Senate Study Bill 3197 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON FEENSTRA) A BILL FOR An Act relating to state and local revenue and finance by 1 modifying the individual and corporate income taxes, the 2 franchise tax, tax credits, the moneys and credits tax, the 3 sales and use taxes and local option sales tax, the hotel 4 and motel excise tax, the automobile rental excise tax, the 5 Iowa educational savings plan trust, and the disabilities 6 expenses savings plan trust, making penalties applicable, 7 and including immediate effective date and retroactive and 8 other applicability provisions. 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 10 TLSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh
S.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 INCOME TAX CHANGES FOR TAX YEAR 2018 2 Section 1. EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR 2018. 3 Notwithstanding the definition of “Internal Revenue Code” 4 in section 422.3, for tax years beginning during the 2018 5 calendar year, any reference to the term “Internal Revenue 6 Code” in section 422.12B shall mean the Internal Revenue Code 7 of 1954, prior to the date of its redesignation as the Internal 8 Revenue Code of 1986 by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, or means 9 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and in effect on 10 January 1, 2016, but shall not be construed to include any 11 amendment to the Internal Revenue Code enacted after January 1, 12 2016, including any amendment with retroactive applicability 13 or effectiveness. 14 Sec. 2. ACCOUNTING METHOD AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS 15 COUPLING PROVISIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2018. Notwithstanding any 16 other provision of law to the contrary, amendments to the 17 Internal Revenue Code enacted in Pub. L. No. 115-97, §13102, 18 §13221, §13504, §13541, §13543, §13611, and §13613, apply in 19 calculating federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable 20 income, as applicable, for state tax purposes for purposes of 21 chapter 422 for tax years beginning during the 2018 calendar 22 year to the extent those amendments affect the calculation of 23 federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable income, as 24 applicable, for federal tax purposes for tax years beginning 25 during the 2018 calendar year. 26 Sec. 3. TEACHER EXPENSE DEDUCTION. Notwithstanding any 27 other provision of law to the contrary, for tax years beginning 28 during the 2018 calendar year, a taxpayer is allowed to take 29 the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary 30 school teachers allowed under section 62(a)(2)(D) of the 31 Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Pub. L. No. 114-113, 32 division Q, §104, in computing net income for state tax 33 purposes. 34 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 35 -1- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 1/ 130
S.F. _____ deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 Sec. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this 2 Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2018, for tax years 3 beginning on or after that date, but before January 1, 2019. 4 DIVISION II 5 INCOME TAX AND FRANCHISE TAX CHANGES BEGINNING IN 2019 6 Sec. 6. Section 217.39, Code 2018, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 217.39 Persecuted victims of World War II —— reparations —— 9 heirs. 10 Notwithstanding any other law of this state, payments paid 11 to and income from lost property of a victim of persecution 12 for racial, ethnic, or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or 13 any other Axis regime or as an heir of such victim which is 14 exempt from state income tax as provided described in section 15 422.7, subsection 35 , Code 2018, shall not be considered as 16 income or an asset for determining the eligibility for state or 17 local government benefit or entitlement programs. The proceeds 18 are not subject to recoupment for the receipt of governmental 19 benefits or entitlements, and liens, except liens for child 20 support, are not enforceable against these sums for any reason. 21 Sec. 7. Section 422.3, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended 22 to read as follows: 23 5. “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code 24 of 1954, prior to the date of its redesignation as the Internal 25 Revenue Code of 1986 by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, or means 26 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended and in effect 27 on January 1, 2015 . This definition shall not be construed 28 to include any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code enacted 29 after the date specified in the preceding sentence, including 30 any amendment with retroactive applicability or effectiveness. 31 Sec. 8. Section 422.4, subsection 1, paragraphs b and c, 32 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 33 b. “Cumulative inflation factor” means the product of the 34 annual inflation factor for the 1988 2022 calendar year and 35 -2- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 2/ 130
S.F. _____ all annual inflation factors for subsequent calendar years 1 as determined pursuant to this subsection . The cumulative 2 inflation factor applies to all tax years beginning on or after 3 January 1 of the calendar year for which the latest annual 4 inflation factor has been determined. 5 c. The annual inflation factor for the 1988 2022 calendar 6 year is one hundred percent. 7 Sec. 9. Section 422.4, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 8 by striking the subsection. 9 Sec. 10. Section 422.4, subsection 16, Code 2018, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 16. The words “taxable income” mean the net income as 12 defined in section 422.7 minus the deductions deduction allowed 13 by section 422.9 , if available, in the case of individuals; 14 in the case of estates or trusts, the words “taxable income” 15 mean the taxable income (without a deduction for personal 16 exemption) as computed for federal income tax purposes under 17 the Internal Revenue Code, but with the adjustments specified 18 in section 422.7 plus the Iowa income tax deducted in computing 19 the federal taxable income and minus federal income taxes as 20 provided in section 422.9 . 21 Sec. 11. Section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c, d, 22 and e, Code 2018, are amended by striking the paragraphs and 23 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 24 a. On all taxable income from zero through twelve thousand 25 dollars in the case of a married couple filing jointly, or from 26 zero to six thousand dollars in the case of all other persons, 27 five percent. 28 b. On all taxable income exceeding twelve thousand dollars 29 but not exceeding thirty thousand dollars in the case of a 30 married couple filing jointly, or exceeding six thousand 31 dollars but not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in the case 32 of all other persons, five and one-quarter percent. 33 c. On all taxable income exceeding thirty thousand dollars 34 but not exceeding sixty thousand dollars in the case of a 35 -3- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 3/ 130
S.F. _____ married couple filing jointly, or exceeding fifteen thousand 1 dollars but not exceeding thirty thousand dollars in the case 2 of all other persons, five and one-half percent. 3 d. On all taxable income exceeding sixty thousand dollars 4 but not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars in the 5 case of a married couple filing jointly, or exceeding thirty 6 thousand dollars but not exceeding seventy-five thousand 7 dollars in the case of all other persons, six percent. 8 e. On all taxable income exceeding one hundred fifty 9 thousand dollars in the case of a married couple filing 10 jointly, or exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars in the case 11 of all other persons, the following: 12 (1) Six and six-tenths percent for tax years beginning 13 during the 2019 calendar year. 14 (2) Six and one-half percent for tax years beginning during 15 the 2020 calendar year. 16 (3) Six and four-tenths percent for tax years beginning 17 during the 2021 calendar year. 18 (4) Six and three-tenths percent for tax years beginning on 19 or after January 1, 2022. 20 Sec. 12. Section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraphs f, g, h, 21 and i, Code 2018, are amended by striking the paragraphs. 22 Sec. 13. Section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraph j, Code 23 2018, is amended to read as follows: 24 j. (1) The tax imposed upon the taxable income of a 25 nonresident shall be computed by reducing the amount determined 26 pursuant to paragraphs “a” through “i” “e” by the amounts of 27 nonrefundable credits under this division and by multiplying 28 this resulting amount by a fraction of which the nonresident’s 29 net income allocated to Iowa, as determined in section 30 422.8, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , is the numerator and the 31 nonresident’s total net income computed under section 422.7 is 32 the denominator. This provision also applies to individuals 33 who are residents of Iowa for less than the entire tax year. 34 (2) (a) The tax imposed upon the taxable income of a 35 -4- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 4/ 130
S.F. _____ resident shareholder in an S corporation or of an estate 1 or trust with a situs in Iowa that is a shareholder in an S 2 corporation, which S corporation has in effect for the tax 3 year an election under subchapter S of the Internal Revenue 4 Code and carries on business within and without the state, 5 may be computed by reducing the amount determined pursuant to 6 paragraphs “a” through “i” “e” by the amounts of nonrefundable 7 credits under this division and by multiplying this resulting 8 amount by a fraction of which the resident’s or estate’s 9 or trust’s net income allocated to Iowa, as determined in 10 section 422.8, subsection 2 , paragraph “b” , is the numerator 11 and the resident’s or estate’s or trust’s total net income 12 computed under section 422.7 is the denominator. If a resident 13 shareholder, or an estate or trust with a situs in Iowa 14 that is a shareholder, has elected to take advantage of this 15 subparagraph (2), and for the next tax year elects not to take 16 advantage of this subparagraph, the resident or estate or 17 trust shareholder shall not reelect to take advantage of this 18 subparagraph for the three tax years immediately following the 19 first tax year for which the shareholder elected not to take 20 advantage of this subparagraph, unless the director consents to 21 the reelection. This subparagraph also applies to individuals 22 who are residents of Iowa for less than the entire tax year. 23 (b) This subparagraph (2) shall not affect the amount of 24 the taxpayer’s checkoffs under this division , the credits from 25 tax provided under this division , and the allocation of these 26 credits between spouses if the taxpayers filed separate returns 27 or separately on combined returns . 28 Sec. 14. Section 422.5, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 29 by striking the subsection. 30 Sec. 15. Section 422.5, subsections 3 and 3B, Code 2018, are 31 amended to read as follows: 32 3. a. The tax shall not be imposed on a resident or 33 nonresident whose net income, as defined in section 422.7 , is 34 thirteen thousand five hundred dollars or less in the case 35 -5- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 5/ 130
S.F. _____ of married persons filing jointly or filing separately on a 1 combined return , heads of household, and surviving spouses or 2 nine thousand dollars or less in the case of all other persons; 3 but in the event that the payment of tax under this division 4 would reduce the net income to less than thirteen thousand five 5 hundred dollars or nine thousand dollars as applicable, then 6 the tax shall be reduced to that amount which would result 7 in allowing the taxpayer to retain a net income of thirteen 8 thousand five hundred dollars or nine thousand dollars as 9 applicable. The preceding sentence does not apply to estates 10 or trusts. For the purpose of this subsection , the entire net 11 income, including any part of the net income not allocated 12 to Iowa, shall be taken into account. For purposes of this 13 subsection , net income includes all amounts of pensions or 14 other retirement income, except for military retirement pay 15 excluded under section 422.7, subsection 31A , paragraph “a” , 16 or section 422.7, subsection 31B , paragraph “a” , received from 17 any source which is not taxable under this division as a result 18 of the government pension exclusions in section 422.7 , or any 19 other state law. If the combined net income of a husband and 20 wife exceeds thirteen thousand five hundred dollars, neither 21 of them shall receive the benefit of this subsection , and it 22 is immaterial whether they file a joint return or separate 23 returns. However, if a husband and wife file separate returns 24 and have a combined net income of thirteen thousand five 25 hundred dollars or less, neither spouse shall receive the 26 benefit of this paragraph, if one spouse has a net operating 27 loss and elects to carry back or carry forward the loss as 28 provided under the Internal Revenue Code or in section 422.9 , 29 subsection 3 . A person who is claimed as a dependent by 30 another person as defined in section 422.12 shall not receive 31 the benefit of this subsection if the person claiming the 32 dependent has net income exceeding thirteen thousand five 33 hundred dollars or nine thousand dollars as applicable or the 34 person claiming the dependent and the person’s spouse have 35 -6- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 6/ 130
S.F. _____ combined net income exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred 1 dollars or nine thousand dollars as applicable. 2 b. In lieu of the computation in subsection 1 or 2 , or in 3 paragraph “a” of this subsection , if the married persons’ , 4 filing jointly or filing separately on a combined return , 5 head of household’s, or surviving spouse’s net income exceeds 6 thirteen thousand five hundred dollars, the regular tax imposed 7 under this division shall be the lesser of the maximum state 8 individual income tax rate for the tax year times the portion 9 of the net income in excess of thirteen thousand five hundred 10 dollars or the regular tax liability computed without regard 11 to this sentence. Taxpayers electing to file separately shall 12 compute the alternate tax described in this paragraph using the 13 total net income of the husband and wife. The alternate tax 14 described in this paragraph does not apply if one spouse elects 15 to carry back or carry forward the loss as provided under the 16 Internal Revenue Code or in section 422.9 , subsection 3 . 17 3B. a. The tax shall not be imposed on a resident or 18 nonresident who is at least sixty-five years old on December 19 31 of the tax year and whose net income, as defined in section 20 422.7 , is thirty-two thousand dollars or less in the case 21 of married persons filing jointly or filing separately on a 22 combined return , heads of household, and surviving spouses or 23 twenty-four thousand dollars or less in the case of all other 24 persons; but in the event that the payment of tax under this 25 division would reduce the net income to less than thirty-two 26 thousand dollars or twenty-four thousand dollars as applicable, 27 then the tax shall be reduced to that amount which would result 28 in allowing the taxpayer to retain a net income of thirty-two 29 thousand dollars or twenty-four thousand dollars as applicable. 30 The preceding sentence does not apply to estates or trusts. 31 For the purpose of this subsection , the entire net income, 32 including any part of the net income not allocated to Iowa, 33 shall be taken into account. For purposes of this subsection , 34 net income includes all amounts of pensions or other retirement 35 -7- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 7/ 130
S.F. _____ income, except for military retirement pay excluded under 1 section 422.7, subsection 31A , paragraph “a” , or section 422.7, 2 subsection 31B , paragraph “a” , received from any source which is 3 not taxable under this division as a result of the government 4 pension exclusions in section 422.7 , or any other state law. 5 If the combined net income of a husband and wife exceeds 6 thirty-two thousand dollars, neither of them shall receive the 7 benefit of this subsection , and it is immaterial whether they 8 file a joint return or separate returns. However, if a husband 9 and wife file separate returns and have a combined net income 10 of thirty-two thousand dollars or less, neither spouse shall 11 receive the benefit of this paragraph, if one spouse has a net 12 operating loss and elects to carry back or carry forward the 13 loss as provided under the Internal Revenue Code or in section 14 422.9 , subsection 3 . A person who is claimed as a dependent by 15 another person as defined in section 422.12 shall not receive 16 the benefit of this subsection if the person claiming the 17 dependent has net income exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars 18 or twenty-four thousand dollars as applicable or the person 19 claiming the dependent and the person’s spouse have combined 20 net income exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars or twenty-four 21 thousand dollars as applicable. 22 b. In lieu of the computation in subsection 1 , 2, or 3 , if 23 the married persons’ , filing jointly or filing separately on 24 a combined return , head of household’s, or surviving spouse’s 25 net income exceeds thirty-two thousand dollars, the regular tax 26 imposed under this division shall be the lesser of the maximum 27 state individual income tax rate for the tax year times the 28 portion of the net income in excess of thirty-two thousand 29 dollars or the regular tax liability computed without regard 30 to this sentence. Taxpayers electing to file separately shall 31 compute the alternate tax described in this paragraph using the 32 total net income of the husband and wife. The alternate tax 33 described in this paragraph does not apply if one spouse elects 34 to carry back or carry forward the loss as provided under the 35 -8- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 8/ 130
S.F. _____ Internal Revenue Code or in section 422.9 , subsection 3 . 1 c. This subsection applies even though one spouse has not 2 attained the age of sixty-five, if the other spouse is at least 3 sixty-five at the end of the tax year. 4 Sec. 16. Section 422.5, subsection 6, Code 2018, is amended 5 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 6 following: 7 6. Upon determination of the latest cumulative inflation 8 factor, the director shall reduce each tax rate in subsection 9 1, paragraphs “a” through “d” , and paragraph “e” , subparagraph 10 (4), by the same percentage that the latest cumulative 11 inflation factor exceeds one hundred percent, shall round off 12 the resulting rate to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, 13 and shall incorporate the result into the income tax forms and 14 instructions for each tax year. 15 Sec. 17. Section 422.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, 16 is amended to read as follows: 17 The term “net income” means the adjusted gross income before 18 the net operating loss deduction taxable income as properly 19 computed for federal income tax purposes under section 63 the 20 Internal Revenue Code, with the following adjustments: 21 Sec. 18. Section 422.7, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 22 following new subsections: 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. Add any federal net operating loss 24 deduction carried over from a taxable year beginning prior to 25 January 1, 2019. 26 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. a. For tax years beginning in the 2019 27 calendar year, subtract the amount of federal income taxes 28 paid during the tax year to the extent payment is for a tax 29 year beginning prior to January 1, 2019, and add any federal 30 income tax refunds received during the tax year to the extent 31 the federal income tax was deducted for a tax year beginning 32 prior to January 1, 2019. Where married persons who have filed 33 a joint federal income tax return file separately for state tax 34 purposes, such total shall be divided between them according 35 -9- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 9/ 130
S.F. _____ to the portion of the total paid by each. Federal income taxes 1 paid for a tax year in which an Iowa return was not required to 2 be filed shall not be subtracted. 3 b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 4 contrary, amounts subtracted or added pursuant to this 5 subsection shall not be included in the calculation of net 6 income for purposes of section 422.5, subsection 3 or 3B, or 7 section 422.13. 8 Sec. 19. Section 422.7, subsection 12, paragraph a, 9 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 If For tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2022, if the 12 adjusted gross federal taxable income includes income or loss 13 from a small business operated by the taxpayer, an additional 14 deduction shall be allowed in computing the income or loss from 15 the small business if the small business hired for employment 16 in the state during its annual accounting period ending with or 17 during the taxpayer’s tax year any of the following: 18 Sec. 20. Section 422.7, subsection 12A, paragraph a, 19 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 If For tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2022, if the 22 adjusted gross federal taxable income includes income or loss 23 from a business operated by the taxpayer, and if the business 24 does not qualify for the adjustment under subsection 12 , an 25 additional deduction shall be allowed in computing the income 26 or loss from the business if the business hired for employment 27 in the state during its annual accounting period ending with or 28 during the taxpayer’s tax year either of the following: 29 Sec. 21. Section 422.7, subsection 13, Code 2018, is amended 30 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 31 following: 32 13. Subtract, to the extent included, the amount of social 33 security benefits taxable under section 86 of the Internal 34 Revenue Code. 35 -10- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 10/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 22. Section 422.7, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsections: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 18. Add, to the extent deducted for federal 3 tax purposes, charitable contributions under section 170 of 4 the Internal Revenue Code to the extent such contribution was 5 made to an organization for the purpose of deposit in the Iowa 6 education savings plan trust established in chapter 12D, and 7 the taxpayer designated that any part of the contribution be 8 used for the direct benefit of any dependent of the taxpayer or 9 any other single beneficiary designated by the taxpayer. 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 19. a. Subtract, to the extent included, 11 income resulting from the payment by an employer of the 12 taxpayer, whether paid to the taxpayer or to a lender, of 13 principal or interest on any qualified education loan incurred 14 by the taxpayer. 15 b. If the taxpayer has a deduction in computing federal 16 taxable income under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code 17 for interest on a qualified education loan, the taxpayer shall 18 recompute for purposes of this subsection the amount of the 19 deduction under paragraph “a” by not subtracting any amount of 20 income resulting from the employer’s payment of interest on a 21 qualified education loan that was also deducted by the taxpayer 22 under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code. 23 c. For purposes of this subsection, “qualified education 24 loan” means the same as defined in section 221 of the Internal 25 Revenue Code. 26 Sec. 23. Section 422.7, subsection 31, Code 2018, is amended 27 to read as follows: 28 31. For a person who is disabled, or is fifty-five years of 29 age or older, or is the surviving spouse of an individual or 30 a survivor having an insurable interest in an individual who 31 would have qualified for the exemption under this subsection 32 for the tax year, subtract, to the extent included, the 33 total amount of a governmental or other pension or retirement 34 pay, including, but not limited to, defined benefit or 35 -11- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 11/ 130
S.F. _____ defined contribution plans, annuities, individual retirement 1 accounts, plans maintained or contributed to by an employer, 2 or maintained or contributed to by a self-employed person as 3 an employer, and deferred compensation plans or any earnings 4 attributable to the deferred compensation plans, up to a 5 maximum of six ten thousand dollars for a person, other than a 6 husband or wife, who files a separate state income tax return 7 and up to a maximum of twelve twenty thousand dollars for a 8 husband and wife who file a joint state income tax return. 9 However, a surviving spouse who is not disabled or fifty-five 10 years of age or older can only exclude the amount of pension or 11 retirement pay received as a result of the death of the other 12 spouse. A husband and wife filing separate state income tax 13 returns or separately on a combined state return are allowed 14 a combined maximum exclusion under this subsection of up to 15 twelve twenty thousand dollars. The twelve twenty thousand 16 dollar exclusion shall be allocated to the husband or wife 17 in the proportion that each spouse’s respective pension and 18 retirement pay received bears to total combined pension and 19 retirement pay received. 20 Sec. 24. Section 422.7, subsection 41, Code 2018, is amended 21 by adding the following new paragraph: 22 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0e. Add, to the extent deducted for 23 federal tax purposes, interest, taxes, and other miscellaneous 24 expenses to the extent such amounts are eligible home costs 25 in connection with a qualified home purchase that were paid 26 or reimbursed from funds in a first-time homebuyer savings 27 account. 28 Sec. 25. Section 422.7, subsection 44, paragraph a, 29 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 If For tax years beginning before January 1, 2022, if the 32 taxpayer, while living, donates one or more of the taxpayer’s 33 human organs to another human being for immediate human organ 34 transplantation during the tax year, subtract, to the extent 35 -12- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 12/ 130
S.F. _____ not otherwise excluded, the following unreimbursed expenses 1 incurred by the taxpayer and related to the taxpayer’s organ 2 donation: 3 Sec. 26. Section 422.7, subsection 47, Code 2018, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 47. Subtract, to the extent not otherwise deducted in 6 computing adjusted gross federal taxable income, the amounts 7 paid by the taxpayer to the department of veterans affairs for 8 the purpose of providing grants under the injured veterans 9 grant program established in section 35A.14 . Amounts 10 subtracted under this subsection shall not be used by the 11 taxpayer in computing the amount of charitable contributions as 12 defined by section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. 13 Sec. 27. Section 422.7, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 14 following new subsection: 15 NEW SUBSECTION . 51. The additional first-year depreciation 16 allowance authorized in section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue 17 Code does not apply in computing net income for state tax 18 purposes. If the taxpayer has taken the additional first-year 19 depreciation allowance for purposes of computing federal 20 taxable income, then the taxpayer shall make the following 21 adjustments to federal taxable income when computing net income 22 for state tax purposes: 23 a. Add the total amount of depreciation taken under section 24 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code for the tax year. 25 b. Subtract the amount of depreciation allowable under the 26 modified accelerated cost recovery system described in section 27 168 of the Internal Revenue Code and calculated without regard 28 to section 168(k). 29 c. Any other adjustments to gains or losses necessary to 30 reflect the adjustments made in paragraphs “a” and “b” . The 31 director shall adopt rules for the administration of this 32 paragraph. 33 Sec. 28. Section 422.7, subsections 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 34 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 39, 39A, 35 -13- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 13/ 130
S.F. _____ 39B, 40, 43, 45, 49, 53, 55, 56, 57, and 58, Code 2018, are 1 amended by striking the subsections. 2 Sec. 29. Section 422.8, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 3 by striking the subsection. 4 Sec. 30. Section 422.9, Code 2018, is amended by striking 5 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 6 422.9 Iowa net operating loss incurred prior to January 1, 7 2019. 8 Any Iowa net operating loss carried over from a taxable year 9 beginning prior to January 1, 2019, may be deducted as provided 10 in section 422.9, subsection 3, Code 2018. 11 Sec. 31. Section 422.11S, subsection 4, Code 2018, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 4. Married taxpayers who file separate returns or file 14 separately on a combined return form must determine the tax 15 credit under subsection 1 based upon their combined net income 16 and allocate the total credit amount to each spouse in the 17 proportion that each spouse’s respective net income bears to 18 the total combined net income. Nonresidents or part-year 19 residents of Iowa must determine their tax credit in the ratio 20 of their Iowa source net income to their all source net income. 21 Nonresidents or part-year residents who are married and elect 22 to file separate returns or to file separately on a combined 23 return form must allocate the tax credit between the spouses 24 in the ratio of each spouse’s Iowa source net income to the 25 combined Iowa source net income of the taxpayers. 26 Sec. 32. Section 422.12B, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 2. Married taxpayers electing to file separate returns or 29 filing separately on a combined return may avail themselves 30 of the earned income credit by allocating the earned income 31 credit to each spouse in the proportion that each spouse’s 32 respective earned income bears to the total combined earned 33 income. Taxpayers affected by the allocation provisions of 34 section 422.8 shall be permitted a deduction for the credit 35 -14- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 14/ 130
S.F. _____ only in the amount fairly and equitably allocable to Iowa under 1 rules prescribed by the director. 2 Sec. 33. Section 422.12C, subsection 4, Code 2018, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. Married taxpayers who have filed joint federal returns 5 electing to file separate returns or to file separately on a 6 combined return form must determine the child and dependent 7 care credit under subsection 1 or the early childhood 8 development tax credit under subsection 2 based upon their 9 combined net income and allocate the total credit amount to 10 each spouse in the proportion that each spouse’s respective net 11 income bears to the total combined net income. Nonresidents 12 or part-year residents of Iowa must determine their Iowa child 13 and dependent care credit in the ratio of their Iowa source 14 net income to their all source net income. Nonresidents or 15 part-year residents who are married and elect to file separate 16 returns or to file separately on a combined return form must 17 allocate the Iowa child and dependent care credit between the 18 spouses in the ratio of each spouse’s Iowa source net income to 19 the combined Iowa source net income of the taxpayers. 20 Sec. 34. Section 422.13, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 21 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph. 22 Sec. 35. Section 422.16, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 23 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph. 24 Sec. 36. Section 422.21, subsections 2, 5, and 7, Code 2018, 25 are amended to read as follows: 26 2. An individual in the armed forces of the United States 27 serving in an area designated by the president of the United 28 States or the United States Congress as a combat zone or as a 29 qualified hazardous duty area, or deployed outside the United 30 States away from the individual’s permanent duty station while 31 participating in an operation designated by the United States 32 secretary of defense as a contingency operation as defined 33 in 10 U.S.C. §101(a)(13), or which became such a contingency 34 operation by the operation of law, or an individual serving in 35 -15- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 15/ 130
