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Legislative Tracking
MICPA actively monitors legislation that may affect the CPA profession. Below is a list of current bills, along with their sponsors. Click a bill link for further details and to see its status in the legislative process.
A checkmark indicates that MICPA supports the bill, an X indicates opposition, and a dash identifies bills on which MICPA is neutral.
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Pauline Wendzel
Creates credit for qualified volunteers.
Matthew Bierlein
Requires annual revenue report to individual income tax filers. (Neutral)
Joseph Aragona
Provides exclusion of certain gratuities for tipped employees. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Provides child tax credit. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Creates child care savings program. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Deducts contributions to a child care savings account. (Neutral)
Kathy Schmaltz
Provides rollback of rate to 4.05% and effect of a triggering rate reduction and clarifies permanency. (Neutral)
Kathy Schmaltz
Exempts department of corrections retirement and pension benefits from income taxes. (Neutral)
Gina Johnsen
Provides additional exemption for fetus. (Neutral)
Jasper Martus
Provides credit for donations to certain charitable organizations that provide accommodation, food, or meals to indigents. (Neutral)
Will Snyder
Provides credit for donations to endowment fund of community foundations. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Provides deduction for residents in a district with a vacant legislative seat. (Neutral)
Brenda Carter
Incorporates information for taxpayers regarding the classification of an individual as an independent contractor in instruction booklet and provide notice to certain taxpayers. (Against)
Mai Xiong
Provides credit for sales and use tax paid for textbooks purchased by eligible students. (Neutral)
John Roth
Repairs and restores credit for qualified expenditures attributable to supplies after a declared state of emergency. (Neutral)
Brad Paquette
Provides credit for certain qualified dependents. (Neutral)
Matt Bierlein
Creates qualified volunteers credit. (Neutral)
Steve Frisbie
Creates qualified volunteers credit. (Neutral)
Provides working parent tax credit for certain dependents. (Neutral)
John Fitzgerald
Provides working parent tax credit for certain dependents. (Neutral)
Steve Frisbie
Modifies state historic preservation tax credit program. (Neutral)
Mike McFall
Provides deduction for income attributable to bitcoin mining under the bitcoin program. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Changes adjustments based on Detroit Consumer Price Index to United States Consumer Price Index. (Neutral)
Joseph Aragona
Provides for income tax deduction for all compensation earned by a taxpayer 17 years of age or younger. (Neutral)
Carrie Rheingans
Makes certain references in the city income tax act gender neutral. (Neutral)
Angela Witwer
Provides incentives for the sale and production of biodiesel. (Neutral)
Joseph Bellino
Includes fetus in definition of dependent.
Joseph Bellino
Provides beginning farmer tax credit.
John Damoose
Provides exclusion of certain gratuities for tipped employees.
Joseph Bellino
Provides credit for certain investments in Michigan businesses.
Jonathan Lindsey
Provides repeal of the personal income tax.
Jonathan Lindsey
Provides credit for certain qualified dependents.
John Damoose
Authorizes extension of filing deadline for income taxes under certain circumstances.
Michelle Hoitenga
Provides deduct overtime compensation from taxable income.
Sam Singh
Provides credit for donations to endowment fund of community foundations.
Roger Victory
Provides rollback of rate to 3.9%.
Edward McBroom
Deducts certain broadband expansion grants from taxable income.
Kevin Hertel
Creates and provides working parent tax credit and advanced monthly payments of that credit.
Lana Theis
Provides credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts.
Michele Hoitenga
Modifies Homestead Property Tax credit percentages.
Sarah Anthony
Modifies Homestead Property Tax Credit and increases income threshold.
Lana Theis
Expands definition of qualified higher education expenses under Michigan education savings program to include certain K-12 tuition expenses.
Joseph Bellino
Clarifies application to professional employer organizations employment withholdings redirected from the state to certain community colleges for the new jobs training program.
Sam Singh
Changes adjustments based on the Detroit Consumer Price Index to United State Consumer Price Index.
Darrin Camilleri
Provides credit for certain user fees incurred to operate a vehicle on a public service facility
Sam Singh
Provides earmark of withholding tax capture revenues into the more jobs for Michigan fund.
Bradley Slagh
Exempts transfer of ownership of certain real property to certain individuals from uncapping of taxable value upon transfer. (Neutral)
Tyrone Carter
Provides continuation of poverty exemption without subsequent application for homeowner who previously established eligibility in certain circumstances. (Neutral)
Bill Schuette
Modifies income eligibility cap for special assessment deferment program. (Neutral)
Mike Hoadley
Reinstates special assessment deferment program. (Neutral)
Pat Outman
Expands methods for tax tribunal to hold hearings to include electronically. (Neutral)
Tracking Groups: MICPA, Mike Merkel
Steve Frisbie
Permits electronic hearings of the tax tribunal under the open meetings act. (Neutral)
Denise Mentzer
Requires seller disclosure statement to reflect yearly property taxes based on current assessed value of property. (Neutral)
Greg VanWoerkom
Exempts personal property constituting certain hydrogen fuel pumps. (Neutral)
Property Tax
Amos O'Neal
Prohibits locally adopted cap on a local unit's own authority to levy a property tax millage. (Neutral)
Kristian Grant
Provides earmark from Corporate Income Tax for roads. (Neutral)
Jay DeBoyer
Allows private road maintenance or improvement projects. (Neutral)
James DeSana
Provides specific tax on certain property of senior citizens.
