HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2758        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2856

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mary S. Keefe

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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:

Date Added:

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/16/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/24/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/24/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/25/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/27/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/27/2023

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/27/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

1/30/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/2/2023

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/2/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/10/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/13/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/26/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

3/7/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/14/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/15/2023

Rita A. Mendes

11th Plymouth

4/11/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

4/14/2023

Manny Cruz

7th Essex

2/6/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2758        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2856

By Representative Keefe of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2856) of Mary S. Keefe and others relative to corporate tax rates.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2969 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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 2020 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, 2023, 9.0 per cent; or (v) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2023 and thereafter, 10.5 per cent; 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, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, 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, 2023, 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, 2023 and thereafter, 9.5 per cent of its net income determined to be taxable in accordance with this chapter.