Delaware 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Delaware Senate Bill SB329 Draft / Bill

                    SPONSOR:      Sen. Buckson & Rep. Hilovsky       Sens. Lawson, Paradee, Richardson, Sokola, Wilson; Reps. Ramone, D. Short, Shupe, Yearick           DELAWARE STATE SENATE   152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY       SENATE BILL NO. 329       AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME.      

     

     SPONSOR:      Sen. Buckson & Rep. Hilovsky       Sens. Lawson, Paradee, Richardson, Sokola, Wilson; Reps. Ramone, D. Short, Shupe, Yearick     

SPONSOR: Sen. Buckson & Rep. Hilovsky
Sens. Lawson, Paradee, Richardson, Sokola, Wilson; Reps. Ramone, D. Short, Shupe, Yearick

 SPONSOR:  

 Sen. Buckson & Rep. Hilovsky 

 Sens. Lawson, Paradee, Richardson, Sokola, Wilson; Reps. Ramone, D. Short, Shupe, Yearick 

   

 DELAWARE STATE SENATE 

 152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY 

   

 SENATE BILL NO. 329 

   

 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PENSIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME. 

   

  BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:   Section 1. Amend 1106, Title 30 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:    1106. Modifications [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 338, ?2].   (b)  Subtractions.   There shall be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income:   (3) a. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2022:   1. Amounts received, not to exceed $2,000, by persons under age 60 as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State; or    2. Amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, by persons age 60 or older as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State, or as eligible retirement income.   b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022:   1. For persons under age 60, the greater of:    A. Amounts received, not to exceed $2,000, as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State; or    B. Amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, as a United States military pension.   2. For persons age 60 or older, amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State, or as eligible retirement income.   c. For the purposes of this paragraph  (b)(3),   (b)(3):   1.A.   eligible   Eligible  retirement income includes distributions received from qualified retirement plans defined in 4974 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (26 U.S.C. 4974) or a successor provision, cash or deferred arrangements described in IRC 401(k) (26 U.S.C. 401(k)) or a successor provision, government deferred compensation plans described in IRC 457 (26 U.S.C. 457) or a successor provision, dividends, capital gains, interest, and rental income from real property less deductible rental expenses.    B.  For purposes of this paragraph (b)(3)c., eligible retirement income received by spouses as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety is deemed to have been received by  each;  each.   2. United States military pension means a pension received as a result of an individuals service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the National Guard.      

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE: 

 Section 1. Amend 1106, Title 30 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows: 

  1106. Modifications [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 338, ?2]. 

 (b)  Subtractions.   There shall be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income: 

 (3) a. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2022: 

 1. Amounts received, not to exceed $2,000, by persons under age 60 as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State; or  

 2. Amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, by persons age 60 or older as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State, or as eligible retirement income. 

 b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022: 

 1. For persons under age 60, the greater of:  

 A. Amounts received, not to exceed $2,000, as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State; or  

 B. Amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, as a United States military pension. 

 2. For persons age 60 or older, amounts received, not to exceed $12,500, as pensions from employers, the United States, this State, or any subdivision of this State, or as eligible retirement income. 

 c. For the purposes of this paragraph  (b)(3),   (b)(3): 

 1.A.   eligible   Eligible  retirement income includes distributions received from qualified retirement plans defined in 4974 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (26 U.S.C. 4974) or a successor provision, cash or deferred arrangements described in IRC 401(k) (26 U.S.C. 401(k)) or a successor provision, government deferred compensation plans described in IRC 457 (26 U.S.C. 457) or a successor provision, dividends, capital gains, interest, and rental income from real property less deductible rental expenses.  

 B.  For purposes of this paragraph (b)(3)c., eligible retirement income received by spouses as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety is deemed to have been received by  each;  each. 

 2. United States military pension means a pension received as a result of an individuals service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the National Guard. 

   

  SYNOPSIS   This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income.   Author: Senator Buckson  

 SYNOPSIS 

 This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income. 

 Author: Senator Buckson