S.F. _____ support of those forces, is allowed the same additional time 1 period after leaving the combat zone or the qualified hazardous 2 duty area, or ceasing to participate in such contingency 3 operation, or after a period of continuous hospitalization, to 4 file a state income tax return or perform other acts related 5 to the department, as would constitute timely filing of the 6 return or timely performance of other acts described in section 7 7508(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. An individual on active 8 duty federal military service in the armed forces, armed forces 9 military reserve, or national guard who is deployed outside 10 the United States in other than a combat zone, qualified 11 hazardous duty area, or contingency operation is allowed the 12 same additional period of time described in section 7508(a) 13 of the Internal Revenue Code to file a state income tax 14 return or perform other acts related to the department. For 15 the purposes of this subsection , “other acts related to the 16 department” includes filing claims for refund for any tax 17 administered by the department, making tax payments other than 18 withholding payments, filing appeals on the tax matters, filing 19 other tax returns, and performing other acts described in the 20 department’s rules. The additional time period allowed applies 21 to the spouse of the individual described in this subsection 22 to the extent the spouse files jointly or separately on the 23 combined return form with the individual or when the spouse 24 is a party with the individual to any matter for which the 25 additional time period is allowed. 26 5. The director shall determine for the 1989 2022 and each 27 subsequent calendar year the annual and cumulative inflation 28 factors for each calendar year to be applied to tax years 29 beginning on or after January 1 of that calendar year. The 30 director shall compute the new dollar amounts tax rates 31 as specified to be adjusted in section 422.5 by the latest 32 cumulative inflation factor and round off the result to the 33 nearest one dollar one-hundredth of one percent . The annual 34 and cumulative inflation factors determined by the director 35 -16- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 16/ 130
S.F. _____ are not rules as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 11 . The 1 director shall determine for the 1990 calendar year and each 2 subsequent calendar year the annual and cumulative standard 3 deduction factors to be applied to tax years beginning on or 4 after January 1 of that calendar year. The director shall 5 compute the new dollar amounts of the standard deductions 6 specified in section 422.9, subsection 1 , by the latest 7 cumulative standard deduction factor and round off the result 8 to the nearest ten dollars. The annual and cumulative standard 9 deduction factors determined by the director are not rules as 10 defined in section 17A.2, subsection 11 . 11 7. If married taxpayers file a joint return or file 12 separately on a combined return in accordance with rules 13 prescribed by the director, both spouses are jointly and 14 severally liable for the total tax due on the return, except 15 when one spouse is considered to be an innocent spouse under 16 criteria established pursuant to section 6015 of the Internal 17 Revenue Code. 18 Sec. 37. Section 422.32, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 19 2018, is amended to read as follows: 20 h. “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code 21 of 1954, prior to the date of its redesignation as the Internal 22 Revenue Code of 1986 by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, or means 23 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended and in effect 24 on January 1, 2015 . This definition shall not be construed 25 to include any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code enacted 26 after the date specified in the preceding sentence, including 27 any amendment with retroactive applicability or effectiveness. 28 Sec. 38. Section 422.33, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c, 29 and d, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 30 a. On the first twenty-five thousand dollars of taxable 31 income, or any part thereof, the rate of six percent for tax 32 years beginning prior to January 1, 2021, and the rate of 33 five and one-half percent for tax years beginning on or after 34 January 1, 2021 . 35 -17- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 17/ 130
S.F. _____ b. On taxable income between twenty-five thousand dollars 1 and one hundred thousand dollars or any part thereof, the rate 2 of eight percent for tax years beginning prior to January 1, 3 2021, and the rate of five and one-half percent for tax years 4 beginning on or after January 1, 2021 . 5 c. On taxable income between one hundred thousand dollars 6 and two hundred fifty thousand dollars or any part thereof, the 7 rate of ten percent for tax years beginning prior to January 1, 8 2020, the rate of eight percent for tax years beginning during 9 the 2020 calendar year, and the rate of five and one-half 10 percent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021 . 11 d. On taxable income of two hundred fifty thousand dollars 12 or more, the rate of twelve ten percent for tax years beginning 13 on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2021, the 14 rate of eight percent for tax years beginning during the 2021 15 calendar year, and the rate of seven percent for tax years 16 beginning on or after January 1, 2022 . 17 Sec. 39. Section 422.33, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 18 by striking the subsection. 19 Sec. 40. Section 422.35, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, 20 is amended to read as follows: 21 The term “net income” means the taxable income before the 22 net operating loss deduction, as properly computed for federal 23 income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, with the 24 following adjustments: 25 Sec. 41. Section 422.35, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 26 to read as follows: 27 4. Subtract fifty percent of the federal income taxes paid 28 or accrued, as the case may be, during the tax year to the 29 extent payment is for a tax year beginning prior to January 1, 30 2019 , adjusted by any federal income tax refunds ; and add the 31 Iowa income tax deducted in computing said taxable income to 32 the extent the tax was deducted for a tax year beginning prior 33 to January 1, 2019 . 34 Sec. 42. Section 422.35, subsection 6, paragraph a, 35 -18- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 18/ 130
S.F. _____ unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 If For tax years beginning before January 1, 2022, if the 3 taxpayer is a small business corporation, subtract an amount 4 equal to sixty-five percent of the wages paid to individuals, 5 but not to exceed twenty thousand dollars per individual, named 6 in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) who were hired for the first 7 time by the taxpayer during the tax year for work done in this 8 state: 9 Sec. 43. Section 422.35, subsection 6A, paragraph a, 10 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 If For tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2022, if the 13 taxpayer is a business corporation and does not qualify for 14 the adjustment under subsection 6 , subtract an amount equal to 15 sixty-five percent of the wages paid to individuals, but shall 16 not exceed twenty thousand dollars per individual, named in 17 subparagraphs (1) and (2) who were hired for the first time by 18 the taxpayer during the tax year for work done in this state: 19 Sec. 44. Section 422.35, subsection 11, Code 2018, is 20 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 21 thereof the following: 22 11. a. Add any federal net operating loss deduction carried 23 over from a taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 2019. 24 b. Any Iowa net operating loss carried over from a taxable 25 year beginning prior to January 1, 2019, may be deducted as 26 provided in section 422.35, subsection 11, Code 2018. 27 Sec. 45. Section 422.35, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 28 following new subsection: 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 23. The additional first-year depreciation 30 allowance authorized in section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue 31 Code does not apply in computing net income for state tax 32 purposes. If the taxpayer has taken the additional first-year 33 depreciation allowance for purposes of computing federal 34 taxable income, then the taxpayer shall make the following 35 -19- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 19/ 130
S.F. _____ adjustments to federal taxable income when computing net income 1 for state tax purposes: 2 a. Add the total amount of depreciation taken under section 3 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code for the tax year. 4 b. Subtract the amount of depreciation allowable under the 5 modified accelerated cost recovery system described in section 6 168 of the Internal Revenue Code and calculated without regard 7 to section 168(k). 8 c. Any other adjustments to gains or losses necessary to 9 reflect the adjustments made in paragraphs “a” and “b” . The 10 director shall adopt rules for the administration of this 11 paragraph. 12 Sec. 46. Section 422.35, subsections 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 16, 13 17, 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 20, 22, and 24, Code 2018, are amended by 14 striking the subsections. 15 Sec. 47. Section 541B.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 16 2018, is amended to read as follows: 17 b. A married couple electing to file a joint Iowa individual 18 income tax return may establish a joint first-time homebuyer 19 savings account. Married taxpayers electing to file separate 20 tax returns or separately on a combined tax return for Iowa tax 21 purposes shall not establish or maintain a joint first-time 22 homebuyer savings account. 23 Sec. 48. Section 541B.6, Code 2018, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 541B.6 Tax considerations. 26 The state income tax treatment of a first-time homebuyer 27 savings account shall be as provided in section 422.7, 28 subsection 41 , and section 422.9, subsection 2 , paragraph “k” . 29 Sec. 49. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 30 effect January 1, 2019. 31 Sec. 50. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 32 to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 33 DIVISION III 34 TAX CREDITS 35 -20- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 20/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 51. Section 8.57E, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 2. Moneys in the taxpayers trust fund shall only be used 3 pursuant to appropriations or transfers made by the general 4 assembly for tax relief. During each fiscal year beginning on 5 or after July 1, 2014, but before June 30, 2020, in which the 6 balance of the taxpayers trust fund equals or exceeds thirty 7 million dollars, there is transferred from the taxpayers trust 8 fund to the Iowa taxpayers trust fund tax credit fund created 9 in section 422.11E , the entire balance of the taxpayers trust 10 fund to be used for the Iowa taxpayers trust fund tax credit in 11 accordance with section 422.11E, subsection 5 . 12 Sec. 52. Section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 13 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 14 lieu thereof the following: 15 a. The high quality jobs program administered pursuant 16 to sections 15.326 through 15.336. In allocating tax 17 credits pursuant to this subsection, the authority shall not 18 allocate more than eighty million dollars for purposes of this 19 paragraph. 20 Sec. 53. Section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraphs d, e, and 21 g, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 22 d. The tax credits for investments in qualifying businesses 23 issued pursuant to section 15E.43 . In allocating tax credits 24 pursuant to this subsection , the authority shall not allocate 25 two more than four million dollars for purposes of this 26 paragraph , unless the authority determines that the tax credits 27 awarded will be less than that amount . 28 e. The tax credits for investments in an innovation fund 29 pursuant to section 15E.52 . In allocating tax credits pursuant 30 to this subsection in a fiscal year in which the allocation for 31 purposes of paragraph “d” does not exceed two million dollars , 32 the authority shall not allocate more than eight million 33 dollars for purposes of this paragraph , unless the authority 34 determines that the tax credits awarded will be less than that 35 -21- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 21/ 130
S.F. _____ amount . In allocating tax credits pursuant to this subsection 1 in a fiscal year in which the allocation for purposes of 2 paragraph “d” exceeds two million dollars, the authority shall 3 not allocate for purposes of this paragraph an amount that 4 exceeds an amount equal to the difference of eight million 5 dollars less the amount that the allocation for purposes of 6 paragraph “d” exceeds two million dollars for the same fiscal 7 year. 8 g. The workforce housing tax incentives program administered 9 pursuant to sections 15.351 through 15.356 . In allocating 10 tax credits pursuant to this subsection , the authority shall 11 not allocate more than twenty twenty-two million dollars for 12 purposes of this paragraph. Of the moneys allocated under this 13 paragraph, five seven million dollars shall be reserved for 14 allocation to qualified housing projects in small cities, as 15 defined in section 15.352 , that are registered on or after July 16 1, 2017. 17 Sec. 54. Section 15.329, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 18 2018, is amended to read as follows: 19 f. The business shall not be a retail business or a business 20 where entrance is limited by a cover charge or membership 21 requirement , or a web search portal business as defined in 22 section 423.3, subsection 93, or a data center business as 23 defined in section 423.3, subsection 95, unless such web search 24 portal business or data center business had a physical presence 25 in this state prior to July 1, 2018 . 26 Sec. 55. Section 15.331A, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 1. The eligible business shall be entitled to a refund 29 of the sales and use taxes paid under chapter 423 for gas, 30 electricity, water, or sewer utility services, goods, wares, or 31 merchandise, or on services rendered, furnished, or performed 32 to or for a contractor or subcontractor and used in the 33 fulfillment of a written contract relating to the construction 34 or equipping of a facility that is part of a project of the 35 -22- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 22/ 130
S.F. _____ eligible business. Taxes attributable to intangible property 1 and furniture and furnishings shall not be refunded. However, 2 an eligible business shall be entitled to a refund for taxes 3 attributable to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment to be 4 used in a warehouse or distribution center subject to section 5 15.331C . 6 Sec. 56. Section 15.331C, Code 2018, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 15.331C Corporate tax credit for certain sales taxes paid by 9 third-party developer. 10 1. An eligible business may claim a corporate tax credit 11 in an amount equal to the sales and use taxes paid by a 12 third-party developer under chapter 423 for gas, electricity, 13 water, or sewer utility services, goods, wares, or merchandise, 14 or on services rendered, furnished, or performed to or for a 15 contractor or subcontractor and used in the fulfillment of a 16 written contract relating to the construction or equipping of 17 a facility of the eligible business. Taxes attributable to 18 intangible property and furniture and furnishings shall not 19 be included , but taxes attributable to racks, shelving, and 20 conveyor equipment to be used in a warehouse or distribution 21 center shall be included . Any credit in excess of the tax 22 liability for the tax year may be credited to the tax liability 23 for the following seven years or until depleted, whichever 24 occurs earlier. An eligible business may elect to receive a 25 refund of all or a portion of an unused tax credit. 26 2. A third-party developer shall state under oath, on 27 forms provided by the department of revenue, the amount of 28 taxes paid as described in subsection 1 and shall submit such 29 forms to the department of revenue. The taxes paid shall be 30 itemized to allow identification of the taxes attributable 31 to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment to be used in a 32 warehouse or distribution center. After receiving the form 33 from the third-party developer, the department of revenue shall 34 issue a tax credit certificate to the eligible business equal 35 -23- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 23/ 130
S.F. _____ to the sales and use taxes paid by a third-party developer 1 under chapter 423 for gas, electricity, water, or sewer 2 utility services, goods, wares, or merchandise, or on services 3 rendered, furnished, or performed to or for a contractor or 4 subcontractor and used in the fulfillment of a written contract 5 relating to the construction or equipping of a facility. 6 The department of revenue shall also issue a tax credit 7 certificate to the eligible business equal to the taxes paid 8 and attributable to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment to 9 be used in a warehouse or distribution center. The aggregate 10 combined total amount of tax refunds under section 15.331A for 11 taxes attributable to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment 12 to be used in a warehouse or distribution center and of tax 13 credit certificates issued by the department of revenue for the 14 taxes paid and attributable to racks, shelving, and conveyor 15 equipment to be used in a warehouse or distribution center 16 shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars in a fiscal 17 year. If an applicant for a tax credit certificate does not 18 receive a certificate for the taxes paid and attributable 19 to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment to be used in a 20 warehouse or distribution center, the application shall be 21 considered in succeeding fiscal years. The eligible business 22 shall not claim a tax credit under this section unless a tax 23 credit certificate issued by the department of revenue is 24 included with the taxpayer’s tax return for the tax year for 25 which the tax credit is claimed. A tax credit certificate 26 shall contain the eligible business’s name, address, tax 27 identification number, the amount of the tax credit, and other 28 information deemed necessary by the department of revenue. 29 Sec. 57. Section 15.335, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 30 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 31 lieu thereof the following: 32 b. For purposes of this section, “Internal Revenue Code” 33 means the same as defined in section 422.3. 34 Sec. 58. Section 15.335, subsection 8, Code 2018, is amended 35 -24- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 24/ 130
S.F. _____ by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 following: 2 8. Any tax credit in excess of the taxpayer’s liability for 3 the tax year is not refundable and may not be credited to the 4 tax liability for any other year. 5 Sec. 59. Section 16.80, subsection 5, paragraphs a and b, 6 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 7 a. Except as provided in paragraph “b” , the tax credit shall 8 equal five seven percent of the amount paid to the taxpayer 9 under the agreement. 10 b. The tax credit shall equal fifteen seventeen percent 11 of the amount paid to the taxpayer from crops or animals sold 12 under an agreement in which the payment is exclusively made 13 from the sale of crops or animals. 14 Sec. 60. Section 16.80, subsection 10, Code 2018, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 10. The amount of tax credit certificates that may be issued 17 pursuant to this section shall not exceed six eight million 18 dollars in any fiscal year. The authority shall issue the tax 19 credit certificates on a first-come, first-served basis. 20 Sec. 61. NEW SECTION . 260G.8 Future repeal. 21 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2025. 22 Sec. 62. Section 403.19A, subsection 3, paragraph c, 23 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 24 (2) The pilot project city and the economic development 25 authority shall not enter into a withholding agreement after 26 June 30, 2018 2019 . 27 Sec. 63. Section 404A.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 28 2018, is amended to read as follows: 29 a. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 , the authority 30 shall not award in any one fiscal year an amount of tax credits 31 provided in section 404A.2 in excess of forty-five thirty-five 32 million dollars. 33 Sec. 64. Section 404A.4, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2018, are 34 amended by striking the subsections. 35 -25- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 25/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 65. NEW SECTION . 404A.7 Future repeal. 1 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2025. 2 Sec. 66. Section 422.10, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 3 by adding the following new paragraph: 4 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0a. An individual shall only be eligible for 5 the credit provided in this section if the business conducting 6 the research meets all of the following requirements: 7 (1) (a) The business is engaged in the manufacturing, 8 life sciences, software engineering, or aviation and aerospace 9 industry. 10 (b) A person who is engaged in agricultural production 11 as defined in section 423.1, or who is a contractor, 12 subcontractor, builder, or a contractor-retailer that engages 13 in commercial and residential repair and installation, 14 including but not limited to heating or cooling installation 15 and repair, plumbing and pipe fitting, security system 16 installation, or electrical installation and repair, does not 17 qualify under subparagraph division (a) and is not eligible 18 for the credit. For purposes of this subparagraph division, 19 “contractor-retailer” means a business that makes frequent 20 retail sales to the public or to other contractors and that 21 also engages in the performance of construction contracts. 22 (2) The business claims and is allowed a research credit 23 for such qualified research expenses under section 41 of the 24 Internal Revenue Code for the same taxable year as it is 25 claiming the credit provided in this section. 26 Sec. 67. Section 422.10, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended 27 by adding the following new paragraph: 28 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0a. For purposes of this section, “base 29 amount” means the product of the fixed-based percentage times 30 the average annual gross receipts of the taxpayer for the four 31 taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the credit 32 is being determined, but in no event shall the base amount be 33 less than fifty percent of the qualified research expenses for 34 the credit year. 35 -26- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 26/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 68. Section 422.10, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2018, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. For purposes of this section , “base amount” , “basic 3 research payment” , and “qualified research expense” mean the 4 same as defined for the federal credit for increasing research 5 activities under section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, 6 except that for the alternative simplified credit such amounts 7 are for research conducted within this state. 8 Sec. 69. Section 422.10, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 9 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph. 10 Sec. 70. Section 422.11B, Code 2018, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 422.11B Minimum tax credit. 13 1. a. There For tax years beginning before January 1, 2020, 14 there is allowed as a credit against the tax determined in 15 section 422.5, subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” for a 16 tax year an amount equal to the minimum tax credit for that tax 17 year. 18 b. The minimum tax credit for a tax year is the excess, if 19 any, of the net minimum tax imposed for all prior tax years 20 beginning on or after January 1, 1987, but before January 1, 21 2019, over the amount allowable as a credit under this section 22 for those prior tax years. 23 2. a. The allowable credit under subsection 1 for a 24 tax year beginning before January 1, 2019, shall not exceed 25 the excess, if any, of the tax determined in section 422.5, 26 subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” over the state 27 alternative minimum tax as determined in section 422.5, 28 subsection 2 , Code 2018 . The allowable credit under subsection 29 1 for a tax year beginning in the 2019 calendar year shall not 30 exceed the tax determined under section 422.5, subsection 1. 31 b. The net minimum tax for a tax year is the excess, if 32 any, of the tax determined in section 422.5, subsection 2 , 33 Code 2018, for the tax year over the tax determined in section 34 422.5, subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” for the tax 35 -27- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 27/ 130
S.F. _____ year. 1 3. This section is repealed January 1, 2020, for tax years 2 beginning on or after January 1, 2020. 3 Sec. 71. Section 422.11E, Code 2018, is amended by adding 4 the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. This section is repealed on January 1, 6 2020. 7 Sec. 72. Section 422.11S, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 8 2018, is amended to read as follows: 9 a. “Eligible student” means a student who is a member of a 10 household whose total annual income during the calendar year 11 before the student receives a tuition grant for purposes of 12 this section does not exceed an amount equal to three four 13 times the most recently published federal poverty guidelines in 14 the federal register by the United States department of health 15 and human services. 16 Sec. 73. Section 422.11S, subsection 8, paragraph a, 17 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 18 (2) “Total approved tax credits” means for the tax year 19 beginning in the 2006 calendar year, two million five hundred 20 thousand dollars, for the tax year beginning in the 2007 21 calendar year, five million dollars, for tax years beginning 22 on or after January 1, 2008, but before January 1, 2012, seven 23 million five hundred thousand dollars, for tax years beginning 24 on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2014, eight 25 million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, and for tax years 26 beginning on or after January 1, 2014, but before January 1, 27 2019, twelve million dollars , and for tax years beginning on or 28 after January 1, 2019, thirteen million dollars . 29 Sec. 74. Section 422.12, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 30 2018, is amended to read as follows: 31 b. A For tax years beginning before January 1, 2022, a 32 tuition credit equal to twenty-five percent of the first one 33 thousand dollars which the taxpayer has paid to others for each 34 dependent in grades kindergarten through twelve, for tuition 35 -28- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 28/ 130
S.F. _____ and textbooks of each dependent in attending an elementary or 1 secondary school situated in Iowa, which school is accredited 2 or approved under section 256.11 , which is not operated for 3 profit, and which adheres to the provisions of the federal 4 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 216 . Notwithstanding 5 any other provision, all other credits allowed under this 6 subsection shall be deducted before the tuition credit under 7 this paragraph. The department, when conducting an audit of 8 a taxpayer’s return, shall also audit the tuition tax credit 9 portion of the tax return. 10 Sec. 75. Section 422.12, subsection 2, paragraph c, 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 12 (1) A For tax years beginning before January 1, 2022, 13 a volunteer fire fighter and volunteer emergency medical 14 services personnel member credit equal to one hundred dollars 15 to compensate the taxpayer for the voluntary services if the 16 volunteer served for the entire tax year. A taxpayer who 17 is a paid employee of an emergency medical services program 18 or a fire department and who is also a volunteer emergency 19 medical services personnel member or volunteer fire fighter in 20 a city, county, or area governed by an agreement pursuant to 21 chapter 28E where the emergency medical services program or 22 fire department performs services, shall qualify for the credit 23 provided under this paragraph “c” . 24 Sec. 76. Section 422.12, subsection 2, paragraph d, 25 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 26 (1) A For tax years beginning before January 1, 2022, a 27 reserve peace officer credit equal to one hundred dollars to 28 compensate the taxpayer for services as a reserve peace officer 29 if the reserve peace officer served for the entire tax year. 30 Sec. 77. Section 422.33, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended 31 by adding the following new paragraph: 32 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0e. A corporation shall only be 33 eligible for the credit provided in this subsection if the 34 business conducting the research meets all of the following 35 -29- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 29/ 130
S.F. _____ requirements: 1 (1) (a) The business is engaged in the manufacturing, 2 life sciences, software engineering, or aviation and aerospace 3 industry. 4 (b) A person who is engaged in agricultural production 5 as defined in section 423.1, or who is a contractor, 6 subcontractor, builder, or a contractor-retailer that engages 7 in commercial and residential repair and installation, 8 including but not limited to heating or cooling installation 9 and repair, plumbing and pipe fitting, security system 10 installation, or electrical installation and repair, does not 11 qualify under subparagraph division (a) and is not eligible 12 for the credit. For purposes of this subparagraph division, 13 “contractor-retailer” means a business that makes frequent 14 retail sales to the public or to other contractors and that 15 also engages in the performance of construction contracts. 16 (2) The business claims and is allowed a research credit 17 for such qualified research expenses under section 41 of the 18 Internal Revenue Code for the same taxable year as it is 19 claiming the credit provided in this subsection. 20 Sec. 78. Section 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code 21 2018, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 22 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (01) For purposes of this section, “base 23 amount” means the product of the fixed-based percentage times 24 the average annual gross receipts of the taxpayer for the four 25 taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the credit 26 is being determined, but in no event shall the base amount be 27 less than fifty percent of the qualified research expenses for 28 the credit year. 29 Sec. 79. Section 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph e, 30 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 31 (1) For purposes of this subsection , “base amount” , “basic 32 research payment” , and “qualified research expense” mean the 33 same as defined for the federal credit for increasing research 34 activities under section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, 35 -30- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 30/ 130
S.F. _____ except that for the alternative simplified credit such amounts 1 are for research conducted within this state. 2 Sec. 80. Section 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph e, 3 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended by striking the 4 subparagraph. 5 Sec. 81. Section 422.33, subsection 7, Code 2018, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 7. a. (1) There For tax years beginning before January 1, 8 2020, there is allowed as a credit against the tax determined 9 in subsection 1 for a tax year an amount equal to the minimum 10 tax credit for that tax year. 11 (2) The minimum tax credit for a tax year is the excess, 12 if any, of the net minimum tax imposed for all prior tax years 13 beginning on or after January 1, 1987, but before January 14 1, 2019, over the amount allowable as a credit under this 15 subsection for those prior tax years. 16 b. (1) The allowable credit under paragraph “a” for a tax 17 year beginning before January 1, 2019, shall not exceed the 18 excess, if any, of the tax determined in subsection 1 over 19 the state alternative minimum tax as determined in subsection 20 4 . The allowable credit under paragraph “a” for a tax year 21 beginning in the 2019 calendar year shall not exceed the tax 22 determined in subsection 1. 23 (2) The net minimum tax for a tax year is the excess, if 24 any, of the tax determined in subsection 4 for the tax year 25 over the tax determined in subsection 1 for the tax year. 26 c. This subsection is repealed January 1, 2020, for tax 27 years beginning on or after January 1, 2020. 28 Sec. 82. 2018 INTERIM TAX CREDIT STUDY. The legislative tax 29 expenditure committee created in section 2.45 shall study all 30 tax credits available under Iowa law during the 2018 interim. 31 The study shall comprehensively review and evaluate each tax 32 credit to assess its cost, equity, simplicity, competitiveness, 33 public purpose, adequacy, effectiveness, and the extent of 34 conformance with the original purpose of the tax credit. The 35 -31- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 31/ 130
