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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2403 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2870 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | David Paul Linsky |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to exempt certain veterans from the state tax. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/19/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2403 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2870 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2870) of David |
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| 19 | 19 | | Paul Linsky for legislation to exempt the pensions of certain veterans from the income tax laws |
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| 20 | 20 | | of the Commonwealth. Revenue. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2982 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to exempt certain veterans from the state tax. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Subparagraph (4) of paragraph (2) of subsection B of section three of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2chapter sixty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subparagraph (4) and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following section:— |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 (4) All sums deducted from wages as contributions to an annuity, pension, endowment or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5retirement fund of the United States government, the Commonwealth or any political subdivision |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6thereof, and any income from any contributory annuity, pension, endowment or retirement fund |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7of the United States government, the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, or any |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8other income from a contributory annuity, pension, endowment or retirement fund of any other |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9state or any political subdivision thereof, provided that income from any such similar fund |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10established under the laws of the Commonwealth is not subject to taxation in such other state or 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11political subdivision, or any income from any retirement allowance payable under section 58 of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12chapter 32 of the General Laws. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 SECTION 2. This act shall be effective for taxable years beginning January 1, 2020. |
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