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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX

     

     Introduced By: Senators Cote, Lombardi, and Picard

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 44-30 of the General Laws entitled "Personal Income Tax" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     44-30-12.1. Out-of-state pension benefits. – (a) A resident of the state of Rhode Island

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who collects a pension that originates in another state which collects income tax may have that

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portion of their pension to which they contributed, and said contribution having been already

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taxed by the state in which it was earned, exempted from any income tax imposed in Rhode

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Island, provided the taxpayer, or the taxpayer's surviving spouse as provided in subsection (b) of

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this section, furnishes to the division of taxation a statement, on letterhead of the state institution

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to which said contributions were made, of the total contributions made by the taxpayers to their

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pension. The exemption shall be credited against the total amount contributed by the taxpayer

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until the total amount of the taxpayer's pension contribution has been reached.

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     (b) In the event of the taxpayer's death, the exemption shall cease; provided, however, if a

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taxpayer's surviving spouse receives a reduced amount of the deceased taxpayer's pension, then in

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such event, the surviving spouse shall be eligible to receive the exemption. The exemption shall

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terminate upon the earlier of:

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     (1) The death of the surviving spouse; or

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     (2) The limit of the total pension contributions made by the deceased taxpayer has been

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reached.

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     (c) The exemption contained in this section shall only occur if the taxpayer has not made

 

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use of it when residing in another state.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX

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     This act would exempt from state taxation certain pension benefits that originate from

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another state.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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