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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 695 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1948 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 relative to providing direct relief to the residents of the commonwealth by increasing the |
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| 13 | 13 | | threshold on no tax status. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 695 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1948 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1948) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation |
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| 20 | 20 | | relative to provide direct relief to the residents of the commonwealth by increasing the threshold |
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| 21 | 21 | | on no tax status. Revenue. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to providing direct relief to the residents of the commonwealth by increasing the |
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| 28 | 28 | | threshold on no tax status. |
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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. Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 5 of said chapter 62, as so |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the words “eight thousand dollars” and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $12,550. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said subsection (a) of said section 5 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5hereby amended by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6paragraphs:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (2) in the case of a husband and wife filing a joint return, $25,100, or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (3) in the case of a person filing as head of household, $18,800. |
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