S.F. _____ legislative tax expenditure committee shall also consider 1 new or different tax credits or other incentive programs 2 for economic development that will improve predictability, 3 flexibility, and utilization, and put Iowa in the best position 4 for attracting and retaining business in the future. The 5 legislative tax expenditure committee shall submit its findings 6 and recommendations to the general assembly for consideration 7 during the 2019 legislative session. 8 Sec. 83. FUTURE REPEAL. Sections 15.326, 15.327, 15.329, 9 15.330, 15.330A, 15.331A, 15.331C, 15.332, 15.333, 15.333A, 10 15.335, 15.335A, 15.335B, 15.335C, and 15.336, Code 2018, are 11 repealed effective July 1, 2025. 12 Sec. 84. REPEAL. Sections 422.10A, 422.11I, and 422.11N, 13 Code 2018, are repealed. 14 Sec. 85. REPEAL. Section 422.11L, Code 2018, is repealed. 15 Sec. 86. REPEAL. Chapter 190B, Code 2018, is repealed. 16 Sec. 87. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. 17 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 through 11, this 18 division of this Act takes effect January 1, 2019, and applies 19 to tax years beginning on or after that date. 20 2. The section of this division of this Act repealing 21 section 422.11L, takes effect July 1, 2018, and applies to 22 solar energy system installations occurring on or after that 23 date. 24 3. The section of this division of this Act striking and 25 replacing section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, takes 26 effect July 1, 2018. 27 4. The section of this division of this Act amending section 28 15.119, subsection 2, paragraphs “d”, “e”, and “g”, takes 29 effect July 1, 2018. 30 5. The sections of this division of this Act amending 31 section 404A.4 take effect July 1, 2018. 32 6. The section of this division of this Act amending section 33 16.80, subsection 10, takes effect July 1, 2018. 34 7. The sections of this division of this Act enacting 35 -32- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 32/ 130
S.F. _____ section 422.10, subsection 1, paragraph “0a”, and enacting 1 section 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph “0e”, being deemed of 2 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment, and apply 3 retroactively to January 1, 2018, for tax years beginning on or 4 after that date and for tax returns, including amended returns, 5 filed on or after that date for any tax year. 6 8. The sections of this division of this Act amending 7 section 422.10, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, and section 8 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (1), and 9 enacting section 422.10, subsection 3, paragraph “0a”, and 10 section 422.33, subsection 5, paragraph “e”, subparagraph 11 (01), being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon 12 enactment, and apply retroactively to January 1, 2010, for tax 13 years beginning on or after that date. 14 9. The section of this division of this Act amending section 15 15.329, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, takes effect July 1, 2018. 16 10. The section of this division of this Act amending 17 section 403.19A, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), 18 takes effect July 1, 2018. 19 11. The section of this division of this Act establishing 20 a 2018 interim tax credit study by the legislative tax 21 expenditure committee takes effect July 1, 2018. 22 DIVISION IV 23 FRANCHISE TAX AND MONEYS AND CREDITS TAX 24 Sec. 88. Section 15.293A, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 25 2018, is amended to read as follows: 26 a. A redevelopment tax credit shall be allowed against 27 the taxes imposed in chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V , 28 and in chapter 432 , and against the moneys and credits tax 29 imposed in section 533.329 , for a portion of a taxpayer’s 30 equity investment, as provided in subsection 3 , in a qualifying 31 redevelopment project. 32 Sec. 89. Section 15.293A, subsection 2, paragraphs c and f, 33 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 34 c. The tax credit certificate, unless rescinded by the 35 -33- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 33/ 130
S.F. _____ authority, shall be accepted by the department of revenue as 1 payment for taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 422, divisions 2 II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and for the moneys and 3 credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , subject to any 4 conditions or restrictions placed by the authority upon 5 the face of the tax credit certificate and subject to the 6 limitations of this section . 7 f. A tax credit shall not be claimed by a transferee 8 under this section until a replacement tax credit certificate 9 identifying the transferee as the proper holder has been 10 issued. The transferee may use the amount of the tax credit 11 transferred against the taxes imposed in chapter 422, divisions 12 II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and against the moneys and 13 credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , for any tax year the 14 original transferor could have claimed the tax credit. Any 15 consideration received for the transfer of the tax credit shall 16 not be included as income under chapter 422, divisions II, III, 17 and V . Any consideration paid for the transfer of the tax 18 credit shall not be deducted from income under chapter 422, 19 divisions II, III, and V . 20 Sec. 90. Section 15.333, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 1. An eligible business may claim a tax credit equal to a 23 percentage of the new investment directly related to new jobs 24 created or retained by the project. The tax credit shall be 25 amortized equally over five calendar years. The tax credit 26 shall be allowed against taxes imposed under chapter 422, 27 division II, III, or V , and against the moneys and credits tax 28 imposed in section 533.329 . If the business is a partnership, 29 S corporation, limited liability company, cooperative organized 30 under chapter 501 and filing as a partnership for federal tax 31 purposes, or estate or trust electing to have the income taxed 32 directly to the individual, an individual may claim the tax 33 credit allowed. The amount claimed by the individual shall 34 be based upon the pro rata share of the individual’s earnings 35 -34- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 34/ 130
S.F. _____ of the partnership, S corporation, limited liability company, 1 cooperative organized under chapter 501 and filing as a 2 partnership for federal tax purposes, or estate or trust. The 3 percentage shall be determined as provided in section 15.335A . 4 Any tax credit in excess of the tax liability for the tax year 5 may be credited to the tax liability for the following seven 6 years or until depleted, whichever occurs first. 7 Sec. 91. Section 15.355, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 8 2018, is amended to read as follows: 9 b. The tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes imposed 10 in chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , 11 and against the moneys and credits tax imposed in section 12 533.329 . 13 Sec. 92. Section 15.355, subsection 3, paragraph e, 14 subparagraphs (3) and (6), Code 2018, are amended to read as 15 follows: 16 (3) The tax credit certificate, unless rescinded by the 17 authority, shall be accepted by the department of revenue as 18 payment for taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 422, divisions 19 II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and for the moneys and 20 credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , subject to any 21 conditions or restrictions placed by the authority upon 22 the face of the tax credit certificate and subject to the 23 limitations of this program. 24 (6) A tax credit shall not be claimed by a transferee 25 under this section until a replacement tax credit certificate 26 identifying the transferee as the proper holder has been 27 issued. The transferee may use the amount of the tax credit 28 transferred against the taxes imposed in chapter 422, divisions 29 II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and against the moneys and 30 credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , for any tax year the 31 original transferor could have claimed the tax credit. Any 32 consideration received for the transfer of the tax credit shall 33 not be included as income under chapter 422, divisions II, 34 III, and V . Any consideration paid for the transfer of the tax 35 -35- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 35/ 130
S.F. _____ credit shall not be deducted from income under chapter 422, 1 divisions II, III, and V . 2 Sec. 93. Section 15E.43, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d, 3 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 4 a. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, 5 a tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes imposed in 6 chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and 7 against the moneys and credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , 8 for a portion of a taxpayer’s equity investment, as provided in 9 subsection 2 , in a qualifying business. 10 d. For a tax credit claimed against the taxes imposed in 11 chapter 422, division II , any tax credit in excess of the 12 tax liability is refundable. In lieu of claiming a refund, 13 the taxpayer may elect to have the overpayment shown on 14 the taxpayer’s final, completed return credited to the tax 15 liability for the following tax year. For a tax credit claimed 16 against the taxes imposed in chapter 422, divisions III and 17 V , and in chapter 432 , and against the moneys and credits tax 18 imposed in section 533.329 , any tax credit in excess of the 19 taxpayer’s liability for the tax year may be credited to the 20 tax liability for the following three years or until depleted, 21 whichever is earlier. A tax credit shall not be carried back 22 to a tax year prior to the tax year in which the taxpayer 23 redeems the tax credit. 24 Sec. 94. Section 15E.44, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 4. After verifying the eligibility of a qualifying 27 business, the authority shall issue a tax credit certificate 28 to be included with the equity investor’s tax return. The tax 29 credit certificate shall contain the taxpayer’s name, address, 30 tax identification number, the amount of credit, the name of 31 the qualifying business, and other information required by the 32 department of revenue. The tax credit certificate, unless 33 rescinded by the authority, shall be accepted by the department 34 of revenue as payment for taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 35 -36- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 36/ 130
S.F. _____ 422, divisions II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and for the 1 moneys and credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , subject to 2 any conditions or restrictions placed by the authority upon 3 the face of the tax credit certificate and subject to the 4 limitations of section 15E.43 . 5 Sec. 95. Section 15E.52, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 6 2018, is amended to read as follows: 7 a. A tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes imposed 8 in chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , 9 and against the moneys and credits tax imposed in section 10 533.329 , for a portion of a taxpayer’s equity investment in the 11 form of cash in an innovation fund. 12 Sec. 96. Section 15E.52, subsection 13, Code 2018, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 13. The transferee may use the amount of the tax credit 15 transferred against the taxes imposed in chapter 422, divisions 16 II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and against the moneys and 17 credits tax imposed in section 533.329 , for any tax year the 18 original transferor could have claimed the tax credit. Any 19 consideration received for the transfer of the tax credit shall 20 not be included as income under chapter 422, divisions II, III, 21 and V . Any consideration paid for the transfer of the tax 22 credit shall not be deducted from income under chapter 422, 23 divisions II, III, and V . 24 Sec. 97. Section 15E.62, subsection 8, Code 2018, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 8. “Tax credit” means a contingent tax credit issued 27 pursuant to section 15E.66 that is available against tax 28 liabilities imposed by chapter 422, divisions II, III, and 29 V , and by chapter 432 and against the moneys and credits tax 30 imposed by section 533.329 . 31 Sec. 98. Section 15E.305, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 32 amended to read as follows: 33 1. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, 34 a tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes imposed in 35 -37- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 37/ 130
S.F. _____ chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V , and in chapter 432 , and 1 against the moneys and credits tax imposed in section 533.329 2 equal to twenty-five percent of a taxpayer’s endowment gift to 3 an endow Iowa qualified community foundation. An individual 4 may claim a tax credit under this section of a partnership, 5 limited liability company, S corporation, estate, or trust 6 electing to have income taxed directly to the individual. The 7 amount claimed by the individual shall be based upon the pro 8 rata share of the individual’s earnings from the partnership, 9 limited liability company, S corporation, estate, or trust. A 10 tax credit shall be allowed only for an endowment gift made to 11 an endow Iowa qualified community foundation for a permanent 12 endowment fund established to benefit a charitable cause in 13 this state. The amount of the endowment gift for which the 14 tax credit is claimed shall not be deductible in determining 15 taxable income for state income tax purposes. Any tax credit 16 in excess of the taxpayer’s tax liability for the tax year may 17 be credited to the tax liability for the following five years 18 or until depleted, whichever occurs first. A tax credit shall 19 not be carried back to a tax year prior to the tax year in which 20 the taxpayer claims the tax credit. 21 Sec. 99. Section 331.427, subsection 1, unnumbered 22 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 23 Except as otherwise provided by state law, county revenues 24 from taxes and other sources for general county services shall 25 be credited to the general fund of the county, including 26 revenues received under sections 9I.11 , 101A.3 , 101A.7 , 123.36 , 27 123.143 , 142D.9 , 176A.8 , 321.105 , 321.152 , 321G.7 , 321I.8 , 28 section 331.554, subsection 6 , sections 341A.20 , 364.3 , 368.21 , 29 423A.7 , 428A.8 , 433.15 , 434.19 , 445.57 , 453A.35 , 458A.21 , 30 483A.12 , 533.329 , 556B.1 , 583.6 , 602.8108 , 904.908 , and 906.17 , 31 and the following: 32 Sec. 100. Section 422.60, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 33 2018, is amended to read as follows: 34 a. In addition to all taxes imposed under this division , 35 -38- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 38/ 130
S.F. _____ there is imposed upon each financial institution doing business 1 within the state and that is not exempt from the federal income 2 tax, the greater of the tax determined in section 422.63 or 3 the state alternative minimum tax equal to sixty percent of 4 the maximum state franchise tax rate, rounded to the nearest 5 one-tenth of one percent, of the state alternative minimum 6 taxable income of the taxpayer computed under this subsection . 7 Sec. 101. Section 422.60, subsection 3, paragraph a, 8 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 9 (1) There For a financial institution that is not exempt 10 from the federal income tax, there is allowed as a credit 11 against the tax determined in section 422.63 for a tax year an 12 amount equal to the minimum tax credit for that tax year. 13 Sec. 102. Section 422.61, subsections 1, 3, and 4, Code 14 2018, are amended to read as follows: 15 1. “Financial institution” means a state bank as defined 16 in section 524.103, subsection 41 , a state bank chartered 17 under the laws of any other state, a national banking 18 association, a trust company, a federally chartered savings 19 and loan association, an out-of-state state chartered savings 20 bank, a credit union as defined in section 533.102 that is 21 incorporated or organized under chapter 533 or under the laws 22 of another state, a financial institution chartered by the 23 federal home loan bank board, a non-Iowa chartered savings and 24 loan association, or a production credit association , or an 25 agricultural credit association that is a member of the farm 26 credit system under the federal Farm Credit Act, 12 U.S.C. ch. 27 23, as amended . 28 3. a. “Net income” means one of the following: 29 (1) For a financial institution that is exempt from the 30 federal income tax, the total revenue less total expenses as 31 properly reported on the financial institution’s internal 32 revenue service form 990 covering the same period, with the 33 adjustments in paragraph “b” to the extent the taxes, income, 34 and deductions described in such adjustments are applicable 35 -39- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 39/ 130
S.F. _____ to the financial institution’s calculation of revenues and 1 expenses as determined by the director by rule. 2 (2) For any other financial institution, the net income of 3 the financial institution computed in accordance with section 4 422.35 , with the following adjustments : in paragraph “b” . 5 b. Applicable adjustments in computing “net income” : 6 a. (1) Federal income taxes paid or accrued shall not be 7 subtracted. 8 b. (2) Notwithstanding section 422.35, subsection 2 , or 9 any other provisions of law, income from obligations of the 10 state and its political subdivisions and franchise taxes paid 11 or accrued under this division during the taxable year shall 12 be added. Income from sales of obligations of the state and 13 its political subdivisions and interest and dividend income 14 from these obligations are exempt from the taxes imposed by 15 this division only if the law authorizing the obligations 16 specifically exempts the income from the sale and interest and 17 dividend income from the state franchise tax. 18 c. (3) Interest and dividends from federal securities shall 19 not be subtracted. 20 d. (4) Interest and dividends derived from obligations of 21 United States possessions, agencies, and instrumentalities, 22 including bonds which were purchased after January 1, 1991, and 23 issued by the governments of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin 24 Islands shall be added, to the extent they were not included in 25 computing federal taxable income. 26 e. (5) A deduction disallowed under section 265(b) or 27 section 291(e)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be 28 subtracted. 29 f. (6) A deduction shall not be allowed for that portion of 30 the taxpayer’s expenses computed under this paragraph which is 31 allocable to an investment in an investment subsidiary. The 32 portion of the taxpayer’s expenses which is allocable to an 33 investment in an investment subsidiary is an amount which bears 34 the same ratio to the taxpayer’s expenses as the taxpayer’s 35 -40- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 40/ 130
S.F. _____ average adjusted basis, as computed pursuant to section 1016 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, of investment in that investment 2 subsidiary bears to the average adjusted basis for all assets 3 of the taxpayer. The portion of the taxpayer’s expenses that 4 is computed and disallowed under this paragraph shall be added. 5 g. (7) Where a financial institution as defined in section 6 581 of the Internal Revenue Code is not subject to income tax 7 and the shareholders of the financial institution are taxed on 8 the financial institution’s income under the provisions of the 9 Internal Revenue Code, such tax treatment shall be disregarded 10 and the financial institution shall compute its net income for 11 franchise tax purposes in the same manner under this subsection 12 as a financial institution that is subject to or liable for 13 federal income tax under the Internal Revenue Code in effect 14 for the applicable year. 15 4. “Taxable year” means the calendar year or the fiscal year 16 ending during a calendar year, for which the tax is payable. 17 “Fiscal year” includes a tax period of less than twelve months 18 if, under the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation is required 19 to file a tax return or internal revenue service form 990 20 covering a tax period of less than twelve months. 21 Sec. 103. Section 422.62, Code 2018, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 422.62 Due and delinquent dates. 24 The franchise tax is due and payable on the first day 25 following the end of the taxable year of each financial 26 institution, and for a financial institution that is exempt 27 from the federal income tax, the franchise tax is delinquent 28 after the last day of the fifth month following the due date. 29 For all other financial institutions, the franchise tax is 30 delinquent after the last day of the fourth month following the 31 due date or forty-five days after the due date of the federal 32 tax return, excluding extensions of time to file, whichever is 33 the later. Every financial institution shall file a return as 34 prescribed by the director on or before the delinquency date. 35 -41- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 41/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 104. Section 422.63, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 422.63 Amount of tax. 3 1. The franchise tax is imposed annually in an amount equal 4 to five percent of computed by applying the following rates 5 of taxation to the net income received or accrued during the 6 taxable year : 7 a. On net income from zero to seven million five hundred 8 thousand dollars, two percent . 9 b. On net income exceeding seven million five hundred 10 thousand dollars, four percent. 11 2. If the net income of the financial institution is derived 12 from its business carried on entirely within the state, the tax 13 in subsection 1 shall be imposed on the entire net income, but 14 if the business is carried on partly within and partly without 15 the state, the tax in subsection 1 shall be imposed on the 16 portion of net income reasonably attributable to the business 17 within the state , which net income shall be specifically 18 allocated or equitably apportioned within and without the state 19 under rules of the director. 20 Sec. 105. REPEAL. Section 533.329, Code 2018, is repealed. 21 Sec. 106. PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS. This division 22 of this Act is not intended and shall not limit, modify, 23 or otherwise adversely affect any tax credit or tax credit 24 certificate issued, awarded, or allowed before January 1, 2019, 25 nor shall it limit, modify, or otherwise adversely affect 26 a taxpayer’s right to claim or redeem a tax credit issued, 27 awarded, or allowed before January 1, 2019, including but not 28 limited to any tax credit carryforward amount. Any amount of 29 tax credit that would have been eligible to be claimed by a 30 taxpayer on or after January 1, 2019, against the moneys and 31 credits tax imposed in section 533.329, Code 2018, shall be 32 allowed in the same manner and to the same extent as a credit 33 against the franchise tax imposed in chapter 422, division V. 34 Sec. 107. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 35 -42- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 42/ 130
S.F. _____ effect January 1, 2019. 1 Sec. 108. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 2 to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 3 DIVISION V 4 CHANGES TO IOWA EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS PLAN TRUST AND IOWA ABLE 5 SAVINGS PLAN TRUST 6 Sec. 109. Section 12D.1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 12D.1 Purpose and definitions. 9 1. The general assembly finds that the general welfare and 10 well-being of the state are directly related to educational 11 levels and skills of the citizens of the state, and that a 12 vital and valid public purpose is served by the creation and 13 implementation of programs which encourage and make possible 14 the attainment of higher formal education by the greatest 15 number of citizens of the state. The state has limited 16 resources to provide additional programs for higher education 17 funding and the continued operation and maintenance of the 18 state’s public institutions of higher education and the general 19 welfare of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by 20 establishing a program which allows citizens of the state to 21 invest money in a public trust for future application to the 22 payment of higher education costs qualified education expenses . 23 The creation of the means of encouragement for citizens to 24 invest in such a program represents the carrying out of a 25 vital and valid public purpose. In order to make available 26 to the citizens of the state an opportunity to fund future 27 higher formal education needs, it is necessary that a public 28 trust be established in which moneys may be invested for future 29 educational use. 30 2. As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise 31 requires: 32 a. “Account balance limit” means the maximum allowable 33 aggregate balance of accounts established for the same 34 beneficiary. Account earnings, if any, are included in the 35 -43- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 43/ 130
S.F. _____ account balance limit. 1 b. “Administrative fund” means the administrative fund 2 established under section 12D.4 . 3 c. “Beneficiary” means the individual designated by a 4 participation agreement to benefit from advance payments of 5 higher education costs qualified education expenses on behalf 6 of the beneficiary. 7 d. “Benefits” means the payment of higher education costs 8 qualified education expenses on behalf of a beneficiary by the 9 trust during the beneficiary’s attendance at an institution of 10 higher education a qualified educational institution . 11 e. “Higher education costs” means the same as “qualified 12 higher education expenses” as defined in section 529(e)(3) of 13 the Internal Revenue Code . 14 f. e. “Institution of higher education” means an institution 15 described in section 481 of the federal Higher Education Act of 16 1965, 20 U.S.C. §1088, which is eligible to participate in the 17 United States department of education’s student aid programs. 18 g. f. “Internal Revenue Code” means the same as defined 19 in section 12I.1 . 20 h. g. “Iowa educational savings plan trust” or “trust” means 21 the trust created under section 12D.2 . 22 i. h. “Participant” means an individual, individual’s legal 23 representative, trust, estate, or an organization described 24 in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt 25 from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue 26 Code, that has entered into a participation agreement under 27 this chapter for the advance payment of higher education costs 28 qualified education expenses on behalf of a beneficiary. 29 j. i. “Participation agreement” means an agreement between 30 a participant and the trust entered into under this chapter . 31 k. j. “Program fund” means the program fund established 32 under section 12D.4 . 33 k. “Qualified education expenses” means the same as 34 “qualified higher education expenses” as defined in section 35 -44- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 44/ 130
S.F. _____ 529(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Pub. L. 1 No. 115-97, and shall include elementary and secondary school 2 expenses for tuition described in section 529(c)(7) of the 3 Internal Revenue Code, subject to the limitations imposed by 4 section 529(e)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. 5 l. “Qualified educational institution” means an institution 6 of higher education, or any elementary or secondary public, 7 private, or religious school described in section 529(c)(7) of 8 the Internal Revenue Code. 9 l. m. “Tuition and fees” “Tuition” means the quarter , or 10 semester , or annual charges imposed to attend an institution 11 of higher education a qualified educational institution and 12 required as a condition of enrollment or attendance . 13 Sec. 110. Section 12D.2, subsections 2, 5, 9, and 14, Code 14 2018, are amended to read as follows: 15 2. Enter into agreements with any institution of higher 16 education qualified educational institution , the state, or any 17 federal or other state agency, or other entity as required to 18 implement this chapter . 19 5. Carry out studies and projections so the treasurer of 20 state may advise participants regarding present and estimated 21 future higher education costs qualified education expenses 22 and levels of financial participation in the trust required 23 in order to enable participants to achieve their educational 24 funding objectives. 25 9. Make payments to institutions of higher education 26 qualified educational institutions , participants, or 27 beneficiaries, pursuant to participation agreements on behalf 28 of beneficiaries. 29 14. Establish, impose, and collect administrative fees 30 and charges in connection with transactions of the trust, and 31 provide for reasonable service charges , including penalties for 32 cancellations and late payments with respect to participation 33 agreements . 34 Sec. 111. Section 12D.3, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2018, are 35 -45- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 45/ 130
S.F. _____ amended to read as follows: 1 1. a. Each participation agreement may require a 2 participant to agree to invest a specific amount of money in 3 the trust for a specific period of time for the benefit of a 4 specific beneficiary. A participant shall not be required to 5 make an annual contribution on behalf of a beneficiary. The 6 maximum contribution that may be deducted for Iowa income tax 7 purposes shall not exceed two thousand dollars per beneficiary 8 per year adjusted annually to reflect increases in the consumer 9 price index. The treasurer of state shall set an account 10 balance limit to maintain compliance with section 529 of the 11 Internal Revenue Code. A contribution shall not be permitted 12 to the extent it causes the aggregate balance of all accounts 13 established for the same beneficiary under the trust to exceed 14 the applicable account balance limit. 15 b. Participation agreements may be amended to provide for 16 adjusted levels of payments based upon changed circumstances or 17 changes in educational plans. 18 2. The execution of a participation agreement by the trust 19 shall not guarantee in any way that higher education costs 20 qualified education expenses will be equal to projections 21 and estimates provided by the trust or that the beneficiary 22 named in any participation agreement will attain any of the 23 following: 24 a. Be admitted to an institution of higher education a 25 qualified educational institution . 26 b. If admitted, be determined a resident for tuition 27 purposes by the institution of higher education qualified 28 educational institution . 29 c. Be allowed to continue attendance at the institution of 30 higher education qualified educational institution following 31 admission. 32 d. Graduate from the institution of higher education 33 qualified educational institution . 34 Sec. 112. Section 12D.3, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 35 -46- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 46/ 130
S.F. _____ following new subsection: 1 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. A participant may designate a successor 2 in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state. 3 The designated successor shall succeed to the ownership of the 4 account in the event of the death of the participant. In the 5 event a participant dies and has not designated a successor to 6 the account, the following criteria shall apply: 7 a. The beneficiary of the account, if eighteen years of 8 age or older, shall become the owner of the account as well as 9 remain the beneficiary upon filing the appropriate forms in 10 accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state. 11 b. If the beneficiary of the account is under the age of 12 eighteen, account ownership shall be transferred to the first 13 surviving parent or other legal guardian of the beneficiary to 14 file the appropriate forms in accordance with rules adopted by 15 the treasurer of state. 16 Sec. 113. Section 12D.4, Code 2018, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 12D.4 Program and administrative funds —— investment and 19 payments. 20 1. a. The treasurer of state shall segregate moneys 21 received by the trust into two funds: the program fund and the 22 administrative fund. 23 b. All moneys paid by participants in connection with 24 participation agreements shall be deposited as received into 25 separate accounts within the program fund. 26 c. Contributions to the trust made by participants may only 27 be made in the form of cash. 28 d. A participant or beneficiary shall not provide investment 29 direction regarding program contributions or earnings held by 30 the trust may, directly or indirectly, direct the investment of 31 any contributions to the trust or any earnings thereon no more 32 than two times in a calendar year . 33 e. The amount of cash distributions from the trust and all 34 other qualified state tuition programs under section 529 of 35 -47- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 47/ 130
