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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Komadina

 

DATE TYPED:

2/18/03

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Home School Income Tax Deduction

 

SB

97

 

 

ANALYST:

Neel

 

 

 

REVENUE

 

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

 

($920.0)

($1,000.0)

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC files

 

Responses Received From:

 

Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 97 proposes a $3,500 personal income tax deduction for each dependent that attends a home school for one year. The deduction would be half this amount in cases where a child attended home school for at least half a year but less than one year. Husbands and wives that file separate returns in a year in which they could have filed a joint return would each be allowed to claim half the deduction allowed under a joint return, i.e., $1,750. SB 97 defines ‘dependent’ as the term is defined under Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, but also includes minor children or stepchildren of a resident that would be a dependent for federal income tax purposes if public assistance contributing to support of the child or stepchild was considered to have been contributed by the resident.


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

TRD notes the following assumptions regarding the fiscal impact:

 

According to the State Department of Education, approximately 6,500 New Mexico children currently receive home schooling.  The average effective personal income tax rate is approximately 4.7 percent. Hence the $1 million estimate shown above is the product of the exemption amount, the average rate and the number of likely deductions, