CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 398Introduced by Assembly Member AhrensFebruary 04, 2025 An act to amend Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 398, as introduced, Ahrens. Personal income tax: Earned Income Tax Credit.The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows an earned income tax credit against personal income tax and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, a continuously appropriated fund, for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law, as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as specified. The law provides that the amount of the credit is calculated as a percentage of the eligible individuals earned income and is phased out above a specified amount as income increases, and provides alternative calculation factors under specified circumstances. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage is set at $15 per hour, requires the phaseout percentage for eligible individuals to be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board so that the calculated amount of credit for a taxpayer with an earned income of $30,000 is equal to zero.This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed for an eligible individual is less than $355, as specified, would allow the credit for the eligible individual to be $355 instead, except as otherwise specified. By authorizing additional payments from a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 398Introduced by Assembly Member AhrensFebruary 04, 2025 An act to amend Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 398, as introduced, Ahrens. Personal income tax: Earned Income Tax Credit.The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows an earned income tax credit against personal income tax and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, a continuously appropriated fund, for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law, as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as specified. The law provides that the amount of the credit is calculated as a percentage of the eligible individuals earned income and is phased out above a specified amount as income increases, and provides alternative calculation factors under specified circumstances. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage is set at $15 per hour, requires the phaseout percentage for eligible individuals to be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board so that the calculated amount of credit for a taxpayer with an earned income of $30,000 is equal to zero.This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed for an eligible individual is less than $355, as specified, would allow the credit for the eligible individual to be $355 instead, except as otherwise specified. By authorizing additional payments from a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 398
Introduced by Assembly Member AhrensFebruary 04, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Ahrens
February 04, 2025
An act to amend Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 398, as introduced, Ahrens. Personal income tax: Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows an earned income tax credit against personal income tax and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, a continuously appropriated fund, for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law, as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as specified. The law provides that the amount of the credit is calculated as a percentage of the eligible individuals earned income and is phased out above a specified amount as income increases, and provides alternative calculation factors under specified circumstances. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage is set at $15 per hour, requires the phaseout percentage for eligible individuals to be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board so that the calculated amount of credit for a taxpayer with an earned income of $30,000 is equal to zero.This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed for an eligible individual is less than $355, as specified, would allow the credit for the eligible individual to be $355 instead, except as otherwise specified. By authorizing additional payments from a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows an earned income tax credit against personal income tax and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, a continuously appropriated fund, for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law, as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as specified. The law provides that the amount of the credit is calculated as a percentage of the eligible individuals earned income and is phased out above a specified amount as income increases, and provides alternative calculation factors under specified circumstances. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage is set at $15 per hour, requires the phaseout percentage for eligible individuals to be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board so that the calculated amount of credit for a taxpayer with an earned income of $30,000 is equal to zero.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed for an eligible individual is less than $355, as specified, would allow the credit for the eligible individual to be $355 instead, except as otherwise specified. By authorizing additional payments from a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.
This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
SECTION 1. Section 17052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children7.65%7.65%1 qualifying child34%34%2 qualifying children40%40%3 or more qualifying children45%45%(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$3,290$3,2901 qualifying child$4,940$4,9402 or more qualifying children$6,935$6,935(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows: In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026. (ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
17052. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed against the net tax, as defined by Section 17039, an earned income tax credit in an amount equal to an amount determined in accordance with Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as applicable for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(2) (A) The amount of the credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to earned income, as modified by this section, shall be multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.
(B) Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall be 0 percent.
(C) The earned income tax credit authorized by this section shall only be operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the credit.
(b) (1) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to percentages, the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with: The credit percentage is: The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children 7.65% 7.65%
1 qualifying child 34% 34%
2 qualifying children 40% 40%
3 or more qualifying children 45% 45%
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The credit percentage is:
The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children
7.65%
7.65%
1 qualifying child
34%
34%
2 qualifying children
40%
40%
3 or more qualifying children
45%
45%
(2) (A) In lieu of the table prescribed in Section 32(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with: The earned income amount is: The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children $3,290 $3,290
1 qualifying child $4,940 $4,940
2 or more qualifying children $6,935 $6,935
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The earned income amount is:
The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children
$3,290
$3,290
1 qualifying child
$4,940
$4,940
2 or more qualifying children
$6,935
$6,935
(B) Section 32(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to joint returns, shall not apply.