S.F. _____ the Internal Revenue Code to a beneficiary during any taxable 1 year shall, in the aggregate, include no more than ten thousand 2 dollars in expenses for tuition in connection with enrollment 3 at an elementary or secondary public, private, or religious 4 school incurred during the taxable year. 5 2. Moneys accrued by participants in the program fund of 6 the trust may be used for payments to any institution of higher 7 education qualified educational institution . Payments can be 8 made to the qualified educational institution, the participant, 9 or the beneficiary. 10 Sec. 114. Section 12D.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 11 2018, is amended to read as follows: 12 a. A participant retains ownership of all payments made 13 under a participation agreement up to the date of utilization 14 for payment of higher education costs qualified education 15 expenses for the beneficiary. 16 Sec. 115. Section 12D.6, subsections 2, 3, and 5, Code 2018, 17 are amended to read as follows: 18 2. In the event the program is terminated prior to payment 19 of higher education costs qualified education expenses for the 20 beneficiary, the participant is entitled to a refund of the 21 participant’s account balance. 22 3. The institution of higher education qualified 23 educational institution shall obtain ownership of the payments 24 made for the higher education costs qualified education 25 expenses paid to the institution at the time each payment is 26 made to the institution. 27 5. A participant may transfer ownership rights to another 28 eligible individual, including a gift of the ownership rights 29 to a minor beneficiary participant, or may transfer funds to 30 another plan under the trust or to an ABLE account as permitted 31 under section 529(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code . 32 The transfer shall be made and the property distributed in 33 accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state or with 34 the terms of the participation agreement. 35 -48- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 48/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 116. Section 12D.7, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 12D.7 Effect of payments on determination of need and 3 eligibility for student financial aid. 4 A student loan program, student grant program, or other 5 program administered by any agency of the state, except as 6 may be otherwise provided by federal law or the provisions 7 of any specific grant applicable to that law, shall not take 8 into account and shall not consider amounts available for 9 the payment of higher education costs qualified education 10 expenses pursuant to the Iowa educational savings plan trust in 11 determining need and eligibility for student aid. 12 Sec. 117. Section 12D.9, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 13 2018, is amended to read as follows: 14 a. Pursuant to section 12D.3, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , 15 a participant may make contributions to an account which is 16 established for the purpose of meeting the qualified higher 17 education expenses of the designated beneficiary of the 18 account. 19 Sec. 118. Section 422.7, subsection 32, paragraph c, Code 20 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 21 lieu thereof the following: 22 c. (1) Add, to the extent previously deducted as a 23 contribution to the trust, the amount resulting from a 24 withdrawal or transfer made by the taxpayer from the Iowa 25 educational savings plan trust for purposes other than any of 26 the following: 27 (a) The payment of qualified higher education expenses. 28 (b) The payment of tuition to an elementary or secondary 29 school if the tuition amounts are qualified education expenses. 30 (c) A change in beneficiaries under, or transfer to another 31 account within, the Iowa educational savings plan trust, or a 32 transfer to the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust, provided such 33 change or transfer is permitted under section 12D.6, subsection 34 5. 35 -49- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 49/ 130
S.F. _____ (2) For purposes of this paragraph: 1 (a) “Elementary or secondary school” means an elementary 2 or secondary school in this state which is accredited under 3 section 256.11, and adheres to the provisions of the federal 4 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 216. 5 (b) “Institution of higher education” , “qualified education 6 expenses” , and “tuition” all mean the same as defined in section 7 12D.1, subsection 2. 8 (c) (i) “Qualified higher education expenses” means the same 9 as defined in section 529(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 10 (ii) For purposes of this subparagraph division (c), 11 “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 12 1954, prior to the date of its redesignation as the Internal 13 Revenue Code of 1986 by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, or means 14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and in effect on 15 January 1, 2018. This definition shall not be construed to 16 include any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code enacted 17 after the date specified in the preceding sentence, including 18 any amendment with retroactive applicability or effectiveness. 19 Sec. 119. Section 422.7, subsection 34, Code 2018, is 20 amended to read as follows: 21 34. a. (1) Subtract the amount contributed during the tax 22 year on behalf of a designated beneficiary that is a resident 23 of this state to the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust or to the 24 qualified ABLE program with which the state has contracted 25 pursuant to section 12I.10 , not to exceed the maximum 26 contribution level established in section 12I.3, subsection 1 , 27 paragraph “d” , or section 12I.10, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , 28 as applicable. 29 (2) This paragraph “a” shall not apply to any amount 30 of contribution that represents a transfer from the Iowa 31 educational savings plan trust created in chapter 12D that 32 meets the requirements of subsection 32, paragraph “c” , 33 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), and that was 34 previously deducted as a contribution to the Iowa educational 35 -50- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 50/ 130
S.F. _____ savings plan trust. 1 b. Add the amount resulting from the cancellation of a 2 participation agreement refunded to the taxpayer as an account 3 owner in the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust or the qualified 4 ABLE program with which the state has contracted pursuant to 5 section 12I.10 to the extent previously deducted pursuant 6 to this subsection by the taxpayer or any other person as a 7 contribution to the trust or qualified ABLE program , or to the 8 extent the amount was previously deducted by the taxpayer or 9 any other person pursuant to subsection 32, paragraph “a” , and 10 qualified as a transfer under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), 11 of this subsection . 12 c. Add the amount resulting from a withdrawal made by a 13 taxpayer from the Iowa ABLE savings plan trust or the qualified 14 ABLE program with which the state has contracted pursuant to 15 section 12I.10 for purposes other than the payment of qualified 16 disability expenses to the extent previously deducted pursuant 17 to this subsection by the taxpayer or any other person as a 18 contribution to the trust or qualified ABLE program , or to the 19 extent the amount was previously deducted by the taxpayer or 20 any other person pursuant to subsection 32, paragraph “a” , and 21 qualified as a transfer under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), 22 of this subsection . 23 Sec. 120. Section 627.6, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 24 following new subsection: 25 NEW SUBSECTION . 17. The debtor’s interest, whether as 26 participant or beneficiary, in contributions and assets, 27 including the accumulated earnings and market increases in 28 value, held in an account in the Iowa educational savings plan 29 trust organized under chapter 12D. 30 Sec. 121. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 31 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 32 Sec. 122. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. 33 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this division of this 34 Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2018, for withdrawals 35 -51- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 51/ 130
S.F. _____ from the Iowa educational savings plan trust made on or after 1 that date. 2 2. The sections of this division of this Act amending 3 section 422.7 apply retroactively to January 1, 2018, for tax 4 years beginning on or after that date, and for withdrawals from 5 the Iowa educational savings plan trust made on or after that 6 date. 7 DIVISION VI 8 SALES AND USE TAXES 9 Sec. 123. Section 15J.4, subsection 3, paragraph f, Code 10 2018, is amended to read as follows: 11 f. The total aggregate amount of state sales tax revenues 12 and state hotel and motel tax revenues that may be approved by 13 the board for remittance to all municipalities and that may 14 be transferred to the state reinvestment district fund under 15 section 423.2, subsection 11 , 423.2A or section 423A.6 , and 16 remitted to all municipalities having a reinvestment district 17 under this chapter shall not exceed one hundred million 18 dollars. 19 Sec. 124. Section 15J.5, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 20 2018, is amended to read as follows: 21 a. The department shall calculate quarterly the amount of 22 new state sales tax revenues for each district established in 23 the state to be deposited in the state reinvestment district 24 fund created in section 15J.6 , pursuant to section 423.2, 25 subsection 11 , paragraph “b” 423.2A, subsection 2 , subject to 26 remittance limitations established by the board pursuant to 27 section 15J.4, subsection 3 . 28 Sec. 125. Section 15J.6, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 1. A state reinvestment district fund is established in the 31 state treasury under the control of the department consisting 32 of the new state sales tax revenues collected within each 33 district and deposited in the fund pursuant to section 423.2, 34 subsection 11 , paragraph “b” 423.2A, subsection 2 , and the 35 -52- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 52/ 130
S.F. _____ new state hotel and motel tax revenues collected within each 1 district and deposited in the fund pursuant to section 423A.6 . 2 Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department 3 for the purposes of this section . Moneys in the fund shall 4 only be used for the purposes of this section . 5 Sec. 126. Section 418.11, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 6 amended to read as follows: 7 1. The department of revenue shall calculate quarterly the 8 amount of increased sales tax revenues for each governmental 9 entity approved to use sales tax increment revenues and the 10 amount of such revenues to be transferred to the sales tax 11 increment fund pursuant to section 423.2, subsection 11 , 12 paragraph “b” 423.2A, subsection 2 . 13 Sec. 127. Section 418.12, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 1. A sales tax increment fund is established as a separate 16 and distinct fund in the state treasury under the control of 17 the department of revenue consisting of the amount of the 18 increased state sales and services tax revenues collected by 19 the department of revenue within each applicable area specified 20 in section 418.11, subsection 3 , and deposited in the fund 21 pursuant to section 423.2, subsection 11 , paragraph “b” 423.2A, 22 subsection 2 . Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated 23 to the department of revenue for the purposes of this section . 24 Moneys in the fund shall only be used for the purposes of this 25 section . 26 Sec. 128. Section 421.26, Code 2018, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 421.26 Personal liability for tax due. 29 If a licensee or other person under section 452A.65 , a 30 retailer or purchaser under chapter 423A , 423B , or 423E , or 31 section sections 423.14, 423.14A, 423.29, 423.31 , 423.32, or 32 423.33 , or a retailer or purchaser under section 423.32 , or 33 a user under section 423.34 , or a permit holder or licensee 34 under section 453A.13 , 453A.16 , or 453A.44 fails to pay a tax 35 -53- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 53/ 130
S.F. _____ under those sections when due, an officer of a corporation 1 or association, notwithstanding section 489.304 , a member or 2 manager of a limited liability company, or a partner of a 3 partnership, having control or supervision of or the authority 4 for remitting the tax payments and having a substantial legal 5 or equitable interest in the ownership of the corporation, 6 association, limited liability company, or partnership, who has 7 intentionally failed to pay the tax is personally liable for 8 the payment of the tax, interest, and penalty due and unpaid. 9 However, this section shall not apply to taxes on accounts 10 receivable. The dissolution of a corporation, association, 11 limited liability company, or partnership shall not discharge a 12 person’s liability for failure to remit the tax due. 13 Sec. 129. Section 423.1, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 5. “Agricultural production” includes means the commercial 16 production of livestock, milk, honey, eggs, or plants, 17 including but not limited to flowering, ornamental, or 18 vegetable plants in commercial greenhouses or otherwise, 19 and commercial production from aquaculture, and commercial 20 production from silvicultural activities. “Agricultural 21 products” includes flowering, ornamental, or vegetable plants 22 and those products of aquaculture and silviculture. 23 Sec. 130. Section 423.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 24 following new subsection: 25 NEW SUBSECTION . 22A. “Information services” means every 26 activity, process, or function by which a seller accumulates, 27 prepares, organizes, conveys, analyzes, or delivers data, 28 facts, knowledge, procedures, information, and other similar 29 services to a purchaser through any tangible, intangible, 30 or electronic medium. Information accumulated, prepared, 31 or organized for a purchaser is an information service even 32 though it may incorporate preexisting components of data or 33 other information. “Information services” includes but is not 34 limited to database files, research information, genealogical 35 -54- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 54/ 130
S.F. _____ information, and other similar services. 1 Sec. 131. Section 423.1, subsection 24, paragraph a, Code 2 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3 a. “Lease or rental” means any transfer of possession 4 or control of , or access to, tangible personal property or 5 specified digital products for a fixed or indeterminate term 6 for consideration. A “lease or rental” may include future 7 options to purchase or extend. 8 Sec. 132. Section 423.1, subsection 37, Code 2018, is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 37. “Place of business” means any warehouse, store, 11 place, office, building, or structure where goods, wares, or 12 merchandise tangible personal property, specified digital 13 products, or services are offered for sale at retail or where 14 any taxable amusement is conducted, or each office where gas, 15 water, heat, communication, or electric services are offered 16 for sale at retail. When a retailer or amusement operator 17 sells merchandise by means of vending machines or operates 18 music or amusement devices by coin-operated machines at more 19 than one location within the state, the office, building, or 20 place where the books, papers, and records of the taxpayer are 21 kept shall be deemed to be the taxpayer’s place of business. 22 Sec. 133. Section 423.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 23 following new subsection: 24 NEW SUBSECTION . 36A. “Personal property” includes but is 25 not limited to tangible personal property and specified digital 26 products. 27 Sec. 134. Section 423.1, subsection 43, paragraph a, 28 subparagraph (3), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 29 (3) Taking possession or making first use of digital goods 30 specified digital products , whichever comes first. 31 Sec. 135. Section 423.1, subsection 47, Code 2018, is 32 amended to read as follows: 33 47. “Retailer” means and includes every person engaged 34 in the business of selling tangible personal property , 35 -55- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 55/ 130
S.F. _____ specified digital products, or taxable services at retail, or 1 the furnishing of gas, electricity, water, or communication 2 service, and tickets or admissions to places of amusement 3 and athletic events or operating amusement devices or other 4 forms of commercial amusement from which revenues are derived. 5 However, when in the opinion of the director it is necessary 6 for the efficient administration of this chapter to regard 7 any salespersons, representatives, truckers, peddlers, or 8 canvassers as agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, 9 employers, or persons under whom they operate or from whom 10 they obtain tangible personal property , services, or specified 11 digital products sold by them irrespective of whether or not 12 they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of such 13 dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers, or persons, 14 the director may so regard them, and may regard such dealers, 15 distributors, supervisors, employers, or persons as retailers 16 for the purposes of this chapter . “Retailer” includes a seller 17 obligated to collect sales or use tax , including any person 18 obligated to collect sales and use tax pursuant to section 19 423.14A . 20 Sec. 136. Section 423.1, subsection 48, paragraph a, Code 21 2018, is amended to read as follows: 22 a. “Retailer maintaining a place of business in this state” 23 or any like term includes any of the following: 24 (1) A retailer having or maintaining within this state, 25 directly or by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, 26 sales house, warehouse, or other place of business, or any 27 representative operating within this state under the authority 28 of the retailer or its subsidiary, irrespective of whether that 29 place of business or representative is located here permanently 30 or temporarily, or whether the retailer or subsidiary is 31 admitted to do business within this state pursuant to chapter 32 490 . 33 (2) A person obligated to collect sales and use tax pursuant 34 to section 423.14A. 35 -56- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 56/ 130
S.F. _____ Sec. 137. Section 423.1, subsection 48, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 A retailer shall be presumed to be maintaining a place of 4 business in this state , as defined in for purposes of paragraph 5 “a” , subparagraph (1), if any person that has substantial nexus 6 in this state, other than a person acting in its capacity as a 7 common carrier, does any of the following: 8 Sec. 138. Section 423.1, subsection 48, paragraph b, 9 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2018, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 (b) Maintains an office, distribution facility, warehouse, 12 storage place, or similar place of business in this state to 13 facilitate the delivery of personal property or services sold 14 by the retailer to the retailer’s customers. 15 Sec. 139. Section 423.1, subsection 50, Code 2018, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 50. “Sales” or “sale” means any transfer, exchange, or 18 barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means 19 whatsoever, for consideration , including but not limited to any 20 such transfer, exchange, or barter on a subscription basis . 21 Sec. 140. Section 423.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 22 following new subsection: 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 55A. “Sold at retail in the state” and 24 other references to sales “in the state” or “in this state” 25 includes but is not limited to sales sourced to this state 26 under this chapter. 27 Sec. 141. Section 423.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 28 following new subsection: 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 55B. a. “Specified digital products” means 30 electronically transferred digital audio-visual works, digital 31 audio works, digital books, or other digital products. 32 b. For purposes of this subsection: 33 (1) “Digital audio-visual works” means a series of related 34 images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of 35 -57- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 57/ 130
S.F. _____ motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any. 1 (2) “Digital audio works” means works that result from 2 the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, 3 including but not limited to ringtones. For purposes of this 4 subparagraph, “ringtones” means digitized sound files that are 5 downloaded onto a device and that may be used to alert the 6 customer with respect to a communication. 7 (3) “Digital books” means works that are generally 8 recognized in the ordinary and usual sense as books. 9 (4) “Electronically transferred” means obtained or accessed 10 by the purchaser by means other than tangible storage media, 11 including but not limited to a specified digital product 12 purchased through a computer software application, commonly 13 referred to as an in-app purchase, or through another specified 14 digital product, or through any other means. 15 (5) “Other digital products” means greeting cards, images, 16 video or electronic games or entertainment, news or information 17 products, and computer software applications. 18 Sec. 142. Section 423.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 19 following new subsection: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 57A. “Subscription” means any arrangement 21 in which a person has the right or ability to access, 22 receive, use, obtain, purchase, or otherwise acquire tangible 23 personal property, specified digital products, or services 24 on a permanent or less than permanent basis, regardless of 25 whether the person actually accesses, receives, uses, obtains, 26 purchases, or otherwise acquires such tangible personal 27 property, specified digital product, or service. 28 Sec. 143. Section 423.1, subsections 62, 63, and 64, Code 29 2018, are amended to read as follows: 30 62. “Use” means and includes the exercise by any person of 31 any right or power over or access to tangible personal property 32 or a specified digital product incident to the ownership of 33 that property , or any right or power over or access to the 34 product or result of a service . A retailer’s or building 35 -58- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 58/ 130
S.F. _____ contractor’s sale of manufactured housing for use in this 1 state, whether in the form of tangible personal property or 2 of realty, is a use of that property for the purposes of this 3 chapter . 4 63. “Use tax” means the tax levied under subchapter III of 5 this chapter for which the retailer collects and remits tax to 6 the department . 7 64. “User” means the immediate recipient of the personal 8 property or services who is entitled to exercise a right of or 9 power over or access to the personal property, or the product 10 or result of such services. 11 Sec. 144. Section 423.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, 12 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 13 (1) Sales of engraving, photography, retouching, printing, 14 and binding services. 15 Sec. 145. Section 423.2, subsection 6, Code 2018, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 6. a. The sales price of any of the following enumerated 18 services is subject to the tax imposed by subsection 5 : 19 a. alteration Alteration and garment repair ; armored . 20 b. Armored car ; vehicle . 21 c. Vehicle repair ; battery . 22 d. Battery , tire, and allied ; investment . 23 e. Investment counseling ; service . 24 f. Service charges of all financial institutions ; barber . 25 For the purposes of this paragraph, “financial institutions” 26 means all national banks, federally chartered savings and loan 27 associations, federally chartered savings banks, federally 28 chartered credit unions, banks organized under chapter 524, 29 credit unions organized under chapter 533, and all banks, 30 savings banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations 31 chartered or otherwise created under the laws of any state and 32 doing business in Iowa. 33 g. Barber and beauty ; boat . 34 h. Boat repair ; vehicle . 35 -59- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 59/ 130
S.F. _____ i. Vehicle wash and wax ; campgrounds; carpentry; roof . 1 j. Campgrounds. 2 k. Carpentry. 3 l. Roof , shingle, and glass repair ; dance . 4 m. Dance schools and dance studios ; dating . 5 n. Dating services ; dry . 6 o. Dry cleaning, pressing, dyeing, and laundering excluding 7 the use of self-pay washers and dryers ; electrical . 8 p. Electrical and electronic repair and installation ; 9 excavating . 10 q. Excavating and grading ; farm . 11 r. Farm implement repair of all kinds ; flying . 12 s. Flying service ; furniture . 13 t. Furniture , rug, carpet, and upholstery repair and 14 cleaning ; fur . 15 u. Fur storage and repair ; golf . 16 v. Golf and country clubs and all commercial recreation ; 17 gun . 18 w. Gun and camera repair ; house . 19 x. House and building moving ; household . 20 y. Household appliance, television, and radio repair ; 21 janitorial . 22 z. Janitorial and building maintenance or cleaning ; jewelry . 23 aa. Jewelry and watch repair ; lawn . 24 ab. Lawn care, landscaping, and tree trimming and removal ; . 25 ac. Personal transportation service, including but not 26 limited to taxis, driver service, ride sharing service, rides 27 for hire, and limousine service , including driver; machine . 28 ad. Machine operator ; machine . 29 ae. Machine repair of all kinds ; motor . 30 af. Motor repair ; motorcycle . 31 ag. Motorcycle , scooter, and bicycle repair ; oilers . 32 ah. Oilers and lubricators ; office . 33 ai. Office and business machine repair ; painting . 34 aj. Painting , papering, and interior decorating ; parking . 35 -60- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 60/ 130
S.F. _____ ak. Parking facilities ; pay . 1 al. Pay television ; pet , including but not limited to 2 streaming video, video on-demand, and pay-per-view. 3 am. Pet grooming ; pipe . 4 an. Pipe fitting and plumbing ; wood . 5 ao. Wood preparation ; executive . 6 ap. Executive search agencies ; private . 7 aq. Private employment agencies, excluding services for 8 placing a person in employment where the principal place of 9 employment of that person is to be located outside of the 10 state ; reflexology; security . 11 ar. Reflexology. 12 as. Security and detective services, excluding private 13 security and detective services furnished by a peace officer 14 with the knowledge and consent of the chief executive officer 15 of the peace officer’s law enforcement agency ; sewage . 16 at. Sewage services for nonresidential commercial 17 operations ; sewing . 18 au. Sewing and stitching ; shoe . 19 av. Shoe repair and shoeshine ; sign . 20 aw. Sign construction and installation ; storage . 21 ax. Storage of household goods, mini-storage, and 22 warehousing of raw agricultural products ; swimming . 23 ay. Swimming pool cleaning and maintenance ; tanning . 24 az. Tanning beds or salons ; taxidermy . 25 ba. Taxidermy services ; telephone . 26 bb. Telephone answering service ; test . 27 bc. Test laboratories, including mobile testing laboratories 28 and field testing by testing laboratories, and excluding tests 29 on humans or animals and excluding environmental testing 30 services ; termite . 31 bd. Termite , bug, roach, and pest eradicators ; tin . 32 be. Tin and sheet metal repair ; transportation . 33 bf. Transportation service consisting of the rental of 34 recreational vehicles or recreational boats, or the rental of 35 -61- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 61/ 130
S.F. _____ vehicles subject to registration which are registered for a 1 gross weight of thirteen tons or less for a period of sixty 2 days or less, or the rental of aircraft for a period of sixty 3 days or less ; . 4 bg. Turkish baths, massage, and reducing salons, excluding 5 services provided by massage therapists licensed under chapter 6 152C ; water . 7 bh. Water conditioning and softening ; weighing; welding; 8 well . 9 bi. Weighing. 10 bj. Welding. 11 bk. Well drilling ; wrapping . 12 bl. Wrapping , packing, and packaging of merchandise other 13 than processed meat, fish, fowl, and vegetables ; wrecking . 14 bm. Wrecking service ; wrecker . 15 bn. Wrecker and towing. 16 b. For the purposes of this subsection , “financial 17 institutions” means all national banks, federally chartered 18 savings and loan associations, federally chartered savings 19 banks, federally chartered credit unions, banks organized under 20 chapter 524 , credit unions organized under chapter 533 , and 21 all banks, savings banks, credit unions, and savings and loan 22 associations chartered or otherwise created under the laws of 23 any state and doing business in Iowa. 24 bo. Photography. 25 bp. Retouching. 26 bq. Storage of tangible or electronic files, documents, or 27 other records. 28 br. Information services. 29 bs. Services arising from or related to installing, 30 maintaining, servicing, repairing, operating, upgrading, or 31 enhancing specified digital products. 32 bt. Video game services and tournaments. 33 bu. Software as a service. 34 Sec. 146. Section 423.2, subsection 8, Code 2018, is amended 35 -62- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 62/ 130
S.F. _____ by adding the following new paragraph: 1 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. A transaction that otherwise meets 2 the definition of “bundled transaction” as defined in this 3 subsection is not a bundled transaction if it is any of the 4 following: 5 (1) The retail sale of tangible personal property and a 6 service where the tangible personal property is essential 7 to the use of the service, and is provided exclusively in 8 connection with the service, and the true object of the 9 transaction is the service. 10 (2) The retail sale of services where one service is 11 provided that is essential to the use or receipt of a second 12 service and the first service is provided exclusively in 13 connection with the second service and the true object of the 14 transaction is the second service. 15 (3) (a) A transaction that includes taxable products and 16 nontaxable products and the purchase price or sales price of 17 the taxable products is de minimis. 18 (b) For purposes of this subparagraph, “de minimis” means 19 the seller’s purchase or sales price of the taxable products 20 is ten percent or less of the total purchase price or sales 21 price of the bundled products. Sellers shall use either the 22 purchase price or the sale price of the products to determine 23 if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers may not use 24 a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the 25 products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. 26 (4) The retail sale of exempt tangible personal property and 27 taxable tangible personal property where all of the following 28 apply: 29 (a) The transaction includes food and food ingredients, 30 drugs, durable medical equipment, mobility enhancing equipment, 31 prosthetic devices, or medical supplies. 32 (b) The seller’s purchase price or sales price of the 33 taxable tangible personal property is fifty percent or less 34 of the total purchase price or sales price of the bundled 35 -63- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 63/ 130
S.F. _____ tangible personal property. Sellers may not use a combination 1 of the purchase price and sales price of the tangible personal 2 property when making the fifty percent determination for a 3 transaction. 4 Sec. 147. Section 423.2, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 5 following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 9A. a. A tax of six percent is imposed on 7 the sales price of specified digital products sold at retail 8 in the state. The tax applies whether the purchaser obtains 9 permanent use or less than permanent use of the specified 10 digital product, whether the sale is conditioned or not 11 conditioned upon continued payment from the purchaser, and 12 whether the sale is on a subscription basis or is not on a 13 subscription basis. 14 b. The sale of a digital code that may be used to obtain 15 or access a specified digital product shall be taxed in the 16 same manner as the specified digital product. For purposes 17 of this paragraph, “digital code” means a method that permits 18 a purchaser to obtain or access at a later date a specified 19 digital product. 20 Sec. 148. Section 423.2, subsections 10, 11, and 12, Code 21 2018, are amended by striking the subsections. 22 Sec. 149. NEW SECTION . 423.2A Deposit and transfer of 23 revenues. 24 1. a. All revenues arising under the operation of the 25 provisions of this subchapter II shall be deposited into the 26 general fund of the state. 27 b. Subsequent to the deposit into the general fund of 28 the state, the director shall credit an amount equal to the 29 product of the sales tax rate imposed in section 423.2 times 30 the sales price of the tangible personal property or services 31 furnished to purchasers at a baseball and softball complex that 32 has received an award under section 15F.207 and that meets 33 the qualifications of section 423.4, subsection 10, into the 34 baseball and softball complex sales tax rebate fund created 35 -64- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 64/ 130
S.F. _____ under section 423.4, subsection 10, paragraph “e” . The director 1 shall credit the moneys beginning the first day of the quarter 2 following July 1, 2016. This paragraph is repealed thirty 3 days following the date on which five million dollars in total 4 rebates have been provided under section 423.4, subsection 10. 5 2. Subsequent to the deposit into the general fund of the 6 state pursuant to subsection 1, the department shall do the 7 following in the order prescribed: 8 a. Transfer the revenues collected under chapter 423B. 9 b. Transfer from the remaining revenues the amounts required 10 under Article VII, section 10, of the Constitution of the State 11 of Iowa to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust 12 fund created in section 461.31, if applicable. 13 c. Transfer one-sixth of the remaining revenues to the 14 secure an advanced vision for education fund created in section 15 423F.2. This paragraph “c” is repealed December 31, 2029. 16 d. Transfer to the baseball and softball complex sales tax 17 rebate fund that portion of the sales tax receipts described 18 in subsection 1, paragraph “b” , remaining after the transfers 19 required under paragraphs “a” , “b” , and “c” of this subsection 20 2. This paragraph is repealed thirty days following the date 21 on which five million dollars in total rebates have been 22 provided under section 423.4, subsection 10. 23 e. Beginning the first day of the calendar quarter 24 beginning on the reinvestment district’s commencement date, 25 subject to remittance limitations established by the economic 26 development authority board pursuant to section 15J.4, 27 subsection 3, transfer to a district account created in the 28 state reinvestment district fund for each reinvestment district 29 established under chapter 15J, the amount of new state sales 30 tax revenue, determined in section 15J.5, subsection 1, 31 paragraph “b” , in the district, that remains after the prior 32 transfers required under this subsection 2. Such transfers 33 shall cease pursuant to section 15J.8. 34 f. Subject to the limitation on the calculation and 35 -65- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 65/ 130
