UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 1 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child credit. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 141 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section, "qualifying child" has the same meaning as in Section 5
152 of the Internal Revenue Code, but only includes individuals under the age of 6
six (6) at the end of the taxable year for purposes of the Kentucky child credit 7
permitted by this section. 8
(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 9
2030, taxpayers may claim a refundable child credit against the tax imposed 10
under KRS 141.020, with the ordering of the credit as provided in Section 2 of 11
this Act. 12
(3) Part-year resident taxpayers shall be allowed a prorated Kentucky child credit 13
based upon their portion of Kentucky adjusted gross income as determined by 14
KRS 141.019 to their adjusted gross income as defined in Section 62 of the 15
Internal Revenue Code. 16
(4) (a) The maximum amount of the credit that may be claimed under this section 17
shall be determined under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection. 18
(b) Individuals with modified gross incomes of less than: 19
1. Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for single taxpayers or taxpayers 20
filing a separate return; or 21
2. One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for married taxpayers filing 22
separately on a combined form or a joint tax return; 23
shall be eligible for a credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per qualifying 24
child. 25
(c) Individuals with modified gross incomes in excess of the thresholds set forth 26
in paragraph (b) of this subsection may be eligible for a credit of one 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 2 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
thousand dollars ($1,000) per qualifying child reduced by ten dollars ($10) 1
for every one dollar ($1) above the income thresholds. 2
(5) In order for the General Assembly to evaluate the effectiveness of this credit, the 3
department shall report the following information to the Interim Joint Committee 4
on Appropriations and Revenue on or before November 1, 2027, and on or before 5
each November 1 thereafter, as long as the Kentucky child credit is claimed: 6
(a) The location of the taxpayer, by county, as reflected on the return filed for 7
the taxable year; 8
(b) The amount of the Kentucky child credit claimed by the taxpayer for the 9
taxable year; 10
(c) The total cumulative amount of all credits claimed for the taxable year; and 11
(d) Based on ranges of adjusted gross income of no larger than five thousand 12
dollars ($5,000) for the taxable year, the total amount of credits claimed and 13
the number of returns claiming a credit for each adjusted gross income 14
range. 15
(6) The information required to be reported under this section shall not be 16
considered confidential taxpayer information and shall not be subject to KRS 17
Chapter 131 or any other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes prohibiting 18
disclosure or reporting of information. 19
Section 2. KRS 141.0205 is amended to read as follows: 20
If a taxpayer is entitled to more than one (1) of the tax credits allowed against the tax 21
imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401, the priority of application and use of 22
the credits shall be determined as follows: 23
(1) The nonrefundable business incentive credits against the tax imposed by KRS 24
141.020 shall be taken in the following order: 25
(a) The limited liability entity tax credit permitted by KRS 141.0401; 26
(b) The economic development credits computed under KRS 141.347, 141.381, 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 3 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
141.384, 141.3841, 141.400, 141.403, 141.407, 141.415, 154.12-207, and 1
154.12-2088; 2
(c) The qualified farming operation credit permitted by KRS 141.412; 3
(d) The certified rehabilitation credit permitted by KRS 171.397(1)(a); 4
(e) The health insurance credit permitted by KRS 141.062; 5
(f) The tax paid to other states credit permitted by KRS 141.070; 6
(g) The credit for hiring the unemployed permitted by KRS 141.065; 7
(h) The recycling or composting equipment credit permitted by KRS 141.390; 8
(i) The[ tax] credit for cash contributions in investment funds permitted by KRS 9
154.20-263 in effect prior to July 15, 2002, and the credit permitted by KRS 10
154.20-258; 11
(j) The research facilities credit permitted by KRS 141.395; 12
(k) The employer High School Equivalency Diploma program incentive credit 13
permitted under KRS 151B.402; 14
