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A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits.

A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits.

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Sponsor
SIECK, SMITH, THOMPSON, MOMMSEN, SHIPLEY, DUNWELL, KURTH, SIEGRIST, WENGRYN, GUSTOFF and JENEARY
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2025-02-28
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Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 470 .
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A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits.

A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits.

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  1. 2025-02-28 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 470 .

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A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits.

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House

File

625

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

625

BY

SIECK

,

SMITH

,

THOMPSON

,

MOMMSEN

,

SHIPLEY

,

DUNWELL

,

KURTH

,

SIEGRIST

,

WENGRYN

,

GUSTOFF

,

and

JENEARY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

the

future

repeal

of

tax

credits.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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DIVISION

I

1

FUTURE

REPEAL

OF

EXISTING

TAX

CREDITS

2

Section

1.

Section

15.322,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

3

follows:

4

15.322

Future

repeal.

5

Sections

15.315

,

15.316

,

15.317

,

15.318

,

15.319

,

15.320

,

6

15.321

,

and

this

section

,

are

repealed

July

1,

2039

January

1,

7

2031

.

8

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

15.337

Future

repeal.

9

Sections

15.331A,

15.331C,

15.333,

15.333A,

and

15.335,

are

10

repealed

January

1,

2029.

11

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

15E.47

Future

repeal.

12

Sections

15E.41,

15E.42,

15E.43,

15E.44,

15E.46,

and

this

13

section

are

repealed

January

1,

2031.

14

Sec.

4.

Section

15E.52,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

15

following

new

subsection:

16

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

14.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

17

2027.

18

Sec.

5.

Section

15E.305,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

19

following

new

subsection:

20

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

21

2027.

22

Sec.

6.

Section

16.81,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

23

following

new

subsection:

24

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

25

2028.

26

Sec.

7.

Section

237A.31,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

27

following

new

subsection:

28

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

29

2029.

30

Sec.

8.

Section

260E.5,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

31

following

new

subsection:

32

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

33

2027.

34

Sec.

9.

Section

260G.4A,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

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following

new

subsection:

1

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

2

2031.

3

Sec.

10.

Section

260J.1,

unnumbered

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

4

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

5

In

order

to

promote

the

creation

of

additional

high-quality

6

new

jobs

within

the

state,

an

agreement

under

section

260E.3

7

may

include

a

provision

for

a

supplemental

new

jobs

credit

from

8

withholding

from

jobs

created

under

the

agreement.

A

This

9

section

is

repealed

January

1,

2027;

however,

until

such

time

a

10

provision

in

an

agreement

for

which

a

supplemental

credit

from

11

withholding

is

included

shall

provide

for

the

following:

12

Sec.

11.

Section

403.19A,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

13

the

following

new

subsection:

14

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

4.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

15

2028.

16

Sec.

12.

NEW

SECTION

.

404A.7

Future

repeal.

17

This

chapter

is

repealed

January

1,

2029.

18

Sec.

13.

Section

422.10,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

19

following

new

subsection:

20

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

21

2027.

22

Sec.

14.

Section

422.10B,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

23

follows:

24

422.10B

Renewable

chemical

production

tax

credit.

25

The

taxes

imposed

under

this

subchapter

,

less

the

credits

26

allowed

under

section

422.12

,

shall

be

reduced

by

a

renewable

27

chemical

production

tax

credit

allowed

under

section

15.319

.

28

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

2041

2031

.

29

Sec.

15.

Section

422.11A,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

30

the

following

new

subsection:

31

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

4.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

32

2027.

33

Sec.

16.

Section

422.11L,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

34

the

following

new

subsection:

35

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NEW

SUBSECTION

.

8.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

1

2028.

2

Sec.

17.

Section

422.11S,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

3

the

following

new

subsection:

4

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

10.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

5

2029.

6

Sec.

18.

Section

422.11W,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

7

the

following

new

subsection:

8

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

This

section

is

repealed

on

January

1,

9

2029.

10

Sec.

19.

Section

422.12,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

11

following

new

subsection:

12

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

4.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

13

2031.

14

Sec.

20.

Section

422.12A,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

15

the

following

new

subsection:

16

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

6.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

17

2027.

18

Sec.

21.

Section

422.12B,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

19

the

following

new

subsection:

20

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

3.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

21

2028.

22

Sec.

22.

Section

422.12C,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

23

the

following

new

subsection:

24

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

25

2029.

26

Sec.

23.

Section

422.12N,

subsection

7,

Code

2025,

is

27

amended

to

read

as

follows:

28

7.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

2034

2030

.

29

Sec.

24.

Section

422.12P,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

30

the

following

new

subsection:

31

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

32

2031.

33

Sec.

25.

Section

422.33,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

amended

34

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

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PARAGRAPH

.

j.