S.F. _____ deposit of sales tax increment revenues in section 418.12, 1 beginning the first day of the quarter following adoption 2 of the resolution pursuant to section 418.4, subsection 3, 3 paragraph “d” , transfer to the account created in the sales tax 4 increment fund for each governmental entity approved to use 5 sales tax increment revenues under chapter 418, that portion 6 of the increase in sales tax revenue, determined in section 7 418.11, subsection 2, paragraph “d” , in the applicable area of 8 the governmental entity, that remains after the other transfers 9 required under this subsection 2. 10 g. Beginning the first day of the quarter following July 11 1, 2014, transfer to the raceway facility tax rebate fund 12 created in section 423.4, subsection 11, paragraph “e” , that 13 portion of the sales tax receipts collected and remitted upon 14 sales of tangible personal property or services furnished by 15 retailers at a raceway facility meeting the qualifications of 16 section 423.4, subsection 11, that remains after the transfers 17 required in paragraphs “a” through “f” of this subsection 18 2. This subparagraph is repealed June 30, 2025, or thirty 19 days following the date on which an amount of total rebates 20 specified in section 423.4, subsection 11, paragraph “c” , 21 subparagraph (4), subparagraph division (a) or (b), whichever 22 is applicable, has been provided or thirty days following the 23 date on which rebates cease as provided in section 423.4, 24 subsection 11, paragraph “c” , subparagraph (5), whichever is 25 earliest. 26 3. Of the amount of sales tax revenue actually transferred 27 per quarter pursuant to subsection 2, paragraphs “e” and “f” , 28 the department shall retain an amount equal to the actual cost 29 of administering the transfers under subsection 2, paragraphs 30 “e” and “f” , or twenty-five thousand dollars, whichever is 31 less. The amount retained by the department pursuant to this 32 subsection shall be divided pro rata each quarter between 33 the amounts that would have been transferred pursuant to 34 subsection 2, paragraphs “e” and “f” , without the deduction 35 -66- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 66/ 130
S.F. _____ made by operation of this subsection. Revenues retained by 1 the department pursuant to this subsection shall be considered 2 repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2. 3 Sec. 150. Section 423.3, subsections 1, 2, and 17, Code 4 2018, are amended to read as follows: 5 1. The sales price from sales of tangible personal property , 6 specified digital products, and services furnished which this 7 state is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution or laws 8 of the United States or under the Constitution of this state. 9 2. The sales price of sales for resale of tangible personal 10 property or taxable services, or for resale of tangible 11 personal property in connection with the furnishing of taxable 12 services , except for sales, the following: 13 a. Sales, other than leases or rentals, which are sales 14 to nonqualified dealers of machinery, equipment, attachments, 15 and replacement parts specifically enumerated in subsection 37 16 and used in the manner described in subsection 37 or the . For 17 purposes of this paragraph, “nonqualified dealer” means any 18 dealer who is not a party to a dealership agreement, as those 19 terms are defined in section 322F.1. 20 b. The purchase of tangible personal property, the leasing 21 or rental of which is exempted from tax by subsection 49 . 22 17. The sales price of all goods, wares, or merchandise, 23 tangible personal property, specified digital products, or 24 services, used for educational purposes sold to any private 25 nonprofit educational institution in this state. For the 26 purpose of this subsection , “educational institution” means an 27 institution which primarily functions as a school, college, 28 or university with students, faculty, and an established 29 curriculum. The faculty of an educational institution must be 30 associated with the institution and the curriculum must include 31 basic courses which are offered every year. “Educational 32 institution” includes an institution primarily functioning as 33 a library. 34 Sec. 151. Section 423.3, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended 35 -67- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 67/ 130
S.F. _____ by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 following: 2 3. a. The sales price of tangible personal property used 3 primarily in agricultural production by a commercial farmer 4 if the cost of the tangible personal property is properly 5 claimed as a business deduction for purposes of chapter 422 and 6 the tangible personal property is used on land eligible for 7 the agricultural land credit created in chapter 426. If the 8 other requirements of this subsection are satisfied, “tangible 9 personal property” includes but is not limited to the following: 10 (1) Farm machinery and equipment, including supplies, 11 replacement parts, and auxiliary attachments which improve the 12 performance, safety, operation, or efficiency of the machinery 13 and equipment. 14 (2) Agricultural breeding livestock, domesticated fowl, 15 preserve whitetail as defined in section 484C.1, and draft 16 horses. 17 b. Vehicles subject to registration, as defined in section 18 423.1, and replacement parts for such vehicles, are not exempt 19 under paragraph “a” of this subsection. 20 Sec. 152. Section 423.3, subsections 3A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, Code 2018, are amended by 22 striking the subsections. 23 Sec. 153. Section 423.3, subsection 18, unnumbered 24 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 25 The sales price of tangible personal property or specified 26 digital products sold, or of services furnished, to the 27 following nonprofit corporations: 28 Sec. 154. Section 423.3, subsections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29 28, and 31, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 30 20. The sales price of tangible personal property or 31 specified digital products sold, or of services furnished, to 32 nonprofit legal aid organizations. 33 21. The sales price of goods, wares, or merchandise, 34 tangible personal property, of specified digital products, 35 -68- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 68/ 130
S.F. _____ or of services, used for educational, scientific, historic 1 preservation, or aesthetic purpose sold to a nonprofit private 2 museum. 3 22. The sales price from sales of goods, wares, or 4 merchandise, tangible personal property, of specified digital 5 products, or from services furnished, to a nonprofit private 6 art center to be used in the operation of the art center. 7 23. The sales price of tangible personal property or 8 specified digital products sold, or of services furnished, by a 9 fair organized under chapter 174 . 10 26. The sales price of tangible personal property or 11 specified digital products sold, or of services furnished, to a 12 statewide nonprofit organ procurement organization, as defined 13 in section 142C.2 . 14 27. The sales price of tangible personal property or 15 specified digital products sold, or of services furnished, to a 16 nonprofit hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B to be used 17 in the operation of the hospital. 18 28. The sales price of tangible personal property or 19 specified digital products sold, or of services furnished, to 20 a freestanding nonprofit hospice facility which operates a 21 hospice program as defined in 42 C.F.R. ch. IV, §418.3 , which 22 property or services are to be used in the hospice program. 23 31. a. The sales price of goods, wares, or merchandise 24 tangible personal property or specified digital products sold 25 to and of services furnished, and used for public purposes 26 sold to a tax-certifying or tax-levying body of the state or 27 a governmental subdivision of the state, including regional 28 transit systems, as defined in section 324A.1 , the state board 29 of regents, department of human services, state department of 30 transportation, any municipally owned solid waste facility 31 which sells all or part of its processed waste as fuel to a 32 municipally owned public utility, and all divisions, boards, 33 commissions, agencies, or instrumentalities of state, federal, 34 county, or municipal government which have no earnings going to 35 -69- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 69/ 130
S.F. _____ the benefit of an equity investor or stockholder, except any 1 of the following: 2 (1) a. The sales price of goods, wares, or merchandise 3 tangible personal property or specified digital products sold 4 to, or of services furnished, and used by or in connection with 5 the operation of any municipally owned public utility engaged 6 in selling gas, electricity, heat, pay television service, or 7 communication service to the general public. 8 (2) b. The sales price of furnishing of sewage services to 9 a county or municipality on behalf of nonresidential commercial 10 operations. 11 (3) c. The furnishing of solid waste collection and 12 disposal service to a county or municipality on behalf of 13 nonresidential commercial operations located within the county 14 or municipality. 15 b. The exemption provided by this subsection shall also 16 apply to all such sales of goods, wares, or merchandise or of 17 services furnished and subject to use tax. 18 Sec. 155. Section 423.3, subsection 32, unnumbered 19 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 20 The sales price of tangible personal property or specified 21 digital products sold, or of services furnished, by a county or 22 city. This exemption does not apply to any of the following: 23 Sec. 156. Section 423.3, subsection 36, unnumbered 24 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 25 The sales price from sales of tangible personal property 26 or specified digital products or of the sale or furnishing of 27 electrical energy, natural or artificial gas, or communication 28 service to another state or political subdivision of another 29 state if the other state provides a similar reciprocal 30 exemption for this state and political subdivision of this 31 state. 32 Sec. 157. Section 423.3, subsection 39, paragraph a, 33 subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2018, are amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -70- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 70/ 130
S.F. _____ (1) Sales of tangible personal property or specified 1 digital products , or the furnishing of services, of a 2 nonrecurring nature, by the owner, if the seller, at the time 3 of the sale, is not engaged for profit in the business of 4 selling tangible personal property , specified digital products, 5 or services taxed under section 423.2 . 6 (2) The sale of all or substantially all of the tangible 7 personal property , or specified digital products, or services 8 held or used by a seller in the course of the seller’s trade or 9 business for which the seller is required to hold a sales tax 10 permit when the seller sells or otherwise transfers the trade 11 or business to another person who shall engage in a similar 12 trade or business. 13 Sec. 158. Section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph d, 14 subparagraph (4), Code 2018, is amended by striking the 15 subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 16 (4) (a) “Manufacturer” means a business that primarily 17 purchases, receives, or holds personal property of any 18 description for the purpose of adding to its value by a process 19 of manufacturing with a view to selling the property for gain 20 or profit. 21 (b) “Manufacturer” includes contract manufacturers. A 22 contract manufacturer is a manufacturer that otherwise falls 23 within the definition of manufacturer, except that a contract 24 manufacturer does not sell the tangible personal property 25 the contract manufacturer processes on behalf of other 26 manufacturers. 27 (c) For purposes of this subparagraph, “business” means 28 those businesses conducted for profit, but excludes professions 29 and occupations and nonprofit organizations. 30 (d) For purposes of this subparagraph, “manufacturing” 31 means those activities commonly understood within the ordinary 32 meaning of the term, and shall include: 33 (i) Refining. 34 (ii) Purifying. 35 -71- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 71/ 130
S.F. _____ (iii) Combining of different materials. 1 (iv) Packing of meats. 2 (v) Activities subsequent to the extractive process of 3 quarrying or mining, such as crushing, washing, sizing, or 4 blending of aggregate materials. 5 (e) “Manufacturer” does not include persons who are not 6 commonly understood as manufacturers, including but not limited 7 to persons engaged in any of the following activities: 8 (i) Construction contracting. 9 (ii) Repairing tangible personal property or real property. 10 (iii) Providing health care. 11 (iv) Farming, including cultivating agricultural products 12 and raising livestock. 13 (v) Transporting for hire. 14 (vi) Making retail sales to consumers. 15 Sec. 159. Section 423.3, subsection 63, Code 2018, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 63. The sales price from the sale of tangible personal 18 property , specified digital products, or services which will be 19 given as prizes to players in games of skill, games of chance, 20 raffles, and bingo games as defined in chapter 99B . 21 Sec. 160. Section 423.3, subsections 65, 66, and 67, Code 22 2018, are amended by striking the subsections. 23 Sec. 161. Section 423.3, subsection 78, paragraph a, 24 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 The sales price from sales or rental the sale of tangible 27 personal property, specified digital products, or services 28 rendered by any entity where the profits from the sales or 29 rental sale of the tangible personal property, specified 30 digital products, or services rendered, are used by or donated 31 to a nonprofit entity that is exempt from federal income 32 taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 33 Code, a government entity, or a nonprofit private educational 34 institution, and where the entire proceeds from the sales, 35 -72- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 72/ 130
S.F. _____ rental, sale or services are expended for any of the following 1 purposes: 2 Sec. 162. Section 423.3, subsection 79, Code 2018, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 79. The sales price from the sale or rental of tangible 5 personal property or specified digital products, or from 6 services furnished , to a recognized community action agency as 7 provided in section 216A.93 to be used for the purposes of the 8 agency. 9 Sec. 163. Section 423.3, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 10 following new subsections: 11 NEW SUBSECTION . 103. a. The sales price of specified 12 digital products sold, and of enumerated services described in 13 section 423.2, subsection 6, paragraphs “bq” , “br” , “bs” , and 14 “bu” furnished, to a commercial enterprise for use exclusively 15 by the commercial enterprise. The use of a specified digital 16 product or service fails to qualify as a use exclusively by the 17 commercial enterprise if its use for noncommercial purposes is 18 more than de minimis. 19 b. For purposes of this subsection: 20 (1) “Commercial enterprise” means the same as defined in 21 section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph “d” , subparagraph (1). 22 (2) “De minimis” and “noncommercial purposes” shall be 23 defined by the director by rule. 24 NEW SUBSECTION . 104. The sales price of specified digital 25 products sold to a non-end user. For purposes of this 26 subsection, “non-end user” means a person who receives by 27 contract a specified digital product for further commercial 28 broadcast, rebroadcast, transmission, retransmission, 29 licensing, relicensing, distribution, redistribution, or 30 exhibition of the product, in whole or in part, to another 31 person. 32 NEW SUBSECTION . 105. The sales price from the sale of a 33 grain bin or materials used to construct a grain bin. For 34 purposes of this subsection, “grain bin” means property that is 35 -73- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 73/ 130
S.F. _____ vented and covered with corrugated metal or similar material, 1 and that is primarily used to hold loose grain for drying or 2 storage. 3 Sec. 164. Section 423.4, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 4 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 5 A relief agency may apply to the director for refund of the 6 amount of sales or use tax imposed and paid upon sales to it 7 of any goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal property 8 or specified digital products, or services furnished, used for 9 free distribution to the poor and needy. 10 Sec. 165. Section 423.4, subsection 3, paragraph a, 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 12 (1) On forms furnished by the department, and filed within 13 the time as the director shall provide by rule, the relief 14 agency shall report to the department the total amount or 15 amounts, valued in money, expended directly or indirectly 16 for goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal property or 17 specified digital products, or services furnished, used for 18 free distribution to the poor and needy. 19 Sec. 166. Section 423.4, subsection 10, paragraph e, Code 20 2018, is amended to read as follows: 21 e. There is established within the state treasury under the 22 control of the department a baseball and softball complex sales 23 tax rebate fund consisting of the amount of state sales tax 24 revenues transferred pursuant to section 423.2, subsection 11 , 25 paragraph “b” , subparagraph (4) 423.2A, subsection 2, paragraph 26 “d” . An account is created within the fund for each baseball 27 and softball complex receiving an award under section 15F.207 28 and meeting the qualifications of this subsection . Moneys 29 in the fund shall only be used to provide rebates of state 30 sales tax pursuant to this subsection , and only the state sales 31 tax revenues in the baseball and softball complex rebate fund 32 are subject to rebate under this subsection . The amount of 33 rebates paid from each baseball and softball complex’s account 34 within the fund shall not exceed the amount of the award under 35 -74- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 74/ 130
S.F. _____ section 15F.207 , and not more than five million dollars in 1 total rebates shall be paid from the fund. Any moneys in the 2 fund which represent state sales tax revenue for which the time 3 period in paragraph “c” for receiving a rebate has expired, 4 or which otherwise represent state sales tax revenue that has 5 become ineligible for rebate pursuant to this subsection , shall 6 immediately revert to the general fund of this state. 7 Sec. 167. Section 423.4, subsection 11, paragraph b, 8 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 9 (1) Sales tax imposed and collected by retailers upon 10 sales of tangible personal property or services furnished to 11 purchasers at the raceway facility. Notwithstanding the state 12 sales tax imposed in section 423.2 , a sales tax rebate issued 13 pursuant to this subparagraph shall not exceed the amounts 14 transferred to the raceway facility tax rebate fund pursuant to 15 section 423.2, subsection 11 , paragraph “b” , subparagraph (7) 16 423.2A, subsection 2, paragraph “g” . 17 Sec. 168. Section 423.4, subsection 11, paragraph b, 18 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (c), Code 2018, is 19 amended to read as follows: 20 (c) Notwithstanding the state sales tax imposed in section 21 423.2 , a sales tax rebate issued pursuant to this subparagraph 22 shall not exceed the amounts remaining after the transfers 23 required under section 423.2, subsection 11 , paragraph “b” , 24 subparagraphs (1) through (6) 423.2A, subsection 2, paragraphs 25 “a” through “f” , have been made from the total amount of sales 26 tax for which the rebate is requested. 27 Sec. 169. Section 423.4, subsection 11, paragraph e, Code 28 2018, is amended to read as follows: 29 e. There is established within the state treasury under 30 the control of the department a raceway facility tax rebate 31 fund consisting of the amount of state sales tax revenues 32 transferred pursuant to section 423.2, subsection 11 , paragraph 33 “b” , subparagraph (7) 423.2A, subsection 2, paragraph “g” . An 34 account is created within the fund for each raceway facility 35 -75- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 75/ 130
S.F. _____ meeting the qualifications of this subsection . Moneys in the 1 fund shall only be used to provide rebates of state sales tax 2 pursuant to paragraph “b” , subparagraph (1). The total amount 3 of rebates paid from the fund shall not exceed the amount 4 specified in paragraph “c” , subparagraph (4), subparagraph 5 division (a) or (b), whichever is applicable. Any moneys in 6 the fund which represent state sales tax revenue for which the 7 time period in paragraph “c” for receiving a rebate has expired, 8 or which otherwise represent state sales tax revenue that has 9 become ineligible for rebate pursuant to this subsection shall 10 immediately revert to the general fund of the state. 11 Sec. 170. Section 423.5, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 12 2018, is amended to read as follows: 13 a. The use in this state of tangible personal property 14 as defined in section 423.1 , including aircraft subject to 15 registration under section 328.20 , purchased for use in this 16 state. For the purposes of this subchapter , the furnishing 17 or use of the following services is also treated as the use 18 of tangible personal property: optional service or warranty 19 contracts, except residential service contracts regulated under 20 chapter 523C , vulcanizing, recapping, or retreading services, 21 engraving, photography, retouching, printing, or binding 22 services, and communication service when furnished or delivered 23 to consumers or users within this state. 24 Sec. 171. Section 423.5, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 25 2018, is amended to read as follows: 26 d. Purchases of tangible personal property or specified 27 digital products made from the government of the United States 28 or any of its agencies by ultimate consumers shall be subject 29 to the tax imposed by this section . Services purchased from 30 the same source or sources shall be subject to the service 31 tax imposed by this subchapter and apply to the user of the 32 services. 33 Sec. 172. Section 423.5, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 34 by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -76- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 76/ 130
S.F. _____ NEW PARAGRAPH . f. (1) The use in this state of specified 1 digital products. The tax applies whether the purchaser 2 obtains permanent use or less than permanent use of the 3 specified digital product, whether the use is conditioned or 4 not conditioned upon continued payment from the purchaser, 5 and whether the use is on a subscription basis or is not on a 6 subscription basis. 7 (2) The use of a digital code that may be used to obtain 8 or access a specified digital product shall be taxed in the 9 same manner as the specified digital product. For purposes of 10 this subparagraph, “digital code” means the same as defined in 11 section 423.2, subsection 9A. 12 Sec. 173. Section 423.5, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 3. For the purpose of the proper administration of the use 15 tax and to prevent its evasion, evidence that tangible personal 16 property was or specified digital products were sold by any 17 person for delivery in this state shall be prima facie evidence 18 that such tangible personal property was or specified digital 19 products were sold for use in this state. 20 Sec. 174. Section 423.5, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 21 by striking the subsection. 22 Sec. 175. Section 423.6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, 23 is amended to read as follows: 24 The use in this state of the following tangible personal 25 property , specified digital products, and services is exempted 26 from the tax imposed by this subchapter : 27 Sec. 176. Section 423.6, subsections 1, 2, 4, and 6, Code 28 2018, are amended to read as follows: 29 1. Tangible personal property , specified digital products, 30 and enumerated services, the sales price from the sale of which 31 are required to be included in the measure of the sales tax, if 32 that tax has been paid to the department or the retailer. This 33 exemption does not include vehicles subject to registration or 34 subject only to the issuance of a certificate of title. 35 -77- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 77/ 130
S.F. _____ 2. The sale of tangible personal property , specified 1 digital products, or the furnishing of services in the regular 2 course of business. 3 4. All articles of tangible personal property and all 4 specified digital products brought into the state of Iowa by a 5 nonresident individual for the individual’s use or enjoyment 6 while within the state. 7 6. Tangible personal property , specified digital products, 8 or services the sales price of which is exempt from the sales 9 tax under section 423.3 , except section 423.3, subsections 39 10 and 73 , as it relates to the sale, but not the lease or rental, 11 of vehicles subject only to the issuance of a certificate of 12 title and as it relates to aircraft subject to registration 13 under section 328.20 . 14 Sec. 177. Section 423.14, subsection 2, paragraphs b and c, 15 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 16 b. The tax upon the use of all tangible personal property 17 and specified digital products other than that enumerated in 18 paragraph “a” , which is sold by a seller who is a retailer 19 maintaining a place of business in this state, or by such other 20 retailer or agent as the director shall authorize pursuant to 21 section 423.30 or its agent that is not otherwise required 22 to collect sales tax under the provisions of this chapter , 23 shall be collected by the retailer or agent and remitted to the 24 department, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph “e” , and 25 sections 423.24 , 423.29 , 423.30 , 423.32 , and 423.33 . 26 c. The tax upon the use of all tangible personal property 27 and specified digital products not paid pursuant to paragraphs 28 “a” and “b” shall be paid to the department directly by any 29 person using the property within this state, pursuant to the 30 provisions of section 423.34 . 31 Sec. 178. NEW SECTION . 423.14A Persons required to collect 32 sales and use tax —— supplemental conditions, requirements, and 33 responsibilities. 34 1. For purposes of this section, “Iowa sales” means sales 35 -78- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 78/ 130
S.F. _____ of tangible personal property, services, or specified digital 1 products sourced to this state pursuant to section 423.15, 2 423.16, 423.17, 423.19, or 423.20, or that are otherwise sold 3 in this state or for delivery into this state. 4 2. In addition to and not in lieu of any application of 5 this chapter to sellers who are retailers and sellers who are 6 retailers maintaining a place of business in this state, any 7 person described in subsection 3, or the person’s agents, 8 shall be considered a retailer in this state and a retailer 9 maintaining a place of business in this state for purposes of 10 this chapter on or after January 1, 2019, and shall be subject 11 to all requirements of this chapter imposed on retailers and 12 retailers maintaining a place of business in this state, 13 including but not limited to the requirement to collect and 14 remit sales and use taxes pursuant to sections 423.14 and 15 423.29, and local option taxes under chapter 423B. 16 3. a. A retailer that has gross revenue from Iowa sales 17 equal to or exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for the 18 immediately preceding calendar year or the current calendar 19 year. 20 b. A retailer that makes Iowa sales in two hundred or more 21 separate transactions for the immediately preceding calendar 22 year or the current calendar year. 23 c. (1) A retailer that owns, licenses, or uses software 24 or data files that are installed or stored on property used 25 in this state. For purposes of this subparagraph, “software 26 or data files” include but are not limited to software that is 27 affirmatively downloaded by a user, software that is downloaded 28 as a result of the use of a website, preloaded software, and 29 cookies. 30 (2) A retailer that uses in-state software to make Iowa 31 sales. For purposes of this subparagraph, “in-state software” 32 means computer software that is stored on property located in 33 this state or that is distributed within this state for the 34 purpose of facilitating a sale by the retailer. 35 -79- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 79/ 130
S.F. _____ (3) A retailer that provides, or enters into an agreement 1 with another person to provide, a content distribution network 2 in this state to facilitate, accelerate, or enhance the 3 delivery of the retailer’s internet site to purchasers. For 4 purposes of this subparagraph, “content distribution network” 5 means a system of distributed servers that deliver internet 6 sites and other internet content to a user based on the 7 geographic location of the user, the origin of the internet 8 site or internet content, and a content delivery server. 9 (4) This paragraph “c” shall not apply to a retailer that 10 has gross revenue from Iowa sales of less than one hundred 11 thousand dollars for the immediately preceding calendar year 12 or the current calendar year. 13 d. (1) A retailer that makes Iowa sales through a 14 marketplace provider. This subparagraph shall not apply to a 15 retailer that has gross revenue from Iowa sales of less than 16 ten thousand dollars for the immediately preceding calendar 17 year or the current calendar year. 18 (2) A marketplace provider that makes or facilitates Iowa 19 sales for one or more retailers equal to or exceeding one 20 hundred thousand dollars, or in two hundred or more separate 21 transactions, for the immediately preceding calendar year or 22 the current calendar year. 23 (3) Retailers and marketplace providers subject to this 24 paragraph may enter into agreements regarding the fulfillment 25 of the requirements of this chapter. 26 (4) A marketplace provider shall collect sales and use tax 27 on the entire sales price or purchase price paid by a purchaser 28 on each Iowa sale made or facilitated by the marketplace 29 provider that is subject to sales and use tax, regardless of 30 the amount of the sales price or purchase price that will 31 ultimately accrue to or benefit the marketplace provider, 32 another retailer, or any other person. This sales and use tax 33 collection responsibility of a marketplace provider applies but 34 shall not be limited to sales facilitated through a computer 35 -80- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 80/ 130
S.F. _____ software application, commonly referred to as in-app purchases, 1 or through a specified digital product. 2 (5) If a retail sale subject to the sales and use tax 3 involves both a marketplace provider and another retailer 4 that is required to collect and remit sales and use tax, 5 the marketplace provider and any other retailer involved in 6 the transaction shall be jointly and severally liable for 7 collecting and remitting sales and use tax under this chapter. 8 (6) (a) For purposes of this paragraph, “marketplace 9 provider” means a person who facilitates a retail sale by 10 satisfying subparagraph divisions (i) and (ii) as follows: 11 (i) The person directly or indirectly does any of the 12 following: 13 (A) Lists, makes available, or advertises tangible personal 14 property, services, or specified digital products for sale by a 15 retailer in any forum. 16 (B) Transmits or otherwise communicates an offer or 17 acceptance of a retail sale of tangible personal property, 18 services, or specified digital products between a retailer and 19 a purchaser. 20 (C) Owns, rents, licenses, makes available, or operates 21 any electronic or physical infrastructure or any property, 22 process, method, copyright, trademark, or patent that connects 23 retailers to purchasers for the purpose of making retail sales 24 of tangible personal property, services, or specified digital 25 products. 26 (D) Provides a platform or other marketplace for making 27 retail sales of tangible personal property, services, or 28 specified digital products, or otherwise facilitates retail 29 sales of tangible personal property, services, or specified 30 digital products, regardless of ownership or control of the 31 tangible personal property, services, or specified digital 32 products that are the subject of the retail sale. 33 (E) Provides software development or research and 34 development activities related to any activity described in 35 -81- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 81/ 130