(l) The voluntary environmental remediation credit permitted by KRS 141.418; 15
(m) The biodiesel and renewable diesel credit permitted by KRS 141.423; 16
(n) The clean coal incentive credit permitted by KRS 141.428; 17
(o) The ethanol credit permitted by KRS 141.4242; 18
(p) The cellulosic ethanol credit permitted by KRS 141.4244; 19
(q) The energy efficiency credits permitted by KRS 141.436; 20
(r) The railroad maintenance and improvement credit permitted by KRS 141.385; 21
(s) The Endow Kentucky credit permitted by KRS 141.438; 22
(t) The New Markets Development Program credit permitted by KRS 141.434; 23
(u) The distilled spirits credit permitted by KRS 141.389; 24
(v) The angel investor credit permitted by KRS 141.396; 25
(w) The film industry credit permitted by KRS 141.383 for applications approved 26
on or after April 27, 2018, but before January 1, 2022; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 4 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
(x) The inventory credit permitted by KRS 141.408; 1
(y) The renewable chemical production credit permitted by KRS 141.4231; and 2
(z) The qualified broadband investment[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.391; 3
(2) After the application of the nonrefundable credits in subsection (1) of this section, 4
the nonrefundable personal tax credits against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 5
shall be taken in the following order: 6
(a) The individual credits permitted by KRS 141.020(3); 7
(b) The credit permitted by KRS 141.066; 8
(c) The tuition credit permitted by KRS 141.069; 9
(d) The household and dependent care credit permitted by KRS 141.067; 10
(e) The income gap credit permitted by KRS 141.066; and 11
(f) The Education Opportunity Account Program[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 12
141.522; 13
(3) After the application of the nonrefundable credits provided for in subsection (2) of 14
this section, the refundable credits against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 shall be 15
taken in the following order: 16
(a) The individual withholding tax credit permitted by KRS 141.350; 17
(b) The individual estimated tax payment credit permitted by KRS 141.305; 18
(c) The certified rehabilitation credit permitted by KRS 171.3961, 171.3963, and 19
171.397(1)(b); 20
(d) The film industry[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.383 for applications 21
approved prior to April 27, 2018, or on or after January 1, 2022; 22
(e) The development area[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.398; 23
(f) The decontamination[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.419;[ and] 24
(g) The pass-through entity tax credit permitted by KRS 141.209; and 25
(h) The Kentucky child credit permitted by Section 1 of this Act; 26
(4) The nonrefundable credit permitted by KRS 141.0401 shall be applied against the 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 5 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
tax imposed by KRS 141.040; 1
(5) The following nonrefundable credits shall be applied against the sum of the tax 2
imposed by KRS 141.040 after subtracting the credit provided for in subsection (4) 3
of this section, and the tax imposed by KRS 141.0401 in the following order: 4
(a) The economic development credits computed under KRS 141.347, 141.381, 5
141.384, 141.3841, 141.400, 141.403, 141.407, 141.415, 154.12-207, and 6
154.12-2088; 7
(b) The qualified farming operation credit permitted by KRS 141.412; 8
(c) The certified rehabilitation credit permitted by KRS 171.397(1)(a); 9
(d) The health insurance credit permitted by KRS 141.062; 10
(e) The unemployment credit permitted by KRS 141.065; 11
(f) The recycling or composting equipment credit permitted by KRS 141.390; 12
(g) The coal conversion credit permitted by KRS 141.041; 13
(h) The enterprise zone credit permitted by KRS 154.45-090, for taxable periods 14
ending prior to January 1, 2008; 15
(i) The[ tax] credit for cash contributions to investment funds permitted by KRS 16
154.20-263 in effect prior to July 15, 2002, and the credit permitted by KRS 17
154.20-258; 18
(j) The research facilities credit permitted by KRS 141.395; 19
(k) The employer High School Equivalency Diploma program incentive credit 20
permitted by KRS 151B.402; 21
(l) The voluntary environmental remediation credit permitted by KRS 141.418; 22
(m) The biodiesel and renewable diesel credit permitted by KRS 141.423; 23
(n) The clean coal incentive credit permitted by KRS 141.428; 24
(o) The ethanol credit permitted by KRS 141.4242; 25
(p) The cellulosic ethanol credit permitted by KRS 141.4244; 26
