HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3034        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2834

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jay R. Kaufman

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to access to tax expenditure information.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/18/2013

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

 

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

 

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

 

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

 

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

 

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3034        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2834

By Mr. Kaufman of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2834) of Jay R. Kaufman and others for legislation to grant the State Auditor access to certain confidential tax information for use in auditing tax expenditures.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to access to tax expenditure information.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 21 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (b), after paragraph (26), the following new paragraph:-

(27)  notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, including without limitation section 12 of chapter 11 and section 20 of chapter 62C, the state auditor’s access to any information, including tax returns and related documents, but excluding information provided to the commonwealth by other federal and state tax agencies where such access is precluded by law or agreement, necessary for the audit of tax expenditures, as defined by section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, provided that the identity of any particular taxpayer shall be deemed to be confidential information and not a public record, shall not be included in any published audit report, and shall be maintained as confidential information in accordance with government auditing standards as established by the Comptroller General of the United States.