Date: | 05/01/2008 |
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Organization: | Massachusetts Department of Revenue |
Referenced Sources: | Massachusetts General Laws |
Personal Income Tax
This Technical Information Release explains the Massachusetts personal income tax consequences of federal economic stimulus payments to individuals as authorized by P.L. 110-185, § 101.
Public Law 110-185, § 101 authorizes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue economic stimulus payments to eligible taxpayers. The payments are the result of a federal credit treated as a payment against federal income tax. The IRS will start issuing the payments beginning in April of 2008.
The amount of the credit is not included in the taxpayer's federal gross income. [1] Massachusetts gross income is federal gross income with certain modifications not relevant here. G.L. c. 62, § 2(a). Since the economic stimulus payments are not included in federal gross income, they are not included in Massachusetts gross income and thus not subject to the Massachusetts personal income tax.
/s/Navjeet K. Bal
Navjeet K. Bal
Commissioner of Revenue
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May 1, 2008
TIR 08-5