James DeSana
Provides exemption from state education tax for certain residential property and certain agricultural property. Amending 1993 PA 331 by amending sections 2 and 3 (MCL 211.902 and 211.903), section 2 as amended by 1994 PA 187 and section 3 as amended by 2011 PA 318. (Neutral)
James DeSana
Provides exemption from state education tax for certain residential property and certain agricultural property. (Neutral)
James DeSana
Provides property tax exemption for certain senior citizens. (Neutral)
Bradley Slagh
Modifies definition of abandoned property. (Neutral)
Jason Woolford
Provides specific tax on certain homesteads of disabled veterans and their surviving spouses. (Neutral)
Jason Woolford
Modifies property tax exemption for disabled veterans. (Neutral)
Matt Maddock
Limits millage elections to November elections. (Neutral)
Matt Maddock
Limits millage elections to November elections. (Neutral)
Jason Morgan
Revises gender-specific language in act regarding termination of tenancy by the entireties. (Neutral)
Denise Mentzer
Revises gender-specific language in act regarding the right to manage and contract entireties property. (Neutral)
Morgan Foreman
Makes certain references in act providing for deferment of special assessments on certain homesteads gender neutral. (Neutral)
Kara Hope
Makes certain references in the real estate transfer tax act gender neutral. (Neutral)
Jason Woolford
Modifies exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran. (Neutral)
Mike Hoadley
Provides requirements for self-service storage rental agreements. (Neutral)
Homestead Exemption
Joseph Bellino
Provides homestead property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of an emergency first responder killed in the line of duty. (Neutral)
Aeronautics
John Damoose
Exempt purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment. (Neutral)
Stephanie Chang
Provides freeze of taxable value for primary residences of certain senior citizens. (Neutral)
Sam Singh
Modifies exemption for disabled veterans. (Neutral)
Michele Hoitenga
Provides property tax exemption for principal residence of certain senior citizens. (Neutral)
Sarah Anthony
Modifies Homestead Property Tax Credit and increases income threshold. (Neutral)
Stephanie Chang
Modifies sunsets on certain delinquent tax payment reduction and foreclosure avoidance programs. (Neutral)
Roger Victory
Modifies property tax exemption for certain nonprofit housing property. (Neutral)
Mark Huizenga
Provides transfer of certain state-owned property in Kent County. (Neutral)
Sarah Anthony
Provides for the exemption of certain tax delinquent property sold or otherwise conveyed by a foreclosing governmental unit. (Neutral)
Sarah Anthony
Provides for the application of tax reverted property specific tax to certain tax delinquent property sold or otherwise conveyed by a foreclosing governmental unit. (Neutral)
Natalie Price
Extends sunset date on exemption for firearm safety devices. (Neutral)
Brad Paquette
Extends sunset date on exemption for firearm safety devices. (Neutral)
Sales Tax Exemptions
Kathy Schmaltz
Provides exemption for certain baby and toddler items. (Neutral)
Use Tax Exemption
Nancy DeBoer
Provides exemption for certain baby and toddler items. (Neutral)
Steve Frisbie
Exempts purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment. (Neutral)
Joey Andrews
Exempts purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment. (Neutral)
Donni Steele
Exempts motor and aviation fuel sales. (Neutral)
Steve Frisbie
Excludes tax on motor fuel. (Neutral)
Bradley Slagh
Exempts motor and aviation fuel sales. (Neutral)
Tracking Groups: MICPA, Mike Merkel
Rylee Linting
Modifies distribution of revenue. (Neutral)
Jason Morgan
Modifies disposition of money to the comprehensive transportation fund. (Neutral)
Joseph Tate
Provides distribution of certain sales tax revenue into the public safety and violence prevention fund. (Neutral)
Mike Harris
Provides distribution of certain sales tax revenue into the public safety and violence prevention fund. (Neutral)
Mark Tisdel
Provides distribution of sales tax revenue for the revenue sharing trust fund. (Neutral)
Will Snyder
Provides offset of the trade in value of personal electronics.
Michael Webber
Exempts purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment. (Neutral)
Jeremy Moss
Provides deduction or exclusion and an audit of qualified delivery network sales. (Neutral)
Jon Bumstead
Provides disposition of money into the game and fish protection account. (Neutral)
Sarah Anthony
Revises disposition of money received and collected. (Neutral)
Jon Bumstead
Revises disposition of money received and collected. (Neutral)
Kristian Grant
Provides earmark from Corporate Income Tax for roads. (Neutral)
Alabas Farhat
Provides rate increase to Corporate Income Tax and earmark of increased revenue to school aid fund. (Neutral)
Steve Carra
Provides rate increase and election to file under corporate income tax act and allow for certain taxpayers. (Neutral)
Pat Outman
Modifies distribution of corporate income tax revenue. (Neutral)
Jerry Neyer
Provides credit for use of sustainable aviation fuel. (Neutral)
Jerry Neyer
Creates sustainable aviation fuel incentive program. (Neutral)
Joey Andrews
Modifies state historic preservation tax credit program. (Neutral)
Dylan Wegela
Provides pay ratio surcharge for certain corporations. (Neutral)
Gregory Alexander
Provides incentives for the sale and production of biodiesel. (Neutral)
Sam Singh
Provides credit for the use of sustainable aviation fuel. (Neutral)
Joseph Bellino
Creates sustainable aviation fuel incentive program. (Neutral)
Joseph Bellino
Provides employer credit for paid organ donation leave. (Neutral)
Sean McCann
Provides earmark for the beverage container handling fund. (Neutral)
Steve Frisbie
Provides offset of the trade in value of personal electronics. (Neutral)
Jon Bumstead
Revises disposition of money received and collected. (Neutral)
HB 4142
Digital Advertising Tax
Alabas Farhat
Creates digital advertising services tax act. (Neutral)
Accounting; Occupations
HB 4502
Occupations
Steve Carra
Revises qualifications for certified public accountants. (Oppose)
Labor
HB 4040
Fair Employment Practices
Denise Mentzer
Prohibits employers from requiring employees to enter into certain noncompete agreements unless certain conditions are met. (Neutral)