This

subsection

is

repealed

on

January

1

1,

2027.

2

Sec.

26.

Section

422.33,

subsection

9,

Code

2025,

is

amended

3

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

4

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

d.

This

subsection

is

repealed

on

January

5

1,

2028.

6

Sec.

27.

Section

422.33,

subsection

25,

Code

2025,

is

7

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

8

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

d.

This

subsection

is

repealed

on

January

9

1,

2029.

10

Sec.

28.

Section

425.1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

11

following

new

subsection:

12

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

13

2030.

14

Sec.

29.

Section

425.16,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

15

following

new

subsection:

16

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

3.

This

section

is

repealed

January

1,

17

2031.

18

Sec.

30.

NEW

SECTION

.

426.11

Future

repeal.

19

This

chapter

is

repealed

January

1,

2031.

20

Sec.

31.

NEW

SECTION

.

476B.11

Future

repeal.

21

This

chapter

is

repealed

effective

January

1,

2027.

22

Sec.

32.

NEW

SECTION

.

476C.8

Future

repeal.

23

This

chapter

is

repealed

effective

January

1,

2028.

24

Sec.

33.

PRESERVATION

OF

EXISTING

RIGHTS.

25

1.

This

division

of

this

Act

is

not

intended

to

and

shall

26

not

limit,

modify,

or

otherwise

adversely

affect

any

amount

27

of

tax

credit

issued,

awarded,

or

allowed

prior

to

January

1,

28

2031,

nor

shall

it

limit,

modify,

or

otherwise

adversely

affect

29

a

taxpayer’s

right

to

claim

or

redeem

a

tax

credit

issued,

30

awarded,

or

allowed

prior

to

January

1,

2031,

including

but

not

31

limited

to

any

tax

credit

carryforward

amount.

32

2.

The

repeal

of

a

provision

of

law

pursuant

to

this

33

division

of

this

Act

shall

not

constitute

grounds

for

34

rescission

or

modification

of

agreements

entered

into

under

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those

provisions

of

law,

if

any.

Any

agreement

entered

into

1

prior

to

January

1,

2031,

under

a

provision

of

law

repealed

2

in

this

division

of

this

Act,

shall

remain

in

effect

until

3

it

expires

under

its

own

terms,

and

shall

be

governed

by

the

4

applicable

provisions

of

law

as

they

existed

immediately

prior

5

to

January

1,

2031.

6

Sec.

34.

CORRESPONDING

AMENDMENTS

LEGISLATION.

Additional

7

legislation

is

required

to

fully

implement

this

division

of

8

this

Act.

The

director

of

the

department

of

revenue

shall,

in

9

compliance

with

section

2.16,

prepare

draft

legislation

for

10

submission

to

the

legislative

services

agency,

as

necessary,

to

11

implement

the

repeal

of

the

tax

credits

under

this

division

of

12

this

Act

and

under

other

provisions

of

law.

13

DIVISION

II

14

FUTURE

REPEAL

OF

FUTURE

TAX

CREDIT

PROGRAMS

15

Sec.

35.

NEW

SECTION

.

422.3A

Future

tax

credit

repeal.

16

1.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“tax

credit

program”

means

17

any

provision

of

law

enacted

by

the

general

assembly

that

18

provides

for

an

amount

of

money

against

the

taxes

imposed

in

19

this

chapter,

chapter

432,

or

in

section

533.329.

20

2.

Notwithstanding

any

other

provision

of

law

to

the

21

contrary,

any

tax

credit

program

enacted

by

the

general

22

assembly

that

takes

effect

on

or

after

January

1,

2026,

is

23

repealed

on

January

1

of

the

sixth

year

following

the

effective

24

date

of

the

tax

credit

program,

unless

another

provision

of

the

25

Code

provides

for

an

earlier

repeal

date.

26

3.

The

repeal

of

a

tax

credit

program

pursuant

to

subsection

27

2

is

not

intended

to

and

shall

not

limit,

modify,

or

otherwise

28

adversely

affect

any

amount

of

tax

credit

issued,

awarded,

or

29

allowed

prior

to

the

effective

date

of

the

tax

credit

program

30

repeal

pursuant

to

subsection

2,

nor

shall

it

limit,

modify,

31

or

otherwise

adversely

affect

a

taxpayer’s

right

to

claim

or

32

redeem

a

tax

credit

issued,

awarded,

or

allowed

prior

to

the

33

effective

date

of

the

tax

credit

program

repeal

pursuant

to

34

subsection

2,

including

but

not

limited

to

any

tax

credit

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carryforward

amount.

1

4.

The

repeal

of

a

tax

credit

program

pursuant

to

subsection

2

2

shall

not

constitute

grounds

for

rescission

or

modification

3

of

agreements

entered

into

under

the

tax

credit

program,

if

4

any.