(q) The energy efficiency credits permitted by KRS 141.436; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 6 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
(r) The ENERGY STAR home or ENERGY STAR manufactured home credit 1
permitted by KRS 141.437; 2
(s) The railroad maintenance and improvement credit permitted by KRS 141.385; 3
(t) The railroad expansion credit permitted by KRS 141.386; 4
(u) The Endow Kentucky credit permitted by KRS 141.438; 5
(v) The New Markets Development Program credit permitted by KRS 141.434; 6
(w) The distilled spirits credit permitted by KRS 141.389; 7
(x) The film industry credit permitted by KRS 141.383 for applications approved 8
on or after April 27, 2018, but before January 1, 2022; 9
(y) The inventory credit permitted by KRS 141.408; 10
(z) The renewable chemical production[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.4231; 11
(aa) The Education Opportunity Account Program[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 12
141.522; and 13
(ab) The qualified broadband investment[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.391; 14
and 15
(6) After the application of the nonrefundable credits in subsection (5) of this section, 16
the refundable credits shall be taken in the following order: 17
(a) The corporation estimated tax payment credit permitted by KRS 141.044; 18
(b) The certified rehabilitation credit permitted by KRS 171.3961, 171.3963, and 19
171.397(1)(b); 20
(c) The film industry[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.383 for applications 21
approved prior to April 27, 2018, or on or after January 1, 2022; 22
(d) The decontamination[ tax] credit permitted by KRS 141.419; and 23
(e) The pass-through entity tax credit permitted by KRS 141.209. 24
Section 3. KRS 131.190 is amended to read as follows: 25
(1) No present or former commissioner or employee of the department, present or 26
former member of a county board of assessment appeals, present or former property 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 7 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
valuation administrator or employee, present or former secretary or employee of the 1
Finance and Administration Cabinet, former secretary or employee of the Revenue 2
Cabinet, or any other person, shall intentionally and without authorization inspect 3
or divulge any information acquired by him or her of the affairs of any person, or 4
information regarding the tax schedules, returns, or reports required to be filed with 5
the department or other proper officer, or any information produced by a hearing or 6
investigation, insofar as the information may have to do with the affairs of the 7
person's business. 8
(2) The prohibition established by subsection (1) of this section shall not extend to: 9
(a) Information required in prosecutions for making false reports or returns of 10
property for taxation, or any other infraction of the tax laws; 11
(b) Any matter properly entered upon any assessment record, or in any way made 12
a matter of public record; 13
(c) Furnishing any taxpayer or his or her properly authorized agent with 14
information respecting his or her own return; 15
(d) Testimony provided by the commissioner or any employee of the department 16
in any court, or the introduction as evidence of returns or reports filed with the 17
department, in an action for violation of state or federal tax laws or in any 18
action challenging state or federal tax laws; 19
(e) Providing an owner of unmined coal, oil or gas reserves, and other mineral or 20
energy resources assessed under KRS 132.820, or owners of surface land 21
under which the unmined minerals lie, factual information about the owner's 22
property derived from third-party returns filed for that owner's property, under 23
the provisions of KRS 132.820, that is used to determine the owner's 24
assessment. This information shall be provided to the owner on a confidential 25
basis, and the owner shall be subject to the penalties provided in KRS 26
131.990(2). The third-party filer shall be given prior notice of any disclosure 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 8 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
of information to the owner that was provided by the third-party filer; 1
(f) Providing to a third-party purchaser pursuant to an order entered in a 2
foreclosure action filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, factual 3
information related to the owner or lessee of coal, oil, gas reserves, or any 4
other mineral resources assessed under KRS 132.820. The department may 5
promulgate an administrative regulation establishing a fee schedule for the 6
provision of the information described in this paragraph. Any fee imposed 7
