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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 422.9, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. An optional standard deduction, after deduction of 1 4 federal income tax and the applicable percentage of social 1 5 security taxes, 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 and the applicable portion of social 1 12 security taxes. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 422.9, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 1 14 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 15 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. Add the applicable percentage of social 1 16 security taxes paid by the taxpayer for the tax year. 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 422.9, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 18 following new subsection: 1 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. For purposes of this section: 1 20 a. "Applicable percentage" means the following: 1 21 (1) For tax years beginning in the 2001 calendar year, 1 22 twenty percent. 1 23 (2) For tax years beginning in the 2002 calendar year, 1 24 forty percent. 1 25 (3) For tax years beginning in the 2003 calendar year, 1 26 sixty percent. 1 27 (4) For tax years beginning in the 2004 calendar year, 1 28 eighty percent. 1 29 (5) For tax years beginning in or after the 2005 calendar 1 30 year, one hundred percent. 1 31 b. "Social security taxes" means the amount of taxes paid 1 32 by the taxpayer for the tax year under the Federal Insurance 1 33 Contributions Act to the extent not otherwise deductible and 1 34 consists of the amount paid for old age, survivors, and 1 35 disability insurance and the amount paid for hospital 2 1 insurance. 2 2 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies 2 3 retroactively to January 1, 2001, for tax years beginning on 2 4 or after that date. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill allows a deduction under the individual income 2 7 tax for social security (FICA) taxes paid by the taxpayer 2 8 during the tax year. The deduction begins with the 2001 tax 2 9 year at 20 percent and increases 20 percentage points until 2 10 the 2005 tax year when it is totally deducted. The deduction 2 11 is available whether the taxpayer uses the standard deduction 2 12 or itemizes deductions. 2 13 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2001, for tax 2 14 years beginning on or after that date. 2 15 LSB 1734XS 79 2 16 mg/cls/14
Text: SF00235 Text: SF00237 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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