S.F. _____ this subparagraph subdivision (i), if such software development 1 or research and development activities are directly related 2 to the physical or electronic marketplace provided by a 3 marketplace provider. 4 (F) Provides or offers fulfillment or storage services for 5 a retailer. 6 (G) Sets prices for a retailer’s sale of tangible personal 7 property, services, or specified digital products. 8 (H) Provides or offers customer service to a retailer or 9 a retailer’s customers, or accepts or assists with returns or 10 exchanges of tangible personal property, services, or specified 11 digital products sold by a retailer. 12 (ii) The person directly or indirectly does any of the 13 following: 14 (A) Collects the sales price or purchase price of a retail 15 sale of tangible personal property, services, or specified 16 digital products. 17 (B) Provides payment processing services for a retail sale 18 of tangible personal property, services, or specified digital 19 products. 20 (C) Charges, collects, or otherwise receives selling 21 fees, listing fees, referral fees, closing fees, fees for 22 inserting or making available tangible personal property, 23 services, or specified digital products on a marketplace, or 24 other consideration from the facilitation of a retail sale of 25 tangible personal property, services, or specified digital 26 products, regardless of ownership or control of the tangible 27 personal property, services, or specified digital products that 28 are the subject of the retail sale. 29 (D) Through terms and conditions, agreements, or 30 arrangements with a third party, collects payment in connection 31 with a retail sale of tangible personal property, services, 32 or specified digital products from a purchaser and transmits 33 that payment to the retailer, regardless of whether the person 34 collecting and transmitting such payment receives compensation 35 -82- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 82/ 130
S.F. _____ or other consideration in exchange for the service. 1 (E) Provides a virtual currency that purchasers are allowed 2 or required to use to purchase tangible personal property, 3 services, or specified digital products. 4 (b) For purposes of this paragraph, “marketplace provider” 5 includes but is not limited to a digital distribution service, 6 digital distribution platform, online portal, or an application 7 store. 8 e. (1) A retailer that makes Iowa sales through the use of 9 a solicitor. For purposes of this paragraph, “solicitor” means 10 a person that directly or indirectly solicits business for a 11 retailer. 12 (2) (a) A retailer is deemed to have a solicitor in 13 this state if the retailer enters into an agreement with a 14 resident under which the resident, for a commission, fee, or 15 other similar consideration, directly or indirectly refers 16 potential customers, whether by link on an internet site, 17 or otherwise, to the retailer. This determination may be 18 rebutted by a showing of proof that the resident with whom the 19 retailer has an agreement did not engage in any solicitation 20 in this state on behalf of the retailer that would satisfy the 21 nexus requirement of the United States Constitution during the 22 calendar year in question. 23 (b) This subparagraph (2) shall not apply to a retailer that 24 has Iowa gross revenue from Iowa sales of ten thousand dollars 25 or less for the immediately preceding calendar year or the 26 current calendar year. 27 (c) For purposes of this subparagraph (2): 28 (i) “Iowa gross revenue” means gross revenue from Iowa 29 sales to purchasers who were referred to the retailer by all 30 solicitors who are residents. 31 (ii) “Resident” includes an individual who is a resident 32 of this state, as defined in section 422.4, and any business 33 that owns any tangible or intangible property with a situs in 34 this state, or that has one or more employees performing or 35 -83- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 83/ 130
S.F. _____ providing services for the business in this state. 1 (d) This paragraph “e” does not apply to chapter 422 and 2 does not expand or contract the state’s jurisdiction to tax a 3 trade or business under chapter 422. 4 f. A retailer that owns, controls, rents, licenses, makes 5 available, or uses any tangible or intangible property in this 6 state or with a situs in this state, to make or otherwise 7 facilitate a retail sale. 8 g. (1) Any person that enters into a contract or agreement 9 with a governmental entity, including but not limited to 10 contracts for the provision of financial assistance or 11 incentives such as a tax credit, forgivable loan, grant, tax 12 rebate, or any other thing of value. For purposes of this 13 subparagraph, “governmental entity” means any unit of government 14 in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch, or any 15 political subdivision of the state, including but not limited 16 to a city, county, township, or school district. 17 (2) Every bid submitted and each contract or agreement 18 executed by a state agency shall contain a certification by 19 the bidder or contractor stating that the bidder or contractor 20 is registered with the department pursuant to this chapter 21 and will collect and remit Iowa sales and use tax due under 22 this chapter. In the certification, the bidder or contractor 23 shall also acknowledge that the state agency may declare the 24 contractor or bid void if the certification is false or becomes 25 false. Fraudulent certification, by act or omission, may 26 result in the state agency or its representative filing for 27 damages for breach of contract. 28 h. Any affiliate of any retailer that is required to collect 29 and remit sales and use tax under this chapter, provided the 30 affiliate makes retail sales. 31 Sec. 179. Section 423.15, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 32 2018, is amended to read as follows: 33 All sales of products tangible personal property, services, 34 or specified digital products , except those sales enumerated 35 -84- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 84/ 130
S.F. _____ in section 423.16 , shall be sourced according to this section 1 by sellers obligated to collect Iowa sales and use tax. The 2 sourcing rules described in this section apply to sales of 3 tangible personal property, specified digital goods products , 4 and all services other than telecommunications services. This 5 section only applies to determine a seller’s obligation to pay 6 or collect and remit a Iowa sales or use tax with respect to 7 the seller’s sale of a product. This section does not affect 8 the obligation of a purchaser or lessee to remit tax on the use 9 of the product to the taxing jurisdictions in which the use 10 occurs. A seller’s obligation to collect Iowa sales tax or 11 Iowa use tax only occurs if the sale is sourced to this state. 12 Whether Iowa sales tax applies to a sale sourced to Iowa shall 13 be determined based on the location at which the sale is 14 consummated by delivery or, in the case of a service, where the 15 first use of the service occurs made by a seller subject to 16 section 423.1, subsection 48, or section 423.14A . 17 Sec. 180. Section 423.15, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 18 2018, is amended to read as follows: 19 e. When paragraphs “a” , “b” , “c” , and “d” do not apply, 20 including the circumstance where the seller is without 21 sufficient information to apply the previous rules, then the 22 location will be determined by the address from which tangible 23 personal property was shipped, from which the specified digital 24 good product or the computer software delivered electronically 25 was first available for transmission by the seller, or from 26 which the service was provided disregarding for these purposes 27 any location that merely provided the digital transfer of the 28 product sold. 29 Sec. 181. Section 423.22, Code 2018, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 423.22 Taxation in another state. 32 If any person who causes tangible personal property or 33 specified digital products to be brought into this state or 34 who uses in this state services enumerated in section 423.2 35 -85- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 85/ 130
S.F. _____ has already paid a tax in another state in respect to the sale 1 or use of the property or the performance of the service, or 2 an occupation tax in respect to the property or service, in 3 an amount less than the tax imposed by subchapter II or III , 4 the provisions of those subchapters shall apply, but at a rate 5 measured by the difference only between the rate fixed by 6 subchapter II or III and the rate by which the previous tax on 7 the sale or use, or the occupation tax, was computed. If the 8 tax imposed and paid in the other state is equal to or more than 9 the tax imposed by those subchapters, then a tax is not due in 10 this state on the personal property or service. 11 Sec. 182. Section 423.29, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 1. Every seller who is a retailer and who is making taxable 14 sales of tangible personal property or specified digital 15 products in Iowa shall, at the time of selling the property 16 making the sale , collect the sales tax. Every seller who 17 is a retailer maintaining a place of business in this state 18 that is not otherwise required to collect sales tax under the 19 provisions of this chapter and who is selling tangible personal 20 property or specified digital products for use in Iowa shall, 21 at the time of making the sale, whether within or without the 22 state, collect the use tax. Sellers required to collect sales 23 or use tax shall give to any purchaser a receipt for the tax 24 collected in the manner and form prescribed by the director. 25 Sec. 183. Section 423.30, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 26 amended to read as follows: 27 1. The director may, upon application, authorize the 28 collection of the use tax by any seller who is a retailer not 29 maintaining a place of business within this state and not 30 registered under the agreement, who, to the satisfaction of 31 the director, furnishes adequate security to ensure collection 32 and payment of the tax. Such sellers shall be issued, without 33 charge, permits to collect tax subject to any regulations 34 which the director shall prescribe. When so authorized, it 35 -86- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 86/ 130
S.F. _____ shall be the duty of foreign sellers to collect the tax upon 1 all tangible personal property and specified digital products 2 sold, to the retailer’s knowledge, for use within this state, 3 in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a 4 retailer maintaining a place of business within this state. 5 The authority and permit may be canceled when, at any time, the 6 director considers the security inadequate, or that tax can 7 more effectively be collected from the person using property 8 in this state. 9 Sec. 184. Section 423.31, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 1. Each person subject to this section and section 423.36 12 and in accordance with the provisions of this section and 13 section 423.36 shall, on or before the last day of the month 14 following the close of each calendar quarter during which 15 such person is or has become or ceased being subject to the 16 provisions of this section and section 423.36 , make, sign, and 17 file a return for the calendar quarter in the form as may be 18 required. Returns shall show information relating to sales 19 prices including goods, wares, tangible personal property, 20 specified digital products, and services converted to the 21 use of such person, the amounts of sales prices excluded and 22 exempt from the tax, the amounts of sales prices subject to 23 tax, a calculation of tax due, and any other information for 24 the period covered by the return as may be required. Returns 25 shall be signed by the retailer or the retailer’s authorized 26 agent and must be certified by the retailer to be correct in 27 accordance with forms and rules prescribed by the director. 28 Sec. 185. Section 423.31, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 29 2018, is amended to read as follows: 30 a. Upon making application and receiving approval from 31 the director, a parent corporation person and its affiliated 32 corporations affiliates that make retail sales of tangible 33 personal property , specified digital products, or taxable 34 enumerated services may make deposits and file a consolidated 35 -87- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 87/ 130
S.F. _____ sales tax return for the affiliated group, pursuant to rules 1 adopted by the director. A parent corporation person and each 2 affiliate corporation that files a consolidated return are 3 jointly and severally liable for all tax, penalty, and interest 4 found due for the tax period for which a consolidated return is 5 filed or required to be filed. 6 Sec. 186. Section 423.32, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 7 2018, is amended to read as follows: 8 b. The deposit form is due on or before the twentieth day of 9 the month following the month of collection, except a deposit 10 is not required for the third month of the calendar quarter, 11 and the total quarterly amount, less the amounts deposited for 12 the first two months of the quarter, is due with the quarterly 13 report on the last day of the month following the month of 14 collection. At that time, the retailer shall file with the 15 department a return for the preceding quarterly period in the 16 form prescribed by the director showing the purchase price of 17 the tangible personal property , specified digital products, and 18 services sold by the retailer during the preceding quarterly 19 period, the use of which is subject to the use tax imposed 20 by this chapter , and other information the director deems 21 necessary for the proper administration of the use tax. 22 Sec. 187. Section 423.33, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 23 amended to read as follows: 24 3. Event sponsor’s liability for sales tax. A person 25 sponsoring a flea market or a craft, antique, coin, or stamp 26 show or similar event shall obtain from every retailer selling 27 tangible personal property , specified digital products, 28 or taxable services at the event proof that the retailer 29 possesses a valid sales tax permit or secure from the retailer 30 a statement, taken in good faith, that tangible personal 31 property , specified digital products, or services offered for 32 sale are not subject to sales tax. Failure to do so renders 33 a sponsor of the event liable for payment of any sales tax, 34 interest, and penalty due and owing from any retailer selling 35 -88- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 88/ 130
S.F. _____ property or services at the event. Sections 423.31 , 423.32 , 1 423.37 , 423.38 , 423.39 , 423.40 , 423.41 , and 423.42 apply to the 2 sponsors. For purposes of this subsection , a “person sponsoring 3 a flea market or a craft, antique, coin, or stamp show or similar 4 event” does not include an organization which sponsors an 5 event determined to qualify as an event involving casual sales 6 pursuant to section 423.3, subsection 39 , or the state fair or 7 a fair as defined in section 174.1 . 8 Sec. 188. Section 423.33, Code 2018, is amended by adding 9 the following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. Liability of affiliates. 11 a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 12 contrary, if any retailer required to collect and remit sales 13 and use tax pursuant to sections 423.14, 423.14A, and 423.29, 14 or any other provision of this chapter, fails to do so, all 15 affiliates that directly, indirectly, or constructively control 16 the retailer shall be jointly and severally liable for any tax, 17 penalty, and interest under this chapter, regardless of whether 18 the affiliate is a retailer. 19 b. Pursuant to paragraph “a” , the department may elect 20 to assess the full amount of any tax, penalty, and interest 21 against the retailer, an affiliate of the retailer described 22 in paragraph “a” , or any combination of the retailer and the 23 retailer’s affiliates described in paragraph “a” . 24 c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 25 contrary, the department has the discretion to deem an 26 affiliate of a retailer an agent or alter ego of that retailer. 27 d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 28 contrary, the department has the discretion to disregard or 29 look through any organizational structure of an enterprise in 30 order to assess and collect any tax, penalty, and interest 31 against an affiliate that is acting to benefit an affiliate or 32 an enterprise of which the affiliate is a part. 33 Sec. 189. Section 423.34, Code 2018, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -89- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 89/ 130
S.F. _____ 423.34 Liability of user. 1 Any person who uses any tangible personal property , 2 specified digital products, or services enumerated in section 3 423.2 upon which the use tax has not been paid, either to the 4 county treasurer or to a retailer or direct to the department 5 as required by this subchapter , shall be liable for the payment 6 of tax, and shall on or before the last day of the month next 7 succeeding each quarterly period pay the use tax upon all 8 property or services used by the person during the preceding 9 quarterly period in the manner and accompanied by such returns 10 as the director shall prescribe. All of the provisions of 11 sections 423.32 and 423.33 with reference to the returns and 12 payments shall be applicable to the returns and payments 13 required by this section . 14 Sec. 190. Section 423.36, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 1. A person shall not engage in or transact business as a 17 retailer making taxable sales of tangible personal property , 18 specified digital products, or furnishing services within 19 this state or as a retailer making taxable sales of tangible 20 personal property , specified digital products, or furnishing 21 services for use within this state, unless a permit has been 22 issued to the retailer under this section , except as provided 23 in subsection 7 . Every person desiring to engage in or 24 transact business as a retailer shall file with the department 25 an application for a permit to collect sales or use tax. Every 26 application for a sales or use tax permit shall be made upon 27 a form prescribed by the director and shall set forth any 28 information the director may require. The application shall 29 be signed by an owner of the business if a natural person; in 30 the case of a retailer which is an association or partnership, 31 by a member or partner; and in the case of a retailer which 32 is a corporation, by an executive officer or some person 33 specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the 34 application, to which shall be attached the written evidence of 35 -90- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 90/ 130
S.F. _____ the person’s authority. 1 Sec. 191. Section 423.36, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3 a. Notwithstanding subsection 1 , if any person will make 4 taxable sales of tangible personal property , specified digital 5 products, or furnish services to any state agency, that person 6 shall, prior to the sale, apply for and receive a permit to 7 collect sales or use tax pursuant to this section . A state 8 agency shall not purchase tangible personal property , specified 9 digital products, or services from any person unless that 10 person has a valid, unexpired permit issued pursuant to this 11 section and is in compliance with all other requirements in 12 this chapter imposed upon retailers, including but not limited 13 to the requirement to collect and remit sales and use tax and 14 file sales and use tax returns. 15 Sec. 192. Section 423.36, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 16 2018, is amended to read as follows: 17 b. Persons engaged in selling tangible personal property , 18 specified digital products, or furnishing services shall not be 19 required to obtain or retain a sales tax permit for a place of 20 business at which taxable sales of tangible personal property , 21 specified digital products, or taxable performance of services 22 will not occur. 23 Sec. 193. Section 423.36, subsection 9, paragraph a, Code 24 2018, is amended to read as follows: 25 a. Except as provided in paragraph “b” , purchasers, users, 26 and consumers of tangible personal property , specified digital 27 products, or enumerated services taxed pursuant to subchapter 28 II or III of this chapter or chapter 423B may be authorized, 29 pursuant to rules adopted by the director, to remit tax owed 30 directly to the department instead of the tax being collected 31 and paid by the seller. To qualify for a direct pay tax permit, 32 the purchaser, user, or consumer must accrue a tax liability 33 of more than four thousand dollars in tax under subchapters 34 II and III in a semimonthly period and make deposits and file 35 -91- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 91/ 130
S.F. _____ returns pursuant to section 423.31 . This authority shall not 1 be granted or exercised except upon application to the director 2 and then only after issuance by the director of a direct pay 3 tax permit. 4 Sec. 194. Section 423.40, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 2. a. Any person who knowingly sells tangible personal 7 property, specified digital products, tickets or admissions 8 to places of amusement and athletic events, or gas, water, 9 electricity, or communication service at retail, or engages in 10 the furnishing of services enumerated in section 423.2 , in this 11 state without procuring a permit to collect tax, as provided 12 in section 423.36 , or who violates section 423.24 and the 13 officers of any corporation who so act are guilty of a serious 14 misdemeanor. 15 b. A person who knowingly sells tangible personal property, 16 specified digital products, tickets or admissions to places of 17 amusement and athletic events, or gas, water, electricity, or 18 communication service at retail, or engages in the furnishing 19 of services enumerated in section 423.2 , in this state after 20 the person’s sales tax permit has been revoked and before it 21 has been restored as provided in section 423.36, subsection 6 , 22 and the officers of any corporation who so act are guilty of an 23 aggravated misdemeanor. 24 Sec. 195. Section 423.41, Code 2018, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 423.41 Books —— examination. 27 Every retailer required or authorized to collect taxes 28 imposed by this chapter and every person using in this state 29 tangible personal property, specified digital products, 30 services, or the product of services shall keep records, 31 receipts, invoices, and other pertinent papers as the director 32 shall require, in the form that the director shall require, 33 for as long as the director has the authority to examine and 34 determine tax due. The director or any duly authorized agent 35 -92- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 92/ 130
S.F. _____ of the department may examine the books, papers, records, 1 and equipment of any person either selling tangible personal 2 property , specified digital products, or services or liable 3 for the tax imposed by this chapter , and investigate the 4 character of the business of any person in order to verify 5 the accuracy of any return made, or if a return was not made 6 by the person, ascertain and determine the amount due under 7 this chapter . These books, papers, and records shall be made 8 available within this state for examination upon reasonable 9 notice when the director deems it advisable and so orders. If 10 the taxpayer maintains any records in an electronic format, 11 the taxpayer shall comply with reasonable requests by the 12 director or the director’s authorized agents to provide those 13 electronic records in a standard record format. The preceding 14 requirements shall likewise apply to users and persons 15 furnishing services enumerated in section 423.2 . 16 Sec. 196. Section 423.45, subsection 4, paragraphs a, b, and 17 e, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 18 a. The department shall issue or the seller may separately 19 provide exemption certificates in the form prescribed by the 20 director, including certificates not made of paper, which 21 conform to the requirements of paragraph “c” , to assist 22 retailers in properly accounting for nontaxable sales of 23 tangible personal property , specified digital products, 24 or services to purchasers for a nontaxable purpose. The 25 department shall also allow the use of exemption certificates 26 for those circumstances in which a sale is taxable but the 27 seller is not obligated to collect tax from the buyer. 28 b. The sales tax liability for all sales of tangible 29 personal property and specified digital products and all sales 30 of services is upon the seller and the purchaser unless the 31 seller takes from the purchaser a valid exemption certificate 32 stating under penalty of perjury that the purchase is for a 33 nontaxable purpose and is not a retail sale as defined in 34 section 423.1 , or the seller is not obligated to collect tax 35 -93- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 93/ 130
S.F. _____ due, or unless the seller takes a fuel exemption certificate 1 pursuant to subsection 5 . If the tangible personal property , 2 specified digital products, or services are purchased tax free 3 pursuant to a valid exemption certificate and the tangible 4 personal property , specified digital products, or services are 5 used or disposed of by the purchaser in a nonexempt manner, the 6 purchaser is solely liable for the taxes and shall remit the 7 taxes directly to the department and sections 423.31 , 423.32 , 8 423.37 , 423.38 , 423.39 , 423.40 , 423.41 , and 423.42 shall apply 9 to the purchaser. 10 e. If the circumstances change and as a result the tangible 11 personal property , specified digital products, or services are 12 used or disposed of by the purchaser in a nonexempt manner or 13 the purchaser becomes obligated to pay the tax, the purchaser 14 is liable solely for the taxes and shall remit the taxes 15 directly to the department in accordance with this subsection . 16 Sec. 197. Section 423.57, Code 2018, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 423.57 Statutes applicable. 19 The director shall administer this subchapter as it relates 20 to the taxes imposed in this chapter in the same manner and 21 subject to all the provisions of, and all of the powers, 22 duties, authority, and restrictions contained in sections 23 423.14 , 423.14A, 423.15 , 423.16 , 423.17 , 423.19 , 423.20 , 24 423.21 , 423.22 , 423.23 , 423.24 , 423.25 , 423.29 , 423.31 , 423.32 , 25 423.33 , 423.34 , 423.34A , 423.35 , 423.37 , 423.38 , 423.39 , 26 423.40 , 423.41 , and 423.42 , section 423.43, subsection 1 , and 27 sections 423.45 , 423.46 , and 423.47 . 28 Sec. 198. Section 423.58, Code 2018, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 423.58 Collection, permit, and tax return exemption for 31 certain out-of-state businesses. 32 Notwithstanding sections 423.14 , 423.14A, 423.29 , 423.31 , 33 423.32 , and 423.36 , a person meeting the requirements of 34 section 29C.24 is not required to obtain a sales or use tax 35 -94- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 94/ 130
S.F. _____ permit, collect and remit sales and use tax, or make and file 1 applicable sales or use tax returns, as provided in section 2 29C.24, subsection 3 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2). 3 Sec. 199. Section 423B.5, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 1. A local sales and services tax at the rate of not more 6 than one percent may be imposed by a county on the sales price 7 taxed by the state under chapter 423, subchapter II . A local 8 sales and services tax shall be imposed on the same basis as 9 the state sales and services tax or in the case of the use of 10 natural gas, natural gas service, electricity, or electric 11 service on the same basis as the state use tax and shall not 12 be imposed on the sale of any property or on any service not 13 taxed by the state, except the tax shall not be imposed on 14 the sales price from the sale of motor fuel or special fuel 15 as defined in chapter 452A which is consumed for highway use 16 or in watercraft or aircraft if the fuel tax is paid on the 17 transaction and a refund has not or will not be allowed, 18 on the sales price from the sale of equipment by the state 19 department of transportation, or on the sales price from the 20 sale or use of natural gas, natural gas service, electricity, 21 or electric service in a city or county where the sales price 22 from the sale of natural gas or electric energy is subject to 23 a franchise fee or user fee during the period the franchise 24 or user fee is imposed. A local sales and services tax is 25 applicable to transactions within those incorporated and 26 unincorporated areas of the county where it is imposed and , 27 which transactions include but are not limited to sales sourced 28 pursuant to sections 423.15, 423.17, 423.19, or 423.20, to a 29 location within that incorporated or unincorporated area of the 30 county. The tax shall be collected by all persons required 31 to collect state sales taxes. All cities contiguous to each 32 other shall be treated as part of one incorporated area and the 33 tax would be imposed in each of those contiguous cities only 34 if the majority of those voting in the total area covered by 35 -95- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 95/ 130
S.F. _____ the contiguous cities favors its imposition. In the case of a 1 local sales and services tax submitted to the registered voters 2 of two or more contiguous counties as provided in section 3 423B.1, subsection 4 , paragraph “c” , all cities contiguous to 4 each other shall be treated as part of one incorporated area, 5 even if the corporate boundaries of one or more of the cities 6 include areas of more than one county, and the tax shall be 7 imposed in each of those contiguous cities only if a majority 8 of those voting on the tax in the total area covered by the 9 contiguous cities favored its imposition. 10 Sec. 200. Section 423B.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 11 2018, is amended to read as follows: 12 b. The ordinance of a county board of supervisors imposing 13 a local sales and services tax shall adopt by reference the 14 applicable provisions of the appropriate sections of chapter 15 423 . All powers and requirements of the director to administer 16 the state sales tax law and use tax law are applicable to the 17 administration of a local sales and services tax law and the 18 local excise tax, including but not limited to the provisions 19 of section 422.25, subsection 4 , sections 422.30 , 422.67 , 20 and 422.68 , section 422.69, subsection 1 , sections 422.70 21 through 422.75 , section 423.14, subsection 1 and subsection 22 2 , paragraphs “b” through “e” , and sections 423.14A, 423.15 , 23 423.23 , 423.24 , 423.25 , 423.31 through 423.35 , 423.37 through 24 423.42 , 423.46 , and 423.47 . Local officials shall confer 25 with the director of revenue for assistance in drafting the 26 ordinance imposing a local sales and services tax. A certified 27 copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the director as soon 28 as possible after passage. 29 Sec. 201. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 30 general assembly that the provisions of this division of this 31 Act amending the definition of “place of business” in section 32 423.1, subsection 37, and “sales” in section 423.1, subsection 33 50, enacting definitions of “sold at retail in the state” in 34 section 423.1, subsection 55A, and “subscription” in section 35 -96- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 96/ 130
S.F. _____ 423.1, subsection 57A, and amending the enumerated service of 1 pay television in 423.2, subsection 6, paragraph “al”, are 2 conforming amendments consistent with current state law, and 3 that the amendments do not change the application of current 4 law but instead reflect current law both before and after the 5 enactment of this division of this Act. 6 Sec. 202. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LAW FOR TAXATION OF 7 SPECIFIED DIGITAL PRODUCTS. The provisions of this division of 8 this Act relating to the imposition of tax on the sale or use of 9 “specified digital products”, as defined in this division of 10 this Act, shall not be construed as affecting the taxability 11 or nontaxability under other provisions of existing law of 12 sales or uses occurring prior to the enactment of this division 13 of this Act of products meeting the definition of “specified 14 digital products”, as defined in this division of this Act. 15 Sec. 203. EFFECTIVE DATE. 16 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this division of this 17 Act takes effect January 1, 2019. 18 2. The following take effect July 1, 2018: 19 a. The sections of this division of this Act amending 20 section 423.1, subsections 37 and 50. 21 b. The sections of this division of this Act enacting 22 section 423.1, subsections 55A and 57A. 23 c. The section of this division of this Act amending section 24 423.2, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1). 25 d. The provision amending the enumerated service of pay 26 television to include but not be limited to streaming video, 27 video on-demand, and pay-per-view, in the section of this 28 division of this Act amending section 423.2, subsection 6. 29 e. The provisions adding photography and retouching to the 30 list of enumerated services subject to the sales tax in the 31 section of this division of this Act amending section 423.2, 32 subsection 6. 33 f. The section of this division of this Act enacting section 34 423.2, subsection 8, paragraph “d”. 35 -97- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 97/ 130
