Amendment #246, as changed to H4100

Promoting the Commonwealth Tax Incentive

Mr. Frost of Auburn <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of revenue shall study the tax revenue loss incurred by establishing a deduction, under section 3 of chapter 62, similar to the deduction described in section 165(d) of the Code, to the extent, if any, that that amount of such losses occurred in gaming facilities located in Massachusetts. The department shall report its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on revenue not later than December 31, 2012.