SENATE, No. 1703

By Mr. Brown, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1703) of Scott P. Brown, Richard R. Tisei, Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik and other membersof the General Court for legislation to exempt certain veterans from state tax. Revenue.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN VETERANS FROM STATE TAX

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. Subparagraph (4) of paragraph (a) of subsection B of section 3 of chapter sixty-two of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subparagraph (4) and inserting in place thereof the following subparagraph:-

(4)        All sums deducted from wages as contributions to an annuity pension, endowment or retirement fund of the United States government, the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, including the optional retirement system established by section forty of chapter fifteen A, provided, that the deduction for such contributions and the deductions otherwise allowable under subparagraph (3) hereof attributable to any one taxpayer shall not in the aggregate exceed two thousand dollars, and any income from any contributory annuity, pension, endowment or retirement fund of the United States government or the commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, to which the employee has contributed, or any other income from a contributory annuity, pension, endowment or retirement fund of any       other state or any political subdivision thereof, provided that income from any such similar fund established under the laws of the commonwealth is not subject to taxation in such other state or political subdivision, or any income from any retirement allowance payable under section 58 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.              

SECTION 2.  This act shall be effective for taxable years beginning January 1, 2007.