1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to individual income taxation; allowing an 
  1.3             exclusion for long-term capital gains; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 290.01, subdivision 
  1.5             19b; and 290.091, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.01, 
  1.8   subdivision 19b, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 19b.  [SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME.] For 
  1.10  individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from 
  1.11  federal taxable income: 
  1.12     (1) interest income on obligations of any authority, 
  1.13  commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the 
  1.14  extent includable in taxable income for federal income tax 
  1.15  purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the 
  1.16  United States; 
  1.17     (2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of 
  1.18  any overpayment of income tax to Minnesota or to any other 
  1.19  state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount is 
  1.20  received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's 
  1.21  income tax liability; 
  1.22     (3) the amount paid to others, less the credit allowed 
  1.23  under section 290.0674, not to exceed $1,625 for each qualifying 
  1.24  child in grades kindergarten to 6 and $2,500 for each qualifying 
  1.25  child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and 
  2.1   transportation of each qualifying child in attending an 
  2.2   elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North 
  2.3   Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of 
  2.4   this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance 
  2.5   laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the 
  2.6   provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363.  For 
  2.7   the purposes of this clause, "tuition" includes fees or tuition 
  2.8   as defined in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1).  As 
  2.9   used in this clause, "textbooks" includes books and other 
  2.10  instructional materials and equipment used in elementary and 
  2.11  secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and 
  2.12  commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in 
  2.13  this state.  Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction 
  2.14  includes expenses as defined and limited in section 290.0674, 
  2.15  subdivision 1, clause (3).  "Textbooks" does not include 
  2.16  instructional books and materials used in the teaching of 
  2.17  religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is 
  2.18  to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it 
  2.19  include books or materials for, or transportation to, 
  2.20  extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or 
  2.21  dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or 
  2.22  similar programs.  For purposes of the subtraction provided by 
  2.23  this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section 
  2.24  32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; 
  2.25     (4) contributions made in taxable years beginning after 
  2.26  December 31, 1981, and before January 1, 1985, to a qualified 
  2.27  governmental pension plan, an individual retirement account, 
  2.28  simplified employee pension, or qualified plan covering a 
  2.29  self-employed person that were included in Minnesota gross 
  2.30  income in the taxable year for which the contributions were made 
  2.31  but were deducted or were not included in the computation of 
  2.32  federal adjusted gross income, less any amount allowed to be 
  2.33  subtracted as a distribution under this subdivision or a 
  2.34  predecessor provision in taxable years that began before January 
  2.35  1, 2000.  This subtraction applies only for taxable years 
  2.36  beginning after December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2001.  
  3.1   If an individual's subtraction under this clause exceeds the 
  3.2   individual's taxable income, the excess may be carried forward 
  3.3   to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, and before 
  3.4   January 1, 2002; 
  3.5      (5) income as provided under section 290.0802; 
  3.6      (6) the amount of unrecovered accelerated cost recovery 
  3.7   system deductions allowed under subdivision 19g; 
  3.8      (7) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross 
  3.9   income, income realized on disposition of property exempt from 
  3.10  tax under section 290.491; 
  3.11     (8) to the extent not deducted in determining federal 
  3.12  taxable income or used to claim the long-term care insurance 
  3.13  credit under section 290.0672, the amount paid for health 
  3.14  insurance of self-employed individuals as determined under 
  3.15  section 162(l) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that the 
  3.16  percent limit does not apply.  If the individual deducted 
  3.17  insurance payments under section 213 of the Internal Revenue 
  3.18  Code of 1986, the subtraction under this clause must be reduced 
  3.19  by the lesser of: 
  3.20     (i) the total itemized deductions allowed under section 
  3.21  63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, less state, local, and 
  3.22  foreign income taxes deductible under section 164 of the 
  3.23  Internal Revenue Code and the standard deduction under section 
  3.24  63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or 
  3.25     (ii) the lesser of (A) the amount of insurance qualifying 
  3.26  as "medical care" under section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue 
  3.27  Code to the extent not deducted under section 162(1) of the 
  3.28  Internal Revenue Code or excluded from income or (B) the total 
  3.29  amount deductible for medical care under section 213(a); 
  3.30     (9) the exemption amount allowed under Laws 1995, chapter 
  3.31  255, article 3, section 2, subdivision 3; 
  3.32     (10) to the extent included in federal taxable income, 
  3.33  postservice benefits for youth community service under section 
  3.34  124D.42 for volunteer service under United States Code, title 
  3.35  42, sections 12601 to 12604; 
  3.36     (11) to the extent not deducted in determining federal 
  4.1   taxable income by an individual who does not itemize deductions 
  4.2   for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an amount 
  4.3   equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions 
  4.4   allowable as a deduction for the taxable year under section 
  4.5   170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code over $500; 
  4.6      (12) to the extent included in federal taxable income, 
  4.7   holocaust victims' settlement payments for any injury incurred 
  4.8   as a result of the holocaust, if received by an individual who 
  4.9   was persecuted for racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany 
  4.10  or any other Axis regime or an heir of such a person; and 
  4.11     (13) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, 
  4.12  the amount of the federal small ethanol producer credit allowed 
  4.13  under section 40(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which is 
  4.14  included in gross income under section 87 of the Internal 
  4.15  Revenue Code; and 
  4.16     (14) to the extent included in federal taxable income, 
  4.17  adjusted net capital gain, as defined in section 1(h) of the 
  4.18  Internal Revenue Code, but not to exceed $12,000 for the taxable 
  4.19  year for married individual filing joint returns and surviving 
  4.20  spouses as defined in section 2(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
  4.21  or $6,000 for the taxable year for all other taxpayers. 
