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A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Agriculture Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
SWEENEY
Last action
2025-01-22
Official status
Subcommittee: Dawson, Dotzler, and Rowley. S.J. 125 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Dawson, Dotzler, and Rowley. S.J. 125 .

  2. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 65 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

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BY

SWEENEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

farm

tenancy

net

income

exclusion

1

available

against

the

individual

income

tax,

and

including

2

effective

date

and

retroactive

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

422.7,

subsection

14,

paragraph

e,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph

and

inserting

in

2

lieu

thereof

the

following:

3

e.

Net

income

from

a

farm

tenancy

agreement

earned,

4

received,

or

reported

by

an

entity

taxed

as

a

disregarded

5

entity,

partnership

for

federal

tax

purposes,

an

S

corporation,

6

a

trust,

or

estate

is

eligible

for

the

election

and

deduction

7

in

this

subsection

for

the

portion

of

net

income

derived

from

8

a

farm

tenancy

agreement

if

the

eligible

individual

receives

9

or

is

entitled

to

receive

the

portion

of

net

income

through

10

distributions

from

an

entity

taxed

as

a

disregarded

entity,

11

a

partnership,

an

S

corporation,

a

trust,

or

an

estate,

to

12

the

same

extent

that

an

eligible

individual

could

subtract

13

net

income

received

directly

from

the

farm

tenant

rather

than

14

passing

to

the

eligible

individual

through

an

entity

taxed

15

as

a

disregarded

entity,

a

partnership,

an

S

corporation,

a

16

trust,

or

an

estate.

For

purposes

of

this

paragraph,

net

17

income

accruing

to

a

grantor

trust

or

to

a

business

entity

18

that

is

a

disregarded

entity

shall

be

deemed

to

have

been

19

distributed

to

its

sole

owner

to

the

extent

the

sole

owner

of

20

such

disregarded

entity

or

trust

has

the

right

to

withdraw

or

21

compel

distribution

of

such

net

income.

22

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

23

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

24

Sec.

3.

RETROACTIVE

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

25

retroactively

to

January

1,

2024,

for

tax

years

beginning

on

26

or

after

that

date.

27

EXPLANATION

28

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

29

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

30

Current

law

excludes

from

the

individual

income

tax

a

31

retired

farmer’s

total

net

income

received

pursuant

to

a

32

farm

tenancy

agreement

covering

real

property

held

by

the

33

retired

farmer

for

10

or

more

years,

if

the

farmer

materially

34

participated

in

a

farming

business

for

10

or

more

years.

Under

35

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current

law,

net

income

from

a

farm

tenancy

agreement

earned

by

1

an

entity

taxed

as

a

partnership

for

federal

tax

purposes,

an

S

2

corporation,

or

a

trust

or

estate

is

not

eligible

for

the

farm

3

tenancy

lease

income

exclusion.

4

This

bill

allows

the

net

income

from

a

farm

tenancy

5

agreement

earned,

received,

or

reported

by

an

entity

taxed

as

a

6

disregarded

entity,

partnership

for

federal

tax

purposes,

an

7

S

corporation,

a

trust,

or

estate

to

be

eligible

for

the

farm

8

tenancy

lease

income

exclusion

in

the

same

manner

as

if

the

9

net

income

received

pursuant

to

a

farm

tenancy

passes

directly

10

from

the

farm

tenant

to

the

eligible

individual

rather

than

11

passing

to

the

eligible

individual

through

an

entity

taxed

as

a

12

disregarded

entity,

a

partnership,

an

S

corporation,

a

trust,

13

or

an

estate.

The

bill

allows

net

income

accruing

to

a

grantor

14

trust

or

to

a

business

entity

that

is

a

disregarded

entity

15

to

be

deemed

to

have

been

distributed

to

its

sole

owner

to

16

the

extent

the

sole

owner

of

such

disregarded

entity

or

trust

17

has

the

right

to

withdraw

or

compel

distribution

of

such

net

18

income.

19

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment

and

applies

20

retroactively

to

tax

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

21

2024.

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