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Am. S. B. No. 20 As Reported by the House Ways and Means CommitteeAs Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Gardner, Stivers, Faber, Mumper, Padgett, Schuring, Schaffer, Kearney, Miller, D., Roberts, Coughlin, Cates, Austria, Buehrer, Cafaro, Carey, Fedor, Goodman, Grendell, Harris, Mason, Miller, R., Morano, Niehaus, Schuler, Smith, Spada, Wilson, J., Jacobson
Representatives Gibbs, Bubp, Blessing, Brinkman, Hagan, J., Latta, Patton, Widener, Wolpert, Bolon, Chandler, Healy, Letson, Miller, Yates
A BILL
To amend section 5747.37 of the Revised Code to increase the income tax adoption credit from $500 per child to $1,500.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5747.37 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5747.37. As used in this section:
(A) "Minor child" means a person under
eighteen years of age.
(B) "Legally adopt" means to adopt a minor child pursuant to Chapter 3107. of
the Revised Code, or pursuant to
the laws
of any other state or nation if such an adoption is recognizable under section
3107.18 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of this
section, a minor child is legally adopted when the final
decree or order of adoption is issued by the proper court under the laws of
the state or nation under which the child is adopted, or, in the case of an
interlocutory order of adoption, when the order becomes final under the laws
of the state or nation. "Legally adopt" does not include the adoption of a
minor child by the child's stepparent.
There is hereby granted a credit against the tax imposed by section
5747.02 of the Revised Code for the legal adoption by a
taxpayer of a minor
child. The amount of the credit shall be one thousand five hundred dollars for each minor
child legally adopted by the taxpayer during the taxable year. The taxpayer may claim the credit for each child over a period of three or fewer consecutive taxable years, beginning with the taxable year in which the child was legally adopted. The amount that may be claimed for a taxable year equals the total amount of the credit less any amounts claimed in preceding taxable years. The credit
shall be claimed in the order required
under section 5747.98 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of
making tax payments under this chapter, taxes equal to the amount of the
credit shall be considered to be paid to this state on the first day of the
taxable year.
Section 2. That existing section 5747.37 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. The amendment by this act of section 5747.37 of the Revised Code applies to adoptions of minor children under final decrees or orders of adoption duly issued, or interlocutory orders of adoption that become final, during taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
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