shall not exceed the greater of the actual cost of providing the information or 8
ten dollars ($10); 9
(g) Providing information to a licensing agency, the Transportation Cabinet, or 10
the Kentucky Supreme Court under KRS 131.1817; 11
(h) Statistics of gasoline and special fuels gallonage reported to the department 12
under KRS 138.210 to 138.448; 13
(i) Providing any utility gross receipts license tax return information that is 14
necessary to administer the provisions of KRS 160.613 to 160.617 to 15
applicable school districts on a confidential basis; 16
(j) Providing documents, data, or other information to a third party pursuant to an 17
order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; 18
(k) Publishing administrative writings on its official website in accordance with 19
KRS 131.020(1)(b); or 20
(l) Providing information to the Legislative Research Commission under: 21
1. KRS 139.519 for purposes of the sales and use tax refund on building 22
materials used for disaster recovery; 23
2. KRS 141.436 for purposes of the energy efficiency products credits; 24
3. KRS 141.437 for purposes of the ENERGY STAR home and the 25
ENERGY STAR manufactured home credits; 26
4. KRS 141.383 for purposes of the film industry incentives; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 9 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
5. KRS 154.26-095 for purposes of the Kentucky industrial revitalization 1
credit[tax credits] and the job assessment fees; 2
6. KRS 141.068 for purposes of the Kentucky investment fund; 3
7. KRS 141.396 for purposes of the angel investor[ tax] credit; 4
8. KRS 141.389 for purposes of the distilled spirits credit; 5
9. KRS 141.408 for purposes of the inventory credit; 6
10. KRS 141.390 for purposes of the recycling and composting 7
credits[credit]; 8
11. KRS 141.3841 for purposes of the selling farmer[ tax] credit; 9
12. KRS 141.4231 for purposes of the renewable chemical production[ tax] 10
credit; 11
13. KRS 141.524 for purposes of the Education Opportunity Account 12
Program[ tax] credit; 13
14. KRS 141.398 for purposes of the development area[ tax] credit; 14
15. KRS 139.516 for the purposes of the sales and use tax exemptions 15
for[exemption on] the commercial mining of cryptocurrency; 16
16. KRS 141.419 for purposes of the decontamination[ tax] credit; 17
17. KRS 141.391 for purposes of the qualified broadband investment[ tax] 18
credit;[ and] 19
18. KRS 139.499 for purposes of the sales and use tax 20
exemptions[exemption] for a qualified data center project; and 21
19. Section 1 of this Act for purposes of the Kentucky child credit. 22
(3) The commissioner shall make available any information for official use only and on 23
a confidential basis to the proper officer, agency, board or commission of this state, 24
any Kentucky county, any Kentucky city, any other state, or the federal 25
government, under reciprocal agreements whereby the department shall receive 26
similar or useful information in return. 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 155
Page 10 of 10
XXXX 1/3/2025 8:27 AM Jacketed
(4) Access to and inspection of information received from the Internal Revenue Service 1
is for department use only, and is restricted to tax administration purposes. 2
Information received from the Internal Revenue Service shall not be made available 3
to any other agency of state government, or any county, city, or other state, and 4
shall not be inspected intentionally and without authorization by any present 5
secretary or employee of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, commissioner or 6
employee of the department, or any other person. 7
(5) Statistics of crude oil as reported to the department under the crude oil excise tax 8
requirements of KRS Chapter 137 and statistics of natural gas production as 9
reported to the department under the natural resources severance tax requirements 10
of KRS Chapter 143A may be made public by the department by release to the 11
Energy and Environment Cabinet, Department for Natural Resources. 12
(6) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with mine-map 13
submissions for the 1989 tax year, the department may make public or divulge only 14
those portions of mine maps submitted by taxpayers to the department pursuant to 15
KRS Chapter 132 for ad valorem tax purposes that depict the boundaries of mined-16
out parcel areas. These electronic maps shall not be relied upon to determine actual 17
boundaries of mined-out parcel areas. Property boundaries contained in mine maps 18
required under KRS Chapters 350 and 352 shall not be construed to constitute land 19
surveying or boundary surveys as defined by KRS 322.010 and any administrative 20
regulations promulgated thereto. 21