HOUSE BILL No. 5011

 

September 26, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Haugh and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

 

"Income tax act of 1967,"

 

by amending section 673 (MCL 206.673), as added by 2011 PA 181.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 673. (1) A taxpayer that has claimed a credit under

 

former 1975 PA 228 or under the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA

 

36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601, that included a provision that

 

allowed for a reduction in the credit amount, a termination of the

 

credit, or a percentage of the credit amount previously claimed

 

added back to the tax liability of that taxpayer under that act if

 

the taxpayer failed to comply with any terms of the agreement or

 

other conditions of that credit or if the taxpayer sells or

 

otherwise moves the property for which a credit was claimed less

 


than 5 years after the year in which the credit was originally

 

claimed under former 1975 PA 228 or the Michigan business tax act,

 

2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601, shall have a percentage, or

 

the entire amount, of the credit amount previously claimed under

 

former 1975 PA 228 or the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36,

 

MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601, added back to the taxpayer's tax

 

liability under this act in the year that the taxpayer failed to

 

satisfy or breached the conditions of that credit set forth under

 

former 1975 PA 228 or the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36,

 

MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601.

 

     (2) A taxpayer that has claimed a credit under section 35a of

 

former 1975 PA 228 or under section 403 of the Michigan business

 

tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1403, for a tangible asset that the

 

taxpayer has sold, transferred out of this state, or otherwise

 

disposed of during the current tax year shall to the extent the

 

credit was used, and at the rate at which the credit was used,

 

under former 1975 PA 228 or at the rate at which the credit was

 

used under section 403 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA

 

36, MCL 208.1403, have an amount equal to the sum of the amounts

 

calculated under subdivisions (a) , and (b) , and (c) added back to

 

the taxpayer's liability under this act for that same tax year:

 

     (a) Calculate the gross proceeds or benefit derived from the

 

sale or other disposition of tangible assets, other than mobile

 

tangible assets, minus the gain, multiplied by the apportionment

 

factor for the taxable year as prescribed in chapter 14, and plus

 

the loss, multiplied by the apportionment factor for the taxable

 

year as prescribed in chapter 14 from the sale or other disposition

 


reflected in federal taxable income. and minus the gain from the

 

sale or other disposition added to the corporate income tax base in

 

section 623.

 

     (b) Calculate the gross proceeds or benefit derived from the

 

sale or other disposition of mobile tangible assets minus the gain

 

and plus the loss from the sale or other disposition reflected in

 

federal taxable income. and minus the gain from the sale or other

 

disposition added to the corporate income tax base in section 623.

 

This amount shall be multiplied by the apportionment factor for the

 

tax year as prescribed in chapter 14.

 

     (3) (c) Calculate A taxpayer that has claimed a credit under

 

section 35a of former 1975 PA 228 or under section 403 of the

 

Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1403, for a tangible

 

asset that the taxpayer has sold, transferred out of this state, or

 

otherwise disposed of during the current tax year shall to the

 

extent the credit was used, and at the rate at which the credit was

 

used, calculate the federal basis used for determining gain or loss

 

as of the date of the transfer of tangible assets other than mobile

 

tangible assets and add that amount back to the taxpayer's

 

liability under this act for that same tax year.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is retroactive and

 

effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2011.