement tax. 1 13 For purposes of this section, "social security tax" means 1 14 the amount of tax paid by the taxpayer for the tax year for 1 15 old-age, survivors, and disability insurance under the Federal 1 16 Insurance Contributions Act and "railroad retirement tax" 1 17 means the amount of tier I tax paid by the taxpayer for the 1 18 tax year for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance 1 19 under the federal Railroad Retirement Tax Act. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 422.9, subsection 2, Code 1997, is amended 1 21 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 22 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Add the amount of social security tax 1 23 and railroad retirement tax paid by the taxpayer for the tax 1 24 year. 1 25 Sec. 3. This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 1997, 1 26 for tax years beginning on or after that date. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 The bill allows the deduction under the individual income 1 29 tax for social security (FICA) and railroad retirement taxes 1 30 paid for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance by the 1 31 taxpayer during the tax year. The deduction would be made 1 32 whether the taxpayer takes the standard deduction or itemizes 1 33 deductions. 1 34 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 1997, for tax 1 35 years beginning on or after that date. 2 1 LSB 1578SS 77 2 2 mg/sc/14
Text: SF00150 Text: SF00152 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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