By Mr. Stanley of Waltham, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3137) of Thomas M. Stanley and others relative to increasing the circuit breaker income tax credit for persons sixty-five years of age or older who are owners or tenants of residential property.  Revenue.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Thomas M. Stanley

Colleen M. Garry

Jennifer M. Callahan

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the senior circuit tax breaker credit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (2) of subsection (k) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is amended by inserting after the figure “$750”, as so appearing, at the end of said paragraph, the following words:- ; except, in the event that the taxpayer’s total income does not exceed 50 percent of the income limitation as applicable to the taxpayer under clause (i) of paragraph (3) of this subsection, as increased under paragraph (4) of this subsection, then such amount to which the real estate tax payment or the rent constituting real estate tax payment exceeds the taxpayer’s total income shall be calculated based on 8 ½ percent of such total income.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of January 1, 2007.