SENATE DOCKET, NO. 428        FILED ON: 1/29/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1839

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 restoring corporate tax rates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/2/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/2/2021

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/2/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/3/2021

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/9/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/9/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/15/2021

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/23/2021

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/25/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/25/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/26/2021

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/26/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

3/2/2021

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

3/3/2021

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

3/3/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

3/8/2021

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

3/12/2021

Susan L. Moran

Plymouth and Barnstable

3/15/2021

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

3/26/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

4/21/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 428        FILED ON: 1/29/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1839

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1839) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Jack Patrick Lewis, Mike Connolly, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court for legislation to restore corporate tax rates.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to restoring corporate tax rates.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 63 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (b) and replacing it with the following: --

(b) Any corporation taxable under this section shall pay an excise measured by its net income determined to be taxable under section 2A at the following rates:-- (i) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1995, but before January 1, 2010, 10.5 per cent; (ii) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2010, but before January 1, 2011, 10.0 per cent; (iii) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2012, 9.5 per cent; (iv) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2021, 9.0 per cent; or (v) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and thereafter, 10.5 percent; provided, however, that in no case shall the excise imposed under this section amount to less than $456.

SECTION 2. Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 39 of Chapter 63 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subparagraph (i) and replacing it with the following: --

(i) For tax years beginning before January 1, 2010, 9.5 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter; (ii) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, but before January 1, 2011, 8.75 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter; (iii) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2012, 8.25 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter; (iv) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012 but before January 1, 2021, 8.0 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter; or, (v) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and thereafter, 9.5 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter.