Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2021
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Workers can now get a tax deduction sooner if their employer helps pay off their student loans. This change moves the start date for the deduction to the 2022 tax year instead of waiting for certain revenue goals to be met. To prevent double counting, people cannot claim this deduction for any interest they already deducted on their federal taxes.1
Read the official explanation
This bill changes the effective date for a new deduction for any income of an employee resulting from the payment by an employer, whether paid to the employee or a lender, of principal or interest on the employee’s qualified education loan. Currently, the new deduction is set to begin in tax year 2023 or in a later tax year, contingent upon the satisfaction of certain net general fund revenue amount and growth targets. The bill moves up the effective date for this new deduction to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. To move up the effective date for the new deduction, the bill strikes 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1161, section 112. However, there is an unrelated provision to the new deduction in 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1161, section 112, and the bill reinserts the unrelated provision to preserve this provision. Federal income tax law does provide a limited deduction for a taxpayer’s payment of interest on qualified education loans, and the bill disallows the new Iowa deduction for any amount of income that represents an interest payment that was also deducted by the employee in computing federal taxable income. The bill defines “qualified education loan” to mean the same as defined in section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code. The new deduction applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.
House subcommittee
Named February 9, 2021. On March 23, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 214 Relating to the establishment of a new deduction for any income of an employee resulting f…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
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