S.F. _____ g. The section of this division of this Act amending section 1 423.5, subsection 1, paragraph “a”. 2 h. The section of this division of this Act entitled 3 “legislative intent” which describes the intent of the general 4 assembly with respect to certain amendments in this division of 5 this Act to the definition of “place of business” in section 6 423.1, subsection 37, “sales” in section 423.1, subsection 50, 7 the enactment of a definition for “subscription” in section 8 423.1, subsection 57A, and “sold at retail” in section 423.1, 9 subsection 55A, and amendments to the enumerated service of pay 10 television in section 423.2, subsection 6, paragraph “al”. 11 DIVISION VII 12 HOTEL AND MOTEL EXCISE TAX AND AUTOMOBILE RENTAL EXCISE TAX 13 CHANGES 14 Sec. 204. Section 423A.2, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 1. For the purposes of this chapter , unless the context 17 otherwise requires: 18 a. “Department” means the department of revenue. 19 b. “Lessor” means any of the following: 20 (1) A person engaged in the business of renting lodging to 21 users. 22 (2) A person who acquires a right to or interest in any 23 lodging with an intent to rent the lodging to another person. 24 (3) A person who actually or constructively rents lodging, 25 regardless of who owns or controls the lodging. 26 (4) A lodging facilitator. 27 (5) A retailer or retailer maintaining a place of business 28 in this state as defined in section 423.1, including those 29 persons who meet the requirements of section 423.14A, which 30 retailer or retailer maintaining a place of business in this 31 state would be responsible for collection and payment of the 32 hotel and motel tax if it were a sales or use tax under chapter 33 423. 34 c. “Lodging” means rooms, apartments, or sleeping quarters 35 -98- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 98/ 130
S.F. _____ in a hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, rooming house, 1 cabin, apartment, residential property, or manufactured or 2 mobile home which is tangible personal property, or in a 3 tourist court, or in any place where sleeping accommodations 4 are furnished to transient guests for rent, whether with or 5 without meals. Lodging does not include rooms that are not 6 used for sleeping accommodations. 7 d. “Lodging facilitator” means any person who facilitates 8 the renting of lodging to users by satisfying subparagraphs (1) 9 and (2) as follows: 10 (1) The person directly or indirectly does any of the 11 following: 12 (a) Lists, makes available, or advertises lodging for rent 13 by a lessor in any forum. 14 (b) Transmits or otherwise communicates an offer or 15 acceptance between a lessor or user. 16 (c) Owns, rents, licenses, makes available, or operates any 17 electronic or physical infrastructure or any property, process, 18 method, copyright, trademark, or patent that connects lessors 19 and users to each other. 20 (d) Provides a platform or other marketplace for renting 21 lodging or otherwise facilitates the renting of lodging, 22 regardless of ownership or control of the lodging. 23 (e) Provides software development or research and 24 development activities related to any activity described in 25 this subparagraph (1), if such software development or research 26 and development activities are directly related to the physical 27 or electronic marketplace provided by a lodging facilitator. 28 (f) Provides or offers fulfillment or storage services for a 29 lessor. 30 (g) Sets prices for a lessor’s rental of lodging. 31 (h) Provides or offers customer service to a lessor or 32 a lessor’s customers, or accepts or assists with returns, 33 exchanges, cancellations, or rescheduling of the rental of 34 lodging by a lessor. 35 -99- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 99/ 130
S.F. _____ (2) The person directly or indirectly does any of the 1 following: 2 (a) Collects the sales price for the renting of the lodging. 3 (b) Provides payment processing services for the renting of 4 lodging. 5 (c) Charges, collects, or otherwise receives booking fees, 6 advertising revenues, or other consideration from the renting 7 of lodging or the facilitation of the renting of lodging, 8 regardless of ownership or control of the lodging. 9 (d) Through terms and conditions, agreements, or 10 arrangements with a third party, collects payment in connection 11 with a rental of lodging from a user and transmits that payment 12 to the lessor, regardless of whether the person collecting 13 and transmitting such payment receives compensation or other 14 consideration in exchange for the service. 15 (e) Provides a virtual currency that users are allowed or 16 required to use to rent lodging. 17 d. e. “Person” means the same as the term is defined in 18 section 423.1 . 19 e. f. “Renting” , “rental” , or “rent” means a transfer of 20 possession or control of lodging for a fixed or indeterminate 21 term for consideration and includes any kind of direct or 22 indirect charge for such lodging or its use. 23 f. g. “Sales price” means the consideration for renting of 24 lodging and means the same as the term is defined in section 25 423.1 all direct or indirect consideration, including but 26 not limited to cash, credit, property, and services, paid in 27 connection with any charge of any description associated with 28 the renting of lodging or with communicating, negotiating, 29 reserving, booking, facilitating, or otherwise arranging to 30 rent lodging, including but not limited to booking fees, 31 reservation fees, service fees, cleaning fees, linen fees, 32 towel fees, and nonrefundable deposits . When determining “sales 33 price” , no deduction shall be taken for any of the following: 34 (1) The lessor’s cost of the property rented. 35 -100- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 100/ 130
S.F. _____ (2) The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, 1 interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the lessor, 2 all taxes imposed on the lessor, or any other expenses of the 3 lessor. 4 (3) Charges by the lessor for any services necessary to 5 complete the rental transaction. 6 g. h. “User” means a person to whom lodging is rented. 7 Sec. 205. NEW SECTION . 423A.3A Collection and remittance by 8 lodging facilitators —— joint and several liability. 9 If a transaction for the rental of lodging involves both a 10 lodging facilitator and another lessor, all of the following 11 shall apply: 12 1. The lodging facilitator shall collect the state-imposed 13 tax under section 423A.3 and the locally imposed tax under 14 section 423A.4 on the entire sales price paid by the user, 15 regardless of the amount of the sales price that will 16 ultimately accrue to or benefit the lodging facilitator, 17 another lessor, or any other person. 18 2. The lodging facilitator and any other lessor involved 19 in the transaction shall be jointly and severally liable for 20 collecting and remitting the tax under sections 423A.3 and 21 423A.4. 22 Sec. 206. Section 423A.5, Code 2018, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 423A.5 Exemptions. 25 1. There are exempted from the provisions of this chapter 26 and from the computation of any amount of tax imposed by 27 section 423A.3 this chapter all of the following: 28 a. 1. The sales price from the renting of lodging which is 29 rented by the same person for a period of more than thirty-one 30 consecutive days. 31 b. 2. The sales price from the renting of sleeping rooms 32 in dormitories and in memorial unions at all universities and 33 colleges located in the state of Iowa. 34 2. There is exempted from the provisions of this chapter and 35 -101- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 101/ 130
S.F. _____ from the computation of any amount of tax imposed by section 1 423A.4 all of the following: 2 a. The sales price from the renting of lodging or rooms 3 exempt under subsection 1 . 4 b. 3. The sales price of lodging furnished to the guests of 5 a religious institution if the property is exempt under section 6 427.1, subsection 8 , and the purpose of renting is to provide a 7 place for a religious retreat or function and not a place for 8 transient guests generally. 9 Sec. 207. Section 423A.6, subsection 4, Code 2018, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 4. Section 422.25, subsection 4 , sections 422.30 , 422.67 , 12 and 422.68 , section 422.69, subsection 1 , sections 422.70 , 13 422.71 , 422.72 , 422.74 , and 422.75 , section 423.14, subsection 14 1 , and sections 423.23 , 423.24 , 423.25 , 423.31 , 423.33 , 15 423.35 , 423.37 through 423.42 , and 423.47 , consistent with the 16 provisions of this chapter , apply with respect to the taxes 17 authorized under this chapter , in the same manner and with the 18 same effect as if the state and local hotel and motel taxes 19 were retail sales taxes within the meaning of those statutes. 20 Notwithstanding this subsection , the director shall provide for 21 quarterly filing of returns and for other than quarterly filing 22 of returns both as prescribed in section 423.31 . The director 23 may require all persons who are engaged in the business of 24 deriving any sales price subject to tax under this chapter to 25 register with the department. All taxes collected under this 26 chapter by a retailer , lessor, or any individual other person 27 are deemed to be held in trust for the state of Iowa and the 28 local jurisdictions imposing the taxes. 29 Sec. 208. Section 423C.2, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 30 amended to read as follows: 31 3. “Lessor” means a any of the following: 32 a. A person engaged in the business of renting automobiles 33 to users. “Lessor” includes a 34 b. A motor vehicle dealer licensed pursuant to chapter 35 -102- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 102/ 130
S.F. _____ 322 who rents automobiles to users. For this purpose, the 1 objective of making a profit is not necessary to make the 2 renting activity a business. 3 c. A person who acquires a right to or interest in any 4 automobile with an intent to rent the automobile to another 5 person. 6 d. A person who actually or constructively rents 7 automobiles, regardless of who owns or controls the 8 automobiles. 9 e. A rental facilitator. 10 f. A retailer or retailer maintaining a place of business in 11 this state as defined in section 423.1, including those persons 12 who meet the requirements of section 423.14A, which retailer or 13 retailer maintaining a place of business in this state would be 14 responsible for collection and payment of the automobile rental 15 excise tax if it were a sales or use tax under chapter 423. 16 Sec. 209. Section 423C.2, Code 2018, is amended by adding 17 the following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 06. “Rental facilitator” means any person 19 who facilitates the renting of an automobile to users by 20 satisfying paragraphs “a” and “b” as follows: 21 a. The person directly or indirectly does any of the 22 following: 23 (1) Lists, makes available, or advertises automobiles for 24 rent by a lessor in any forum. 25 (2) Transmits or otherwise communicates an offer or 26 acceptance between a lessor or user. 27 (3) Owns, rents, licenses, makes available, or operates any 28 electronic or physical infrastructure or any property, process, 29 method, copyright, trademark, or patent that connects lessors 30 and users to each other. 31 (4) Provides a platform or other marketplace for 32 renting automobiles or otherwise facilitates the renting 33 of automobiles, regardless of ownership or control of the 34 automobile. 35 -103- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 103/ 130
S.F. _____ (5) Provides software development or research and 1 development activities related to any activity described in 2 this paragraph “a” , if such software development or research and 3 development activities are directly related to the physical or 4 electronic marketplace provided by a rental facilitator. 5 (6) Provides or offers fulfillment or storage services for a 6 lessor. 7 (7) Sets prices for a lessor’s rental of automobiles. 8 (8) Provides or offers customer service to a lessor or 9 a lessor’s customers, or accepts or assists with returns, 10 exchanges, cancellations, or rescheduling of the rental of 11 automobiles by a lessor. 12 b. The person directly or indirectly does any of the 13 following: 14 (1) Collects the rental price for the renting of an 15 automobile. 16 (2) Provides payment processing services for the renting of 17 an automobile. 18 (3) Charges, collects, or otherwise receives booking 19 fees, advertising revenues, or other consideration from the 20 renting of an automobile or the facilitation of the renting 21 of an automobile, regardless of ownership or control of the 22 automobile. 23 (4) Through terms and conditions, agreements, or 24 arrangements with a third party, collects payment in connection 25 with a rental of automobiles from a user and transmits that 26 payment to the lessor, regardless of whether the person 27 collecting and transmitting such payment receives compensation 28 or other consideration in exchange for the service. 29 (5) Provides a virtual currency that users are allowed or 30 required to use to rent automobiles. 31 Sec. 210. Section 423C.2, subsection 6, Code 2018, is 32 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 33 thereof the following: 34 6. “Rental price” means all direct or indirect 35 -104- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 104/ 130
S.F. _____ consideration, including but not limited to cash, credit, 1 property, and services, paid in connection with any charge of 2 any description associated with the renting of an automobile 3 or with communicating, negotiating, reserving, booking, 4 facilitating, or otherwise arranging to rent an automobile, 5 including but not limited to booking fees, reservation fees, 6 service fees, and nonrefundable deposits. When determining 7 “rental price” , no deduction shall be taken for any of the 8 following: 9 a. The lessor’s cost of the property rented. 10 b. The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, 11 interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the lessor, 12 all taxes imposed on the lessor, or any other expenses of the 13 lessor. 14 c. Charges by the lessor for any services necessary to 15 complete the rental transaction. 16 Sec. 211. NEW SECTION . 423C.3A Collection and remittance by 17 rental facilitators —— joint and several liability. 18 If a transaction for the rental of an automobile involves 19 both a rental facilitator and another lessor, all of the 20 following shall apply: 21 1. The rental facilitator shall collect the tax under 22 section 423C.3 on the entire rental price paid by the user, 23 regardless of the amount of the rental price that will 24 ultimately accrue to or benefit the rental facilitator, another 25 lessor, or any other person. 26 2. The rental facilitator and any other lessor involved 27 in the transaction shall be jointly and severally liable for 28 collecting and remitting the tax under section 423C.3. 29 Sec. 212. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 30 general assembly that the provision of this division of this 31 Act amending the definition of “lodging” in section 423A.2, 32 subsection 1, paragraph “c”, is a conforming amendment 33 consistent with current state law, and that the amendment 34 does not change the application of current law but instead 35 -105- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 105/ 130
S.F. _____ reflects current law both before and after the enactment of 1 this division of this Act. 2 Sec. 213. EFFECTIVE DATE. 3 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this division of this 4 Act takes effect January 1, 2019. 5 2. The following take effect July 1, 2018: 6 a. The provision amending the definition of “lodging” in the 7 section of this division of this Act amending section 423A.2, 8 subsection 1, paragraph “c”. 9 b. The section of this division of this Act entitled 10 “legislative intent” which describes the intent of the general 11 assembly with respect to the amendment in this division of 12 this Act to the definition of “lodging” in section 423A.2, 13 subsection 1, paragraph “c”. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill makes numerous changes to the individual and 18 corporate income taxes, the franchise tax, tax credits, 19 the moneys and credits tax, the sales and use taxes and 20 local option sales tax, the hotel and motel excise tax, the 21 automobile rental excise tax, and the Iowa 529 plan and Iowa 22 ABLE plan. 23 DIVISION I —— INCOME TAX CHANGES FOR TAX YEAR 2018. The 24 federal Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act (PATH Act) 25 enacted by Congress in 2015 made permanent certain increased 26 phase-out amounts and increased credit percentages of the 27 federal earned income tax credit (EITC) that were scheduled 28 to expire in 2018, and made permanent the deduction for 29 certain expenses incurred by elementary and secondary school 30 teachers that was scheduled to expire in 2015. To date, Iowa 31 has not coupled with these federal changes for purposes of 32 calculating the Iowa EITC or for the teacher expense deduction. 33 Division I couples with these federal EITC and teacher expense 34 deduction changes for purposes of the Iowa EITC and Iowa net 35 -106- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 106/ 130
S.F. _____ income calculation for tax year 2018. Division I also couples 1 for tax year 2018 with certain accounting method and other 2 miscellaneous changes made in the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 3 of 2017 for purposes of the individual and corporate income 4 taxes, and the franchise tax, to the extent those amendments 5 affect the calculation of federal adjusted gross income or 6 federal taxable income for federal tax purposes for tax year 7 2018. These include amendments contained in the following 8 sections of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: §13102 (small 9 business accounting method changes), §13221 (accounting method 10 rules for the taxable year of inclusion), §13504 (repeal of 11 technical termination of partnerships), §13541 (electing small 12 business trust), §13543 (treatment of S corporation conversion 13 to C corporation), §13611 (repeal of special rule permitting 14 recharacterization of Roth IRA conversions), and §13613 15 (extended rollover period for qualified plan loans). 16 The division takes effect upon enactment and applies 17 retroactively to January 1, 2018, for tax years beginning on or 18 after that date, but prior to January 1, 2019. 19 DIVISION II —— INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAX CHANGES BEGINNING IN 20 2019. Division II makes numerous changes to the individual and 21 corporate income tax and franchise tax. 22 INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX. Under current law, the starting 23 point for computing the Iowa individual income tax is federal 24 adjusted gross income before the net operating loss deduction, 25 which is generally a taxpayer’s gross income minus several 26 deductions. From that point, Iowa requires several adjustments 27 and then provides taxpayers with a deduction for federal income 28 taxes paid, and the option to deduct a standard deduction or 29 itemized deductions. The bill changes the starting point for 30 computing the individual income tax to federal taxable income, 31 which includes all deductions and adjustments taken at the 32 federal level in computing tax, including a standard deduction 33 or itemized deductions, and the new qualified business income 34 deduction allowed for certain income earned from a pass-through 35 -107- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 107/ 130
S.F. _____ entity. Because the starting point will now be federal taxable 1 income, and federal law does not provide for the filing status 2 of married filing separately on a combined return, the bill 3 repeals that filing status option for Iowa tax purposes. 4 Because net operating loss will no longer be calculated 5 at the state level, the bill requires taxpayers to add back 6 any federal net operating loss deduction carried over from a 7 taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 2019, but allows 8 taxpayers to deduct any remaining Iowa net operating loss from 9 a prior taxable year. 10 The bill repeals the alternative minimum tax, and also 11 repeals most deductions and exclusions previously available 12 when computing net income and taxable income under Iowa law, 13 including the Iowa optional standard deduction and all itemized 14 deductions, and the ability to deduct federal income taxes, 15 except for a one-year phase-out in 2019 for taxes paid, or 16 refunds received, that relate to a prior year. 17 The bill keeps the deduction for military pension income 18 or military active duty pay. The bill also keeps the general 19 pension exclusion available under current law, and increases 20 it from $6,000 ($12,000 for married filing jointly) to $10,000 21 ($20,000 for married filing jointly). 22 The bill maintains the deductions for contributions to the 23 Iowa 529 plan, the Iowa ABLE plan, the first-time homebuyer 24 savings account, the deduction for social security retirement 25 benefits, the deduction for certain payments received for 26 providing unskilled in-home health care, for contributions 27 to an individual development account, for certain amounts 28 received from the veterans trust fund, for victim compensation 29 awards, and for biodiesel production refunds. The bill 30 keeps the deductions for certain wages paid to individuals 31 with disabilities or individuals previously convicted of a 32 felony, and for certain organ donations, but only for tax years 33 beginning before January 1, 2022. 34 The bill provides a new deduction for any income of an 35 -108- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 108/ 130
S.F. _____ employee resulting from the payment by an employer, whether 1 paid to the employee or to a lender, of principal or interest 2 on the employee’s qualified education loan. 3 Federal income tax law does provide a limited deduction for 4 a taxpayer’s payment of interest on qualified education loans, 5 and the bill disallows the deduction provided in the bill for 6 any amount of income that represents an interest payment that 7 was also deducted by the employee in computing federal taxable 8 income. 9 The term “qualified education loan” is defined to mean the 10 same as it does under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and 11 generally includes debt incurred on behalf of a taxpayer, or a 12 taxpayer’s spouse or dependent, to pay expenses of attending 13 institutions of higher education participating in the federal 14 student financial aid programs. 15 Under current law, the Iowa individual income tax conforms 16 to the IRC as of a certain date, and the general assembly 17 chooses to couple or decouple with changes to the IRC through 18 legislation. The bill changes this conformity by permanently 19 coupling with the IRC. This permanent coupling has the effect 20 of incorporating into Iowa tax law all the changes made to 21 the IRC since 2015, including changes made in the federal 22 Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, and the 23 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This permanent coupling 24 also has the effect of automatically incorporating into Iowa 25 tax law any future changes that may be made to the IRC, unless 26 the general assembly were to affirmatively decouple from a 27 particular provision through legislation. 28 However, the bill does decouple from the federal additional 29 first-year depreciation allowance in section 168(k) of the 30 IRC. By decoupling, taxpayers who claim bonus depreciation for 31 federal tax purposes are required to add such depreciation 32 amounts back to Iowa net income, but are then allowed under 33 existing state law to deduct the amount of depreciation that 34 would otherwise be allowable under federal law, without regard 35 -109- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 109/ 130
S.F. _____ to the bonus depreciation allowance. 1 Current law provides nine regular tax brackets containing 2 progressively higher amounts of taxable income that are taxed 3 at progressively higher tax rates, from a low of 0.36 percent, 4 to a high of 8.98 percent. The taxable income amounts in each 5 tax bracket are indexed to inflation and increased each year. 6 The bill reduces the number of brackets to five and modifies 7 the tax rates as follows: 8 Income over: But not over: Tax rate: 9 1) $0 $6,000 5.00% 10 2) $6,000 $15,000 5.25% 11 3) $15,000 $30,000 5.50% 12 4) $30,000 $75,000 6.00% 13 5) $75,000 or more 6.60% 14 The bill further reduces the top tax rate from 6.60% to 6.50% 15 in tax year 2020, to 6.40% in tax year 2021, and to 6.30% for 16 tax year 2022 and beyond. For a married couple filing a joint 17 return, the bill provides that all of the income amounts in 18 each bracket above are doubled. Finally, the bill provides 19 that beginning in 2023, all of the tax rates will be indexed to 20 inflation and reduced each year. 21 CORPORATE INCOME TAX AND FRANCHISE TAX. The starting point 22 for calculating the corporate income tax and the franchise 23 tax is federal taxable income before the net operating loss 24 deduction, because net operating loss is calculated at the 25 state level. The bill repeals the separate calculation of 26 net operating loss at the state level. As a result, the bill 27 requires taxpayers to add back any federal net operating loss 28 deduction carried over from a taxable year beginning prior to 29 January 1, 2019, but allows taxpayers to deduct any remaining 30 Iowa net operating loss from a prior taxable year. 31 The bill repeals the alternative minimum tax for the 32 corporate income tax, and also repeals most deductions and 33 exclusions previously available when computing net income and 34 taxable income under Iowa law, including the ability to deduct 35 -110- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 110/ 130
S.F. _____ federal income taxes, except for a one-year phase-out in 2019 1 for taxes paid, or refunds received, that relate to a prior 2 year. The bill keeps the deduction for certain wages paid 3 to individuals with disabilities or individuals previously 4 convicted of a felony, but only for tax years beginning before 5 January 1, 2022. 6 Under current law, the Iowa corporate income tax and 7 franchise tax conforms to the IRC as of a certain date, and the 8 general assembly chooses to couple or decouple with changes to 9 the IRC through legislation. The bill changes this conformity 10 by permanently coupling with the IRC. This permanent coupling 11 has the effect of incorporating into Iowa tax law all the 12 changes made to the IRC since 2015, including changes made in 13 the federal Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, 14 and the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This permanent 15 coupling also has the effect of automatically incorporating 16 into Iowa tax law any future changes that may be made to the 17 IRC, unless the general assembly were to affirmatively decouple 18 from a particular provision through legislation. 19 However, the bill does decouple from the federal additional 20 first-year depreciation allowance in section 168(k) of the 21 IRC. By decoupling, taxpayers who claim bonus depreciation 22 for federal tax purposes are required to add such depreciation 23 amounts back to Iowa net income, but are then allowed under 24 existing state law to deduct the amount of depreciation that 25 would otherwise be allowable under federal law, without regard 26 to the bonus depreciation allowance. 27 Current law provides four progressively higher tax brackets 28 and tax rates for the corporate income tax, ranging from a low 29 of 8 percent, to a high of 12 percent. The bill reduces the 30 corporate tax rates as follows: 31 Income over: But not over: 2019 2020 2021 2022 and later 32 1) $0 $25,000 6% 6% 5.5% 5.5% 33 2) $25,000 $100,000 8% 8% 5.5% 5.5% 34 3) $100,000 $250,000 10% 8% 5.5% 5.5% 35 -111- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 111/ 130
S.F. _____ 4) $250,000 and more 10% 10% 8% 7% 1 Division II takes effect January 1, 2019, and applies to tax 2 years beginning on or after that date. 3 DIVISION III —— TAX CREDITS. Division III makes numerous 4 changes to tax credits and tax credit programs. 5 The bill repeals the taxpayers trust fund tax credit 6 effective January 1, 2020. 7 The bill increases the annual tax credit allocation limit 8 of the angel investor tax credit program from $2 million to 9 $4 million, and provides that in any fiscal year in which the 10 angel investor program allocation exceeds $2 million, the $8 11 million annual tax credit allocation limit of the innovation 12 fund investment tax credit program shall be reduced by the 13 amount that the angel investor tax credit allocation exceeds $2 14 million for that same fiscal year. This change takes effect 15 July 1, 2018. 16 The bill increases the annual tax credit allocation limit of 17 the workforce housing tax incentive program to $22 million from 18 $20 million, and provides that the entire $2 million increase 19 shall be reserved for housing projects in small cities, thereby 20 increasing the small city reserve under the program from $5 21 million to $7 million per fiscal year. These changes take 22 effect July 1, 2018. 23 The bill makes several changes to the high quality jobs 24 program. The bill reduces to $80 million the annual tax 25 credit allocation limit of the high quality jobs program, for 26 fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2018. The bill 27 also prohibits data center businesses and web search portal 28 businesses, as defined in the bill, from participating in 29 the high quality jobs program, unless the businesses had a 30 physical presence in this state prior to July 1, 2018. The 31 bill repeals the ability under the high quality jobs program of 32 eligible businesses to receive tax credits and tax refunds for 33 taxes attributable to racks, shelving, and conveyor equipment 34 to be used in a warehouse or distribution center, beginning 35 -112- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 112/ 130
S.F. _____ January 1, 2019. The bill repeals the refundability of the 1 supplemental research activities tax credit available under the 2 high quality jobs program beginning January 1, 2019. Finally, 3 the bill repeals the high quality jobs program effective July 4 1, 2025. 5 The bill increases, from 5 percent and 15 percent, to 6 7 percent and 17 percent, the two tax credit rates of the 7 agricultural asset transfer tax credit, beginning January 1, 8 2019. The bill also increases from $6 million to $8 million 9 the number of tax credits that may be issued per fiscal year 10 under the agricultural asset transfer tax credit program, 11 beginning July 1, 2018. 12 The bill repeals the accelerated career education program 13 provided under Code chapter 260G on July 1, 2025. 14 The bill extends by one year the deadline for entering into 15 withholding agreements under the targeted jobs withholding 16 credit pilot project from June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2019. 17 The bill reduces to $35 million from $45 million the number 18 of historic preservation tax credits that may be awarded each 19 fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2018, and repeals the historic 20 preservation tax credit program on July 1, 2025. 21 The bill modifies the research activities tax credits under 22 the individual and corporate income tax by providing that the 23 credits will only be available to businesses engaged in the 24 manufacturing, life sciences, software engineering, or aviation 25 and aerospace industry, and to the extent the business claims 26 and is allowed a research credit for such qualified research 27 expenses under the IRC for the same taxable year it is claiming 28 the state research activities credit. The bill includes 29 examples of persons ineligible for the tax credits. These 30 changes take effect upon enactment and apply retroactively to 31 January 1, 2018, for tax years beginning on or after that date 32 and for tax returns, including amended returns, filed on or 33 after that date for any tax year. 34 The bill further modifies the research activities tax 35 -113- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 113/ 130
S.F. _____ credits under the individual and corporate income tax by 1 amending the definition of “base amount” for purposes of 2 calculating the credits. This change takes effect upon 3 enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2010, for tax 4 years beginning on or after that date. 5 Because Division II repeals the individual and corporate 6 alternative minimum taxes, the bill allows a taxpayer to 7 claim any remaining alternative minimum tax credit against 8 the individual’s or corporation’s regular tax liability for 9 the 2019 tax year, and the bill then repeals the alternative 10 minimum tax credit beginning in tax year 2020. 11 The bill increases the total amount of school tuition 12 organization tax credits that may be issued per tax year to $13 13 million from $12 million for tax years beginning on or after 14 January 1, 2019. The bill also increases the household income 15 limit at which a student is considered an “eligible student” 16 under the school tuition organization tax credit program to 17 four times the federal poverty amount for tuition grants 18 provided on or after January 1, 2019. 19 The bill repeals the tuition and textbook tax credit, the 20 volunteer fire fighter and volunteer emergency medical services 21 personnel member tax credit, and the reserve peace officer tax 22 credit, effective January 1, 2022. 23 The bill repeals the geothermal tax credit, the geothermal 24 heat pump tax credit, the farm to food donation tax credit, and 25 the ethanol promotion tax credit on January 1, 2019. 26 The bill repeals the solar energy system tax credits on July 27 1, 2018, for solar energy system installations occurring on or 28 after that date. 29 The bill requires the legislative tax expenditure committee 30 created in Code section 2.45 to study all tax credits available 31 under Iowa law during the 2018 interim, and to submit its 32 findings and recommendations to the general assembly for 33 consideration during the 2019 legislative session. As part 34 of the study, the legislative tax expenditure committee is 35 -114- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 114/ 130
