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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2186 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3018 |
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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 J. Ayers |
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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 providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly |
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| 13 | 13 | | or victims of Alzheimer's disease. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2186 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3018 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3018) of Bruce |
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| 20 | 20 | | J. Ayers relative to providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who |
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| 21 | 21 | | are elderly or totally disabled with Alzheimer’s disease. Revenue. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2704 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly |
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| 30 | 30 | | or victims of Alzheimer's disease. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2paragraph (a) the following new paragraph:— |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 (b) A credit of $600 shall be allowed against the taxes due if the taxpayer has provided |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4more than one-half of the support for an elderly relative who has attained the age of 70 before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5taxable year, or for a totally disabled relative with Alzheimer’s Disease, provided that the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6relative resided with the taxpayer for more than 6 months of the taxable year and provided |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7further that the adjusted gross income of the relative does not exceed $20,000 in the case of a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8single return and $35,000 in the case of a joint return. If the credit provided in this section 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9reduces the tax to zero, the taxpayer shall be entitled to a refund equal to the amount by which |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10the amount of the credit exceeded the amount of tax due. |
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