(c) (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting this state for the United States.
(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting 25 but not attained age 65 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 18.
(3) Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:
(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.
(4) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, paragraph (3) shall not apply and in lieu thereof Section 32(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows:
(A) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by deleting plus and inserting in lieu thereof the following: and only if such amounts are subject to withholding pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code, plus.
(B) Section 32(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply.
(5) Section 32(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to place of abode, is modified by substituting this state for the United States.
(d) Section 32(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting $3,400 for $2,200.
(e) (1) In lieu of Section 32(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and in subdivision (d) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.1 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.
(3) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, when recomputing the amounts referenced in paragraph (1), the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the greater of 3.5 percent or the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index as calculated under subdivision (h) of Section 17041 for that taxable year.
(f) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section exceeds the tax liability computed under this part for the taxable year, the excess shall be credited against other amounts due, if any, and the balance, if any, shall be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer.
(g) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, procedures, or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.
(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including any regulations to prevent improper claims from being filed or improper payments from being made with respect to net earnings from self-employment.
(B) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, these emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. The regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall remain in effect until revised or repealed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, amounts refunded pursuant to this section shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.
(i) (1) For the purpose of implementing the credit allowed by this section for the 2015 taxable year, the Franchise Tax Board shall be exempt from the following:
(A) Special Project Report requirements under State Administrative Manual Sections 4819.36, 4945, and 4945.2.
(B) Special Project Report requirements under Statewide Information Management Manual Section 30.
(C) Section 11.00 of the 2015 Budget Act.
(D) Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12102, and 12102.1 of the Public Contract Code.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall formally incorporate the scope, costs, and schedule changes associated with the implementation of the credit allowed by this section in its next anticipated Special Project Report for its Enterprise Data to Revenue Project.
(j) (1) In accordance with Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, 41, the purpose of the California Earned Income Tax Credit is to reduce poverty among Californias poorest working families and individuals. To measure whether the credit achieves its intended purpose, the Franchise Tax Board shall annually prepare a written report on the following:
(A) The number of tax returns claiming the credit.
(B) The number of individuals represented on tax returns claiming the credit.
(C) The average credit amount on tax returns claiming the credit.
(D) The distribution of credits by number of dependents and income ranges. The income ranges shall encompass the phase-in and phaseout ranges of the credit.
(E) Using data from tax returns claiming the credit, including an estimate of the federal tax credit determined under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the credit and an estimate of the number of families who are lifted out of deep poverty by the combination of the credit and the federal tax credit. For the purposes of this subdivision, a family is in deep poverty if the income of the family is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold.
(2) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the written report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services.
(B) For those years in which the report described in this paragraph includes information relating to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the Franchise Tax Board shall separately state the details required by paragraph (1), and an estimate for what those details would be if not for the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subparagraph.