Any

agreement

entered

into

under

a

tax

credit

program

5

prior

to

the

effective

date

of

the

repeal

of

the

tax

credit

6

program

under

subsection

2

shall

remain

in

effect

until

it

7

expires

under

its

own

terms,

and

shall

be

governed

by

the

tax

8

credit

program

as

it

existed

prior

to

its

repeal

pursuant

to

9

subsection

2.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

provides

for

the

future

repeal

of

certain

existing

14

state

income

and

property

tax

credits,

and

provides

for

the

15

future

repeal

of

tax

credits

enacted

by

the

general

assembly

16

in

the

future.

17

DIVISION

I

——

FUTURE

REPEAL

OF

EXISTING

TAX

CREDITS.

18

Division

I

repeals

tax

credits

on

a

rolling

basis

over

a

19

five-year

period

beginning

January

1,

2027,

through

January

20

1,

2031.

The

bill

repeals

the

following

tax

credits

that

21

currently

have

no

repeal

date:

the

accelerated

career

22

education

program

job

tax

credit;

the

beginning

farmer

tax

23

credit;

the

assistive

device

corporate

tax

credit;

the

sales

24

and

use

tax

refund,

corporate

tax

credit

for

certain

sales

25

taxes

paid

by

third-party

developers,

investment

tax

credit,

26

insurance

premiums

tax

credit,

and

supplemental

research

27

activities

tax

credit

available

under

the

high

quality

jobs

28

program;

the

school

tuition

organization

tax

credit;

the

solar

29

energy

system

tax

credit;

the

innovation

fund

investment

30

tax

credit;

the

tax

credit

for

investments

in

a

qualifying

31

business;

the

wind

energy

production

tax

credit;

the

charitable

32

conservation

contribution

tax

credit;

the

new

jobs

credits

33

from

withholding

available

under

the

Iowa

industrial

new

34

job

training

program;

the

research

activities

credits;

the

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renewable

energy

tax

credit;

the

targeted

jobs

withholding

1

tax

credit;

employer

child

care

tax

credit;

endow

Iowa

tax

2

credit;

historic

preservation

tax

credit;

new

jobs

tax

credit;

3

emergency

personnel

and

tuition

textbook

tax

credits;

adoption

4

tax

credit;

earned

income

tax

credit;

child

and

dependent

care

5

or

early

childhood

development

tax

credit;

geothermal

heat

pump

6

tax

credit;

public

safety

officer

moving

expense

tax

credit;

7

homestead

tax

credit;

elderly

and

disabled

property

tax

credit

8

or

reimbursement;

and

the

agricultural

land

credit.

9

The

bill

amends

the

repeal

date

of

the

renewable

chemical

10

production

tax

credit

from

January

1,

2039,

to

January

1,

2031.

11

The

bill

provides

that

the

repeal

of

a

tax

credit

shall

12

not

affect

tax

credits

issued,

awarded,

or

allowed

prior

to

13

January

1,

2031,

or

affect

a

taxpayer’s

ability

to

claim

or

14

redeem

such

tax

credits,

including

but

not

limited

to

any

tax

15

credit

carryforward

amount,

and

further

provides

that

the

bill

16

shall

not

constitute

grounds

for

rescission

or

modification

17

of

agreements

entered

into

for

a

tax

credit,

and

that

such

18

agreements

shall

remain

in

effect

until

they

expire

under

their

19

own

terms

and

shall

be

governed

by

the

applicable

provisions

of

20

law

as

they

existed

immediately

prior

to

January

1,

2031.

21

The

bill

provides

that

additional

legislation

is

required

to

22

fully

implement

the

repeal

of

these

tax

credits

and

requires

23

the

director

of

the

department

of

revenue

to

prepare

draft

24

legislation

in

compliance

with

Code

section

2.16

for

submission

25

to

the

legislative

services

agency

to

implement

the

repeal

of

26

the

tax

credits.

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DIVISION

II

——

FUTURE

REPEAL

OF

FUTURE

TAX

CREDIT

PROGRAMS.

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Division

II

provides

that

any

tax

credit

program

available

29

against

the

individual

or

corporate

income

tax,

the

franchise

30

tax,

the

insurance

premiums

tax,

or

the

moneys

and

credits

tax,

31

enacted

by

the

general

assembly

on

or

after

January

1,

2026,

32

is

repealed

after

five

years,

unless

another

provision

of

law

33

provides

for

an

earlier

repeal

date.

34

The

bill

provides

that

the

repeal

of

a

tax

credit

program

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pursuant

to

this

provision

shall

not

affect

the

tax

credits

or

1

tax

credit

agreements

entered

into

prior

to

the

repeal

of

the

2

tax

credit

program

in

the

same

manner

as

described

above

for

3

the

repeal

of

the

existing

tax

credits.

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