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S1970 • 2025

An Act providing renter relief tax credit

An Act providing renter relief tax credit

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Sponsor
Lydia Edwards
Last action
2026-06-29
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act providing renter relief tax credit

An Act providing renter relief tax credit By Ms.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing renter relief tax credit By Ms.
  • Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1970) of Lydia Edwards for legislation to provide an increase in the renter relief tax credit.
  • Revenue.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  3. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act providing renter relief tax credit
By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1970) of Lydia Edwards for legislation to provide an increase in the renter relief tax credit. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1970

SECTION 1. Subparagraph (9) of paragraph (a) of part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$3,000”, in line 109, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $9,000.

SECTION 2. Section 6 of said chapter 62, as amended by section 57 of chapter 358 of the acts of 2020, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(x) a taxpayer who pays rent for their principal place of residence and such residence is located in the commonwealth shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed by the chapter if the taxpayer’s Part B adjusted gross income is not more than $75,000. The credit shall be an amount equal to 15 per cent of 50 per cent of the total rent paid by the taxpayer in excess of $12,000; provided, however, that the credit shall not exceed $3,000 for a single person, spouse or a person that qualifies as head of household under section 2(b) of the Code.

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