All Taxation-Franchise Legislation - Minnesota

1ERelating to economic development ARTICLE 1 - JOBZ REQUIREMENTS Defining targeted rural opportunity community to include cities or towns with population loss or a higher than average unemployment rate; specifying state review criteria for commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) approval of business subsidy agreements; requiring job opportunity building zone (JOBZ) business subsidy agreements to comply with certain agreement requirements; requiring written commissioner approval and specifying conditions required for commissioner approval; requiring standard agreement development by the commissioner, local government unit business subsidy reports on progress and public notice and hearing; allowing JOBZ qualified businesses and targeted rural opportunity communities tax benefits treatment the same year of agreement signature and into the future for a certain time period, specifying exclusions;[...]

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Relating to taxation ARTICLE 1 - GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVES Modifying budget reserve provisions; modifying the calculation of the school operating capital levy; modifying the residential homestead market value credit; modifying the definition of local government unit for levy limit purposes; imposing certain levy limits; excluding compensation and certain pension income for service in the armed forces from the income tax; providing for dairy investment and regional investment income tax credits; increasing maximum homeowner property tax refunds; modifying the income and franchise tax income apportionment formula; providing a direct sales tax exemption for small business and certain other capital equipment purchases including the wood products industry; exempting certain department of transportation (DOT) purchases from the sales tax; exempting certain sales of construction materials for a legal reference [...]

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Relating to natural resources; modifying gross weight limitations restrictions on vehicles hauling unfinished forest products; expanding certain renewable energy objectives for allocation of costs purposes for electricity providers; modifying the apportionment formula of general application under the corporate franchise tax; modifying the sales tax exemption for capital equipment and defining wood products industry; expanding the sales and use tax agricultural exemptions for repair and replacement parts to include skidder tires; appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources for certain assistance to nonindustrial private forest landowners and for implementation of the sustainable forest resources act, to the Minnesota forest resources council, to the forest resources interagency information cooperative and for certain costs for generating revenue, to hire additional filed foresters to work on timber sales,[...]

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2E Relating to financing and operation of state and local government ARTICLE 1 - INCOME TAX Adding certain fines to federal taxable income; providing an income tax subtraction for the amount of national service education awards received from the national service trust for service in an approved AmeriCorps national service program; providing an income tax credit for investments in qualified new business ventures; prohibiting businesses from deducting criminal or civil fines, penalties or damages; modifying and increasing the income tax credit for military service; establishing the Minnesota home care income tax credit, determining the amount of credit allowed and credit limitations, providing credit to be refundable, requiring certain caregiver training; providing an refundable income tax credit for qualified citizenship expenses; prohibiting businesses from deducting criminal or civil fines, penalties [...]

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2E Relating to taxation ARTICLE 1 - AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Modifying the distribution of local government aid (LGA); specifying a city revenue need minimum; modifying the city aid base and increasing the aid base for certain cities; defining small city aid base, city jobs base, out of home placement aid and town aids; modifying county tax base equalization aid and transition aid, city formula aid, city aid distribution, county aids; providing a 2009 aid adjustment; increasing the cities appropriation limit; providing an inflation adjustment for municipal (city) aid and county need aid distributions; providing a distribution of payments in lieu of tax for land included in state parks located on Lake Vermilion; authorizing first class metropolitan cities in receipt of certain excessive aid to expend excess on debt obligations related to public facilities or neighborhood revitalization; requiring a legislative [...]

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Relating to taxation; providing tax incentives for green economy businesses including individual income and corporate franchise taxes, state and local sales and use taxes on qualifying purchases, state and local sales tax on motor vehicles, and certain property tax and job credit allowances; providing for certification of qualified businesses; exempting certain real and personal property in class 3 used primarily in the operation of a certified green business from ad valorem taxes, specifying municipal approval requirements; providing an income tax subtraction for certified green business income; modifying the definition of taxable income; providing for a certified green business job credit; making certain conforming amendments; excluding certified green business income from alternative minimum taxable income; excluding income from a certified green business from alternative minimum taxable income provisions; modifying [...]

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HF 2362 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus tax bill modifying income, property, franchise, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, health care provider, tobacco, insurance, mortgage, gambling, and other tax provisions; and appropriating money. ARTICLE 1: HOMESTEAD CREDIT STATE REFUND HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS Section 1: Residential homestead market value credit language modified. Section 2: Contents of tax statements language modified. Section 3: Property taxes payable language modified. Section 4: Renters language modified. Section 5: Additional refund language added. Section 6: Homestead credit state refund language provided. Section 7: Table language modified. Section 8: Inflation adjustment language modified. Section 9: Repealer language provided. ARTICLE 2: AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Section 1: City revenue [...]

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HF 3149 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus tax bill. ARTICLE 1 -- HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX REFUND Section 1: Homeowners language modified. Section 2: Taxpayer assistant services; property tax refund language provided. ARTICLE 2 -- AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Section 1: City revenue need language modified. Section 2: City aid base language modified. Section 3: Small city aid base language provided. Section 4: City jobs base language provided. Section 5: Unmet need language added. Section 6: County transition aid language modified. Section 7: City formula aid language modified. Section 8: City aid distribution language modified. Section 9: Appropriation language modified. Section 10: Utility valuation transition aid language provided. Section 11: State Parks located on Lake Vermillion;[...]

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