Revision: Jan. 11, 2023, 2:40 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0997.1
07/05
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the interest and dividends tax rate and threshold.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Removes the repeal of the interest and dividends tax rate that was to take place on January 1, 2027.
II. Changes the interest and dividends tax rate to be 4 percent for all taxable periods before December 31, 2023.
III. Increases the taxable minimum of gross income from interest and dividends.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0997.1
07/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the interest and dividends tax rate and threshold.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. 2021, 91:99, II, relative to the repeal of rate of taxation of incomes, is repealed.
2 Taxation of Incomes; Rate. Amend RSA 77:1 to read as follows:
77:1 Rate.
I. [The annual tax upon incomes shall be levied at the rate of 5 percent for all taxable periods ending before December 31, 2023.
II.] The annual tax upon incomes shall be levied at the rate of 4 percent for all taxable periods ending [on or after] before December 31, 2023.
[III.] II. The annual tax upon incomes shall be levied at the rate of 3 percent for all taxable periods ending on or after December 31, 2024.
[IV.] III. The annual tax upon incomes shall be levied at the rate of 2 percent for all taxable periods ending on or after December 31, 2025.
[V.] IV. The annual tax upon incomes shall be levied at the rate of 1 percent for all taxable periods ending on or after December 31, 2026.
3 Taxation of Incomes; Who Taxable. Amend RSA 77:3, I to read as follows:
I. Taxable income is that income received from interest and dividends during the tax year prior to the assessment date by:
(a) Individuals who are inhabitants or residents of this state for any part of the taxable year whose gross interest and dividend income from all sources, including income from a qualified investment company pursuant to RSA 77:4, V, exceeds [$2,400] $50,000 during that taxable period.
(b) Partnerships, limited liability companies, and associations, the beneficial interest in which is not represented by transferable shares, whose gross interest and dividend income from all sources exceeds [$2,400] $50,000 during the taxable year, but not including a qualified investment company as defined in RSA 77-A:1, XXI, or a trust comprising a part of an employee benefit plan, as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 3.
(c) Executors deriving their appointment from a court of this state whose gross interest and dividend income from all sources exceeds [$2,400] $50,000 during the taxable year.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.