(k) The tax credit allowed by this section shall be known as the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
(l) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 722 of the Statutes of 2016 shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
(m) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.22%1 qualifying child3.10%2.29%2 qualifying children2.13%3.45%3 or more qualifying children2.12%3.49%
In the case of an eligible individual with: The credit percentage is: The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children 2.20% 1.22%
1 qualifying child 3.10% 2.29%
2 qualifying children 2.13% 3.45%
3 or more qualifying children 2.12% 3.49%
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The credit percentage is:
The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,354$5,3541 qualifying child$9,484$9,4842 qualifying children$13,794$13,7943 or more qualifying children$13,875$13,875
In the case of an eligible individual with: The earned income amount is: The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children $5,354 $5,354
1 qualifying child $9,484 $9,484
2 qualifying children $13,794 $13,794
3 or more qualifying children $13,875 $13,875
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The earned income amount is:
The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(n) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children2.20%1.08%1 qualifying child3.10%2.00%2 qualifying children2.13%2.82%3 or more qualifying children2.12%2.85%
In the case of an eligible individual with: The credit percentage is: The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children 2.20% 1.08%
1 qualifying child 3.10% 2.00%
2 qualifying children 2.13% 2.82%
3 or more qualifying children 2.12% 2.85%
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The credit percentage is:
The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to one hundred three dollars ($103) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$5,520$5,5201 qualifying child$9,778$9,7782 qualifying children$14,222$14,2223 or more qualifying children$14,305$14,305
In the case of an eligible individual with: The earned income amount is: The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children $5,520 $5,520
1 qualifying child $9,778 $9,778
2 qualifying children $14,222 $14,222
3 or more qualifying children $14,305 $14,305
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The earned income amount is:
The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(o) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, and the earned income amount is greater than or equal to the corresponding amount in the table set forth in paragraph (2) below, then in lieu of the table prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the credit percentage and the phaseout percentage shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The credit percentage is:The phaseout percentage is:No qualifying children5.43%0.92%1 qualifying child6.33%2.88%2 qualifying children4.20%3.75%3 or more qualifying children4.15%3.78%
In the case of an eligible individual with: The credit percentage is: The phaseout percentage is:
No qualifying children 5.43% 0.92%
1 qualifying child 6.33% 2.88%
2 qualifying children 4.20% 3.75%
3 or more qualifying children 4.15% 3.78%
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The credit percentage is:
The phaseout percentage is:
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(2) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) is less than or equal to two hundred dollars ($200) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with no qualifying children, or less than or equal to five hundred five dollars ($505) multiplied by the ratio of the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year divided by 0.85 for an eligible individual with one or more qualifying children, then in lieu of the table prescribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the earned income amount and the phaseout amount shall be determined as follows:
In the case of an eligible individual with:The earned income amount is:The phaseout amount is:No qualifying children$4,334$4,3341 qualifying child$9,381$9,3812 qualifying children$14,137$14,1373 or more qualifying children$14,302$14,302
In the case of an eligible individual with: The earned income amount is: The phaseout amount is:
No qualifying children $4,334 $4,334
1 qualifying child $9,381 $9,381
2 qualifying children $14,137 $14,137
3 or more qualifying children $14,302 $14,302
In the case of an eligible individual with:
The earned income amount is:
The phaseout amount is:
1 qualifying child
2 qualifying children
3 or more qualifying children
(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and until and including the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, both of the following shall occur:
(A) The amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(B) The phaseout percentage for each of the four categories of eligible individuals shall be recalculated by the Franchise Tax Board in such a manner that, for a taxpayer with an earned income of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the calculated amount of credit is equal to zero.
(4) (A) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the amounts in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(B) For taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the minimum wage, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code, is set at fifteen dollars ($15) per hour, the phaseout percentages for the prior taxable year, as recalculated under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), shall apply.
(p) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to identification numbers, is modified as follows:
(1) By deleting (other than a social security number issued pursuant to clause (II) (or that portion of clause (III) that relates to clause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act).
(2) By substituting federal individual taxpayer identification number or a social security number for social security number.
(q) An eligible individual, eligible individuals spouse, or qualifying child using a federal individual taxpayer identification number as authorized under subdivision (p) shall:
(1) Upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, provide:
(A) Identifying documents acceptable for purposes of obtaining a California drivers license or identification card as authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 12801.9 of the Vehicle Code and related regulations adopted for purposes of establishing documents acceptable to prove identity.
(B) Identifying documents used to report earned income for the taxable year.
(2) Upon receiving a valid social security number issued to that individual by the Social Security Administration, notify the Franchise Tax Board, in the time and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(r) The Legislature finds and declares that, to the extent they are otherwise qualified for a credit under this section, undocumented persons are eligible for the tax credit authorized by this section within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(s) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, if the amount of credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable, for an eligible individual is less than three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for that taxable year, the credit for the eligible individual shall be three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355), multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for the taxable year.
(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(3) (A) For each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, by which the qualified taxpayers adjusted gross income or, if greater, earned income, exceeds the threshold amount, the amount in paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraph (2), shall be reduced by an amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board so that the credit is completely phased out at the same earned income amount as the credit computed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) or subdivision (o), as applicable.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:
(i) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026.
(ii) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2027.
(iii) Twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2028.
(iv) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2028, the threshold amount in clause (iii), recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.