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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3133 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Campsen All Sponsors:Campsen, Walker, Delleney, Davenport, Cobb-Hunter, Sandifer, Vaughn, Robinson, Owens, Altman, Merrill, Cotty, Gilham, Thompson, White Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9743htc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Act, Income tax rates, brackets; joint returns; Taxation, Domestic Relations History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010312 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. White House 20010124 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Thompson House 20010111 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Gilham House 20010110 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Merrill Cotty House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 20001220 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill
TO ENACT THE MARRIAGE PENALTY TAX RELIEF ACT BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TAX RATES AND BRACKETS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS, ESTATES, AND TRUSTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA INCOME TAX ACT, SO AS TO ALLOCATE EQUALLY BETWEEN SPOUSES SOUTH CAROLINA TAXABLE INCOME REPORTED ON A JOINT RETURN AND APPLY THE RATES AND BRACKETS SEPARATELY TO EACH INCOME THEREBY REDUCING THE STATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY FOR MARRIED COUPLES FILING JOINT RETURNS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 12-6-3330, RELATING TO THE TWO WAGE EARNER CREDIT FOR MARRIED INDIVIDUALS FILING JOINT RETURNS MADE OBSOLETE BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Act".
SECTION 2. Section 12-6-510 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 76 of 1995, is amended by adding at the end:
"(C) In the case of married taxpayers filing a joint return pursuant to Section 12-6-5000, South Carolina taxable income is allocated equally between spouses and the rates and brackets provided in subsection (A) are applied separately to each income in determining the joint tax liability."
SECTION 3. Section 12-6-3330 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for taxable years beginning after 2001.
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