Creating a deduction available against the individual income tax for gross rent paid by a taxpayer, and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill creates a deduction available against the individual income tax for gross rent paid at arm’s length by a taxpayer for the right of occupancy of a homestead or manufactured or mobile home, including the rent for land occupied by the manufactured or mobile home not to exceed one acre. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§422.7

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