HOUSE FILE 47

BY  WINDSCHITL

A BILL FOR

An Act repealing the state inheritance tax and the state qualified use inheritance tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  450.98  Tax repealed.
   This chapter shall not apply, effective July 1, 2011, to property of estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2011. The inheritance tax shall not be imposed under this chapter in the event the decedent dies on or after July 1, 2011, and to this extent this chapter is repealed.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  450B.8  Tax repealed.
   This chapter shall not apply, effective July 1, 2011, to property of estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2011. The inheritance tax shall not be imposed under this chapter in the event the decedent dies on or after July 1, 2011, and to this extent this chapter is repealed.
   Sec. 3.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor is directed to remove chapters 450 and 450B from the Code and correct appropriate references to chapters 450 and 450B and appropriate references to the inheritance tax and qualified use inheritance tax effective July 1, 2021.
EXPLANATION
   This bill repeals the state inheritance tax and the state qualified use inheritance tax effective July 1, 2011, for property of estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2011. Inheritance tax will not be imposed on any property in the event of the death of an individual on or after July 1, 2011.