S.F. _____ required to consider new or different tax credit or other 1 incentive programs for economic development. 2 DIVISION IV —— FRANCHISE TAX AND MONEYS AND CREDITS TAX. 3 Division IV relates to the state franchise tax and the state 4 moneys and credits tax. The bill repeals the state moneys and 5 credits tax in Code section 533.329 imposed on the required 6 reserves of state credit unions, which are institutions 7 organized in Iowa and exempt from the federal income tax. 8 The bill includes credit unions incorporated in Iowa as well 9 as under the laws of another state within the definition of 10 “financial institution” for purposes of the state franchise 11 tax on financial institutions, thereby imposing the state 12 franchise tax on state and out-of-state credit unions. The 13 bill also imposes the state franchise tax on agricultural 14 credit associations that are members of the farm credit system 15 under the federal Farm Credit Act. 16 The bill modifies the state franchise tax to provide that 17 neither the state alternative minimum franchise tax (AMT tax), 18 a component of the state franchise tax, nor the associated 19 alternative minimum tax credit for previous AMT tax paid, 20 applies to financial institutions that are exempt from the 21 federal income tax. The bill amends the definition of “net 22 income” upon which the state franchise tax is computed to 23 provide that “net income” for a financial institution that is 24 exempt from the federal income tax means the total revenue 25 less total expenses as properly reported on the financial 26 institution’s internal revenue service form 990 (return of 27 organization exempt from income tax) for the same period, with 28 the adjustments provided under current law for other financial 29 institutions to the extent such adjustments are applicable to 30 the federally tax-exempt financial institution’s calculation of 31 revenues and expenses, as determined by the director by rule. 32 The bill provides that a federally tax-exempt financial 33 institution’s state franchise tax is due at the end of the 34 taxable year and will be considered delinquent if not paid and 35 -115- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 115/ 130
S.F. _____ filed within five months of that date. 1 Under current law, the state franchise tax rate is 5 percent 2 on all net income of a financial institution. The bill 3 reduces the state franchise tax rate to 2 percent on the first 4 $7.5 million of net income, and 4 percent on all net income 5 exceeding $7.5 million. 6 All revenues arising from the state franchise tax are 7 deposited in the general fund of the state by operation of 8 law. The state moneys and credits tax revenues were shared 9 among cities, counties, and the state according to a statutory 10 formula. 11 The bill makes numerous conforming amendments throughout the 12 Code to remove references to the state moneys and credits tax. 13 The bill provides that the repeal of the state moneys and 14 credits tax shall not affect tax credits issued, awarded, 15 or allowed before January 1, 2019, including tax credit 16 carryforward amounts, and that any credits that would have been 17 eligible to be claimed on or after January 1, 2019, against 18 the state moneys and credits tax shall be allowed against the 19 franchise tax. 20 The division takes effect January 1, 2019, and applies to tax 21 years beginning on or after that date. 22 DIVISION V —— CHANGES TO IOWA EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS PLAN TRUST 23 AND IOWA ABLE SAVINGS PLAN TRUST. Division V makes several 24 changes to the Iowa educational savings plan trust in Code 25 chapter 12D (Iowa 529 plan), the disabilities expenses savings 26 plan trust in Code chapter 12I (Iowa ABLE plan), and the income 27 tax treatment of contributions to and withdrawals from such 28 plans. 29 IRC §529, which governs state tuition programs, previously 30 required that in order for a state tuition program to be 31 considered qualified and therefore eligible for certain 32 federal tax benefits, the program must be established to 33 allow contributions for the purposes of funding certain 34 qualifying expenses of attendance at institutions of higher 35 -116- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 116/ 130
S.F. _____ education. Accordingly, the Iowa 529 plan allows participants 1 to contribute and withdraw funds to and from the Iowa 529 plan 2 for the payment of higher education costs related to attendance 3 at institutions of higher education. 4 The federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 amended IRC 5 §529 to provide that during each tax year, up to $10,000 of 6 cash distributions from all qualified tuition programs for a 7 beneficiary for tuition expenses in connection with enrollment 8 or attendance at an elementary or secondary public, private, 9 or religious school, may be considered a distribution for 10 qualified higher education expenses and thus excludable from 11 income for federal income tax purposes. The federal Tax 12 Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 also provided that under certain 13 conditions, amounts in qualified tuition programs may be 14 transferred to a qualified ABLE account without incurring 15 federal income tax consequences. 16 The bill amends the Iowa 529 plan to provide for qualified 17 withdrawals from the plan for elementary or secondary school 18 tuition as is now allowed under federal law pursuant to the 19 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The bill modifies the 20 findings and purpose provision of the Iowa 529 plan in Code 21 section 12D.1(1) by striking or amending specific references 22 to higher education and institutions of higher education so 23 that such provisions more generally reference education and 24 educational institutions, and by providing that the Iowa 529 25 plan’s purpose is to make available an opportunity to invest in 26 a public trust to fund future formal education needs. 27 The bill strikes the definition of “higher education costs”, 28 as well as numerous references to that term throughout the Iowa 29 529 plan, and replaces them with the term “qualified education 30 expenses”, which is defined in the bill to mean the same as 31 qualified higher education expenses as defined in IRC §529, 32 including elementary and secondary school tuition to the extent 33 such tuition amounts are described and allowed under IRC §529. 34 The bill also replaces numerous references to “institution 35 -117- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 117/ 130
S.F. _____ of higher education” throughout the Iowa 529 plan with 1 references to a “qualified educational institution”, which 2 is defined in the bill to include an institution of higher 3 education and any elementary or secondary, public, private, or 4 religious school described in IRC §529. 5 The federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 also amended 6 IRC §529 to allow certain transfers from a qualified tuition 7 program to an ABLE account without incurring federal income tax 8 consequences. The bill amends the Iowa 529 plan to provide 9 that a participant may transfer amounts in an Iowa 529 plan to 10 an ABLE account, including the Iowa ABLE plan, if the transfer 11 is permitted under IRC §529. The Iowa 529 plan is further 12 amended to allow the transfer of funds to another account in 13 the Iowa 529 plan, if the transfer is permitted under IRC §529. 14 Several other modifications are made to the Iowa 529 plan 15 to remove references to the imposition of penalties for 16 cancellation and late payments under the trust, to remove 17 certain references to the ability to amend participation 18 agreements, to describe rules and procedures for determining 19 account successors in the case of death of a participant, and 20 to modify the permissible investment direction that may be 21 provided by participants and beneficiaries under the trust. 22 Finally, the bill adds Iowa 529 plan accounts to the list of 23 exemptions from execution under Code section 627.6. 24 Under current law in Code section 422.7(32)(c), previously 25 tax-deducted contributions to an Iowa 529 plan that are 26 withdrawn for purposes other than the payment of qualified 27 education expenses are required to be added back to income 28 in computing Iowa individual income tax. The bill amends 29 this provision to provide that Iowa 529 plan withdrawals of 30 previously tax-deducted contributions must be added back to 31 Iowa income unless the amount is a withdrawal or transfer 32 for one of three eligible purposes. First, for the payment 33 of qualified higher education expenses. Second, for the 34 payment of tuition to an elementary or secondary school if the 35 -118- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 118/ 130
S.F. _____ tuition amounts are qualified education expenses. Third, for a 1 change in beneficiaries under, or transfer to another account 2 within, the Iowa 529 plan, or a transfer to the Iowa ABLE plan, 3 provided such beneficiary change or transfer is permitted under 4 the Iowa 529 plan. The bill defines “institution of higher 5 education” and “tuition” to mean the same as defined under 6 the Iowa 529 plan. The bill defines “elementary or secondary 7 school” to mean an elementary or secondary school in this state 8 which is accredited under Code section 256.11 (educational 9 standards), and adheres to the provisions of the federal 10 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Code chapter 216 (civil rights 11 commission). The bill defines “qualified higher education 12 expenses” to mean the same as defined under IRC §529. 13 The bill amends the income tax treatment of contributions 14 to and withdrawals from the Iowa ABLE plan to provide that a 15 contribution shall not be deducted from Iowa income tax to the 16 extent it represents a transfer from the Iowa 529 plan that was 17 previously deducted as a contribution to the Iowa 529 plan, 18 and that amounts resulting from a cancellation or withdrawal 19 from the Iowa ABLE plan for purposes other than the payment of 20 qualified disability expenses shall be added back to income in 21 computing Iowa individual income tax to the extent the amount 22 was previously transferred from the Iowa 529 plan and deducted 23 as a contribution to the Iowa 529 plan. 24 The division takes effect upon enactment and applies 25 retroactively to January 1, 2018, for withdrawals and transfers 26 from the Iowa educational savings plan trust made on or after 27 that date, and for tax years beginning on or after that date. 28 DIVISION VI —— SALES AND USE TAXES. Division VI makes 29 numerous changes to the sales and use taxes, including the 30 local option sales tax. 31 SPECIFIED DIGITAL PRODUCTS. The bill imposes the sales and 32 use tax at a rate of six percent on the sale or use of specified 33 digital products in Iowa. The bill defines “specified digital 34 products” as electronically transferred digital audio-visual 35 -119- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 119/ 130
S.F. _____ works, digital audio works, digital books, or other digital 1 products. These and other related terms are defined in 2 the bill in new Code section 423.1(55A). The sales or use 3 tax applies whether the purchaser obtains permanent use or 4 less than permanent use of the specified digital product, 5 whether the sale or use is conditioned or not conditioned upon 6 continued payment from the purchaser, and whether the sale or 7 use is on a subscription basis or is not on a subscription 8 basis. The bill also provides that the sale or use of digital 9 code that may be used to obtain or access a specified digital 10 product at a later date is taxed in the same manner as a 11 specified digital product. 12 The bill creates an exemption for the sale or use of 13 specified digital products to a non-end user, as defined in the 14 bill. 15 The bill amends numerous existing sales and use tax 16 exemptions to include specified digital products, including 17 the following: sales the state is prohibited from taxing 18 under the United States Constitution or the Iowa Constitution; 19 sales to certain nonprofit corporations, organizations, 20 educational institutions, legal aid organizations, museums, 21 art centers, organ procurement organizations, hospitals, or 22 hospice facilities; sales by a state fair; sales to political 23 subdivisions; sales by counties or cities; casual sales; sales 24 of property which will be distributed as prizes to players 25 of certain amusement games; sales to recognized community 26 action agencies; uses of property for which the sales tax has 27 already been paid; sales in the regular course of business; 28 and property brought into Iowa by a nonresident and used here 29 temporarily. The bill amends a sales tax refund provision 30 relating to relief agencies that purchase property for free 31 distribution to the poor to include purchases of specified 32 digital products. 33 The bill makes certain other conforming amendments related 34 to the treatment of specified digital products for purposes 35 -120- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 120/ 130
S.F. _____ of the administration of the sales and use taxes. The bill 1 provides that the imposition of tax on the sale or use of 2 specified digital products shall not be construed as affecting 3 the taxability or nontaxability under other provisions of 4 existing law of sales or uses occurring prior to the enactment 5 of this division of this Act of products meeting the definition 6 of “specified digital products”. 7 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PAY TELEVISION SERVICE. The bill amends 8 the definition of “sale” in Code section 423.1(50) for purposes 9 of the sales tax to provide that a sale includes but is not 10 limited to any transfer, exchange, or barter on a subscription 11 basis. The bill defines “subscription” in new Code section 12 423.1(57A). 13 The bill amends the taxable service of pay television to 14 provide that pay television includes but is not limited to 15 streaming video, video on-demand, and pay-per-view. 16 The bill provides that it is the intent of the general 17 assembly that these changes to the definition of “sale” and 18 “subscription”, and changes to the service of pay television, 19 are conforming amendments consistent with current state law, 20 and that the amendments do not change the application of 21 current law but instead reflect current law both before and 22 after the enactment of these changes. 23 These changes take effect July 1, 2018. 24 OTHER CHANGES TO TAXABLE SERVICES. Under current law, the 25 services of photography and retouching are subject to the 26 sales and use tax, but such services are taxed as if they were 27 sales of tangible personal property. The bill strikes these 28 provisions treating photography and retouching as tangible 29 personal property, and adds photography and retouching to the 30 list of enumerated services subject to the sales and use tax. 31 These changes to photography and retouching take effect July 32 1, 2018. 33 Current law provides that a limousine service is subject 34 to the sales and use tax. The bill modifies this service to 35 -121- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 121/ 130
S.F. _____ provide that a personal transportation service shall be subject 1 to the sales and use tax, and includes taxis, driver services, 2 ride sharing services, rides for hire, and limousine services 3 as examples of the types of services which qualify as a taxable 4 personal transportation service. 5 Under current law, the furnishing of information services, 6 as defined in Code section 423.3(66), is exempt from the 7 sales and use tax. The bill strikes this exemption and makes 8 information services a taxable service for purposes of the 9 sales and use tax. The bill defines “information services”. 10 The bill additionally adds the following services to the 11 list of enumerated services subject to the sales and use 12 tax: storage of tangible or electronic files, documents, or 13 other records; services arising from or related to installing, 14 maintaining, servicing, repairing, operating, upgrading, or 15 enhancing specified digital products; video game services and 16 tournaments; and software as a service. 17 OTHER SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Current law provides 18 a sales and use tax exemption for access charges related to 19 online computer services in Code section 423.3(65), and for any 20 retail sale delivered electronically in Code section 423.3(67). 21 The bill strikes both of these exemptions. 22 The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption in new 23 Code section 423.3(103) for certain sales to a commercial 24 enterprise for use exclusively by the commercial enterprise. 25 The exemption specifies that such a use fails to qualify as 26 a use exclusively by the commercial enterprise if its use 27 for noncommercial purposes is more than de minimis. The 28 bill provides that the terms “de minimis” and “noncommercial 29 purposes” shall be defined by the director of revenue by 30 rule. The bill defines “commercial enterprise” to mean the 31 same as defined under the machinery and equipment sales and 32 use tax exemption in Code section 423.3(47), which includes 33 businesses and manufacturers conducted for profit and centers 34 for data processing services to insurance companies, financial 35 -122- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 122/ 130
S.F. _____ institutions, businesses, and manufacturers, but excludes 1 professions and occupations and nonprofit organizations. 2 The exemption applies to sales of specified digital 3 products, and to the furnishing of the following enumerated 4 taxable services: storage of tangible or electronic files, 5 documents, or other records; information services; services 6 arising from or related to installing, maintaining, servicing, 7 repairing, operating, upgrading, or enhancing specified digital 8 products; and software as a service. 9 The bill adds the sale of services to the items that may 10 qualify for the sales and use tax exemption in Code section 11 423.3(63) relating to items purchased for the purposes of 12 providing them as prizes to players of certain amusement games. 13 The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption in new Code 14 section 423.3(105) for the sale of a grain bin, or materials 15 used to construct a grain bin. The bill defines “grain bin”. 16 The bill also repeals numerous sales and use tax exemptions 17 related to agricultural production and creates a new sales and 18 use tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property used 19 primarily in agricultural production by a commercial farmer if 20 the cost of the tangible personal property is properly claimed 21 as a business deduction for Iowa income tax purposes and if 22 the tangible personal property is used on land eligible for 23 the agricultural land property tax credit. The bill includes 24 several categories of items that qualify for the exemption, and 25 modifies the definition of “agricultural production” in Code 26 section 423.1(5). 27 The bill amends the definition of “manufacturer” for 28 purposes of the manufacturing and equipment sales and use tax 29 exemption in Code section 423.3(47) to require that a business 30 be primarily engaged in manufacturing in order to qualify for 31 the exemption. The definition includes several examples of 32 activities that do and do not qualify as manufacturing for 33 purposes of the exemption. 34 Finally, the bill amends the sale-for-resale exemption 35 -123- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 123/ 130
S.F. _____ as it relates to certain construction equipment. Under 1 current law in Code section 423.3(37), the lease or rental 2 of machinery, equipment, attachments, and replacement parts 3 directly and primarily used in specified construction services 4 by an owner, contractor, subcontractor, or builder is exempt 5 from the sales tax (construction equipment exemption). Also 6 under current law, in Code section 423.3(2), the purchase 7 of tangible personal property for subsequent resale, lease, 8 or rental is exempt from the sales tax (sale-for-resale 9 exemption). However, the purchase of construction equipment 10 for a subsequent lease or rental that will qualify for the 11 construction equipment exemption does not qualify for the 12 sale-for-resale exemption. 13 The bill amends the sale-for-resale exemption to provide 14 that the purchase of construction equipment for a subsequent 15 lease or rental that will qualify for the construction 16 equipment exemption will only fail to qualify for the 17 sale-for-resale exemption if the sale is to a nonqualified 18 dealer. The bill defines “nonqualified dealer” to mean any 19 dealer who is not a party to a dealership agreement, as those 20 terms are defined in Code section 322F.1. The definitions 21 of “dealer” and “dealership agreement” in that Code section 22 respectively include persons engaged in the retail sale of 23 equipment and agreements between a dealer and supplier which 24 grant the dealer the right to sell, distribute, or service the 25 supplier’s equipment. 26 SALES AND USE TAX NEXUS AND COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS. The 27 bill modifies the requirement of persons to collect and remit 28 the state sales and use taxes and the local option sales tax. 29 Current law requires retailers to collect sales tax for taxable 30 items sold at retail in the state. The bill defines “sold 31 at retail in the state” and other similar terms to include 32 but not be limited to sales sourced to this state under Code 33 chapter 423 (sales and use tax), and provides that it is 34 the intent of the general assembly that the definition is a 35 -124- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 124/ 130
S.F. _____ conforming amendment consistent with current state law, and 1 that the amendment does not change the application of current 2 law but instead reflects current law both before and after the 3 enactment of the definition. The enactment of the definition 4 of “sold at retail in the state” takes effect July 1, 2018. 5 Under current law, Code section 423.15 provides general 6 rules for the sourcing of sales to Iowa. The bill amends a 7 provision in this Code section relating to when sales tax 8 applies to a sale sourced to Iowa, to provide that Iowa sales 9 tax applies to a sale sourced to Iowa made by a seller who is a 10 retailer maintaining a place of business in this state, or who 11 is subject to the new Code section 423.14A (described below). 12 The bill also amends provisions relating to the requirement 13 of retailers maintaining a place of business in this state to 14 collect use tax in Code sections 423.14 and 423.29, to provide 15 that use tax shall be collected by retailers not otherwise 16 required to collect sales tax under Code chapter 423 (sales and 17 use tax). 18 Under current law in Code section 423B.5, the local sales and 19 services tax is applicable to transactions within the areas of 20 the county imposing the tax. The bill amends this provision 21 to provide that a transaction occurring within the taxing area 22 includes a sale sourced to a location in that area pursuant 23 to the sourcing rules governing the sales and use tax (Code 24 sections 423.15 through 423.20). 25 The bill creates new Code section 423.14A that deems certain 26 persons, or agents of those persons, to be a retailer and 27 a retailer maintaining a place of business in this state 28 on or after January 1, 2019, and subjects those persons to 29 all requirements of Code chapter 423 (sales and use taxes), 30 including but not limited to the requirement to collect and 31 remit Iowa sales and use tax, and the requirement to collect 32 and remit the local option sales tax. The bill provides that 33 the requirements in Code section 423.14A are in addition to, 34 and not in lieu of, any other application of Code chapter 423 35 -125- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 125/ 130
S.F. _____ to a retailer or a retailer maintaining a place of business in 1 this state. Qualifying persons required to collect and remit 2 Iowa sales and use tax include any person described below. For 3 purposes of any threshold requirement described below that 4 involves the sales of taxable items, the bill defines “Iowa 5 sales” to include any sale sourced to this state under Code 6 chapter 423, or otherwise sold in this state or for delivery 7 into this state, of tangible personal property, specified 8 digital products, or services. 9 A qualifying person includes any retailer that has gross 10 revenue from Iowa sales equal to or exceeding $100,000 for the 11 current or previous calendar year. 12 A qualifying person includes any retailer that makes Iowa 13 sales in 200 or more separate transactions for the current or 14 previous calendar year. 15 A qualifying person includes any retailer that owns, 16 licenses, or uses software or data files (as defined in the 17 bill) that are installed or stored on property used in this 18 state. 19 A qualifying person includes any retailer that uses in-state 20 software (as defined in the bill) to make Iowa sales. 21 A qualifying person includes any retailer that provides, or 22 enters into an agreement to provide, a content distribution 23 network (as defined in the bill) in this state to facilitate, 24 accelerate, or enhance the delivery of the retailer’s internet 25 site to purchasers. However, this provision does not apply to 26 any retailer that has gross revenue from Iowa sales of less 27 than $100,000 for the current or previous calendar year. 28 A qualifying person includes any retailer that makes Iowa 29 sales through a marketplace provider (as defined in the bill). 30 However, this provision does not apply to any retailer that 31 has gross revenue from Iowa sales of less than $10,000 for the 32 current or previous calendar year. 33 A qualifying person includes any marketplace provider that 34 makes or facilitates Iowa sales for a retailer equal to or 35 -126- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 126/ 130
S.F. _____ exceeding $100,000, or in 200 or more separate transactions for 1 the current or previous year. The bill requires marketplace 2 providers to collect Iowa sales and use tax on the entire 3 sales price or purchase price paid the purchaser, regardless 4 of the amount that will ultimately accrue to or benefit the 5 marketplace provider or any other person, includes other 6 provisions related to marketplace providers, and subjects 7 certain marketplace providers and retailers described in the 8 bill to joint and several liability for the collection and 9 payment of Iowa sales and use tax. 10 A qualifying person includes a retailer that makes Iowa 11 sales through the use of a solicitor (as defined in the bill). 12 The bill creates a presumption that a retailer has a solicitor 13 in this state under certain circumstances. This provision does 14 not apply to retailers that have gross revenue from Iowa sales 15 referred by solicitors of $10,000 or less for the current or 16 previous calendar year. 17 A qualifying person includes any person that owns, controls, 18 rents, licenses, makes available, or uses any tangible or 19 intangible property in this state or with a situs in this state 20 to make or facilitate a retail sale. 21 A qualifying person includes any person that enters into a 22 contract or agreement with a governmental entity, as defined in 23 the bill, including but not limited to contracts or agreements 24 for the provision of financial assistance or incentives such as 25 a tax credit, forgivable loan, grant, tax rebate, or any other 26 thing of value. This provision includes certain requirements 27 for contractors who submit bids and agreements to state 28 agencies similar to language in current Code section 423.2(10). 29 The bill strikes the similar language under existing law in 30 Code section 423.2(10). 31 A qualifying person includes any affiliate or any retailer 32 that is required to collect Iowa sales and use tax, provided 33 the affiliate makes retail sales. 34 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SALES AND USE TAX CHANGES. The bill 35 -127- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 127/ 130
S.F. _____ moves provisions relating to the deposit and transfer of sales 1 tax revenues in Code section 423.11 to a new Code section 2 423.2A, and makes corresponding changes to other provisions of 3 the Code that reference those deposit and transfer provisions. 4 The bill amends the definition of “lease or rental”, “use”, 5 “use tax”, and “user” in Code section 423.1. The bill also 6 amends the definition of “bundled transaction” in Code section 7 423.2(8) to incorporate certain language also included in 8 the definition of “bundled transaction” for purposes of the 9 streamlined sales tax agreement, of which Iowa is a member 10 state. The changes to the definition of bundled transaction 11 take effect July 1, 2018. 12 The bill defines “personal property” for purposes of the 13 sales and use tax to include but not be limited to tangible 14 personal property and specified digital products. 15 The bill amends the definition of “place of business” in 16 Code section 423.1 to include places where specified digital 17 products or services are offered for sale, and provides that 18 it is the intent of the general assembly that the change to 19 the definition is a conforming amendment consistent with 20 current state law, and that the amendment does not change the 21 application of current law but instead reflects current law 22 both before and after the enactment of the change. These 23 changes to the definition of “place of business” take effect 24 July 1, 2018. 25 The bill provides that when any retailer required under 26 Iowa law to collect and remit sales and use tax fails to do 27 so, the retailer and any affiliate that directly, indirectly, 28 or constructively controls the retailer shall be held jointly 29 and severally liable for the tax and any resulting penalty and 30 interest, regardless of whether the affiliate is a retailer. 31 The bill provides the department the authority to assess 32 the full amount of any tax, penalty, or interest against 33 the retailer and these affiliates, and gives the department 34 discretion to disregard or look through any organizational 35 -128- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 128/ 130
S.F. _____ structure of an enterprise to assess tax, penalty, and interest 1 against an affiliate of a retailer. The term “affiliate” for 2 purposes of these provisions is defined under existing law in 3 Code section 423.1(2). 4 Finally, the bill adds several Code sections relating to 5 the requirement to collect sales and use tax to the provisions 6 for which failure to comply may subject a retailer to personal 7 liability under Code section 421.26. 8 EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS. Except as otherwise provided 9 above, the division takes effect January 1, 2019. 10 DIVISION VII —— HOTEL AND MOTEL EXCISE TAX AND AUTOMOBILE 11 RENTAL EXCISE TAX. The bill amends the hotel and motel excise 12 tax in Code chapter 423A and the automobile rental excise tax 13 in Code chapter 423C to expand the types of persons who must 14 collect and remit the excise taxes, and to make other changes 15 to the administration of the taxes. 16 Current law requires lessors, as defined with respect to 17 each excise tax, to collect the excise tax. The bill amends 18 the definition of “lessor” under each tax to more broadly 19 include any person who acquires a right or interest in lodging 20 or an automobile, any person who actually or constructively 21 rents lodging or an automobile, lodging facilitators and rental 22 facilitators, and retailers who would be required to collect 23 the excise taxes if the excise taxes were a sales and use tax 24 under Code chapter 423. The bill defines a lodging facilitator 25 with respect to the hotel and motel excise tax, and defines a 26 rental facilitator with respect to the automobile rental excise 27 tax, to include certain persons who facilitate the renting of 28 the taxable items by directly or indirectly performing certain 29 acts with regard to the rental transaction. The bill modifies 30 the definition of “sales price” for purposes of the hotel 31 and motel excise tax and “rental price” with respect to the 32 automobile rental excise tax. 33 The bill repeals an exemption from the hotel and motel excise 34 tax provided for the renting of rooms in a memorial union of an 35 -129- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 129/ 130
S.F. _____ Iowa college or university, and expands an exemption for the 1 renting of rooms in certain religious institutions so that it 2 also applies to the state and local hotel and motel excise tax. 3 Under current law, that exemption only applies to the local 4 hotel and motel excise tax. 5 The bill modifies the definition of “lodging” for purposes 6 of the hotel and motel excise tax to include a cabin, 7 apartment, or residential property. The bill provides that it 8 is the intent of the general assembly that the change to the 9 definition of “lodging” is a conforming amendment consistent 10 with current state law, and that the amendments do not change 11 the application of current law but instead reflect current law 12 both before and after the enactment of these changes. The 13 changes to the definition of “lodging” take effect July 1, 14 2018. 15 Finally, the bill provides that if a transaction under 16 either excise tax involves both a lessor and a lodging 17 facilitator or rental facilitator, as applicable, then both 18 parties will be jointly and severally liable for the applicable 19 tax, and further provides that the lodging facilitator or 20 rental facilitator shall collect the entire amount of tax 21 due on the transaction, regardless of the amount that will 22 ultimately accrue to the benefit of the lodging facilitator or 23 rental facilitator, or any other person. 24 EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS. Except as otherwise provided 25 above, the division takes effect January 1, 2019. 26 -130- LSB 5452XC (3) 87 mm/jh 130/ 130