LRB-5624/1 JK:cjs 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1022 January 29, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SCHUTT, KATSMA, KRUG, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, AUGUST, BEHNKE, BINSFELD, BORN, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, EDMING, GOEBEN, GREEN, GUNDRUM, HURD, KURTZ, MACCO, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MELOTIK, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG, PENTERMAN, PETRYK, PLUMER, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SCHRAA, SNYDER, SORTWELL, SPIROS, STEFFEN, TRANEL, WICHGERS, WITTKE and SWEARINGEN, cosponsored by Senators B ALLWEG, STROEBEL, BRADLEY, CABRAL-GUEVARA, FELZKOWSKI, FEYEN, JAGLER, MARKLEIN, NASS, QUINN, TESTIN, WANGGAARD and TOMCZYK. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance. ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** AN ACT to amend 71.07 (6) (am) 2. d.; and to create 71.07 (6) (am) 2. e. of the statutes; relating to: the married persons credit. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, married persons filing a joint income tax return may claim an income tax credit equal to 3 percent of the earned income for a taxable year of the spouse with the lower earned income, up to a maximum credit of $480. This bill increases the maximum credit amount to $870. For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. 71.07 (6) (am) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read: 71.07 (6) (am) 2. d. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, and before January 1, 2024, 3 percent of the earned income of the spouse with the lower earned income, but not more than $480. SECTION 2. 71.07 (6) (am) 2. e. of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-5624/1 JK:cjs SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 1022 71.07 (6) (am) 2. e. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, 3 percent of the earned income of the spouse with the lower earned income, but not more than $870. (END) 1 2 3 4