  4.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for sales and 
  4.23  exchanges occurring on or after the day following final 
  4.24  enactment for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000. 
  4.25     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.091, 
  4.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.27     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of the tax imposed by 
  4.28  this section, the following terms have the meanings given: 
  4.29     (a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of 
  4.30  the following for the taxable year: 
  4.31     (1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable 
  4.32  income as defined in section 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
  4.33  Code; 
  4.34     (2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing 
  4.35  federal alternative minimum taxable income, but excluding: 
  4.36     (i) the Minnesota charitable contribution deduction; 
  5.1      (ii) the medical expense deduction; 
  5.2      (iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; 
  5.3      (iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled 
  5.4   person; and 
  5.5      (v) holocaust victims' settlement payments to the extent 
  5.6   allowed under section 290.01, subdivision 19b; and 
  5.7      (vi) the exclusion for adjusted net capital gains under 
  5.8   section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (14); 
  5.9      (3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) 
  5.10  of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as 
  5.11  defined in section 614 of the Internal Revenue Code), to the 
  5.12  extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable 
  5.13  income, the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable 
  5.14  under section 611 of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable 
  5.15  year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the 
  5.16  taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion 
  5.17  deduction for the taxable year); 
  5.18     (4) to the extent not included in federal alternative 
  5.19  minimum taxable income, the amount of the tax preference for 
  5.20  intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the Internal 
  5.21  Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E); and 
  5.22     (5) to the extent not included in federal alternative 
  5.23  minimum taxable income, the amount of interest income as 
  5.24  provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); 
  5.25     less the sum of the amounts determined under the following: 
  5.26     (1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, 
  5.27  subdivision 19b, clause (1); 
  5.28     (2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by 
  5.29  section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (2), to the extent 
  5.30  included in federal alternative minimum taxable income; 
  5.31     (3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued 
  5.32  within the taxable year on indebtedness to the extent that the 
  5.33  amount does not exceed net investment income, as defined in 
  5.34  section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Interest does 
  5.35  not include amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross 
  5.36  income; and 
  6.1      (4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as 
  6.2   provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (4) and (6).
  6.3      In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum 
  6.4   taxable income must be computed as provided in section 59(c) of 
  6.5   the Internal Revenue Code. 
  6.6      (b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as 
  6.7   defined in section 163(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
  6.8      (c) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.4 percent of 
  6.9   alternative minimum taxable income after subtracting the 
  6.10  exemption amount determined under subdivision 3. 
  6.11     (d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under 
  6.12  this chapter (without regard to this section and section 
  6.13  290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable credits 
  6.14  allowed under this chapter.  
  6.15     (e) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this 
  6.16  section. 
  6.17     (f) "Minnesota charitable contribution deduction" means a 
  6.18  charitable contribution deduction under section 170 of the 
  6.19  Internal Revenue Code to or for the use of an entity described 
  6.20  in section 290.21, subdivision 3, clauses (a) to (e).  When the 
  6.21  federal deduction for charitable contributions is limited under 
  6.22  section 170(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, the allowable 
  6.23  contributions in the year of contribution are deemed to be first 
  6.24  contributions to entities described in section 290.21, 
  6.25  subdivision 3, clauses (a) to (e). 
  6.26     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for sales and 
  6.27  exchanges occurring on or after the day following final 
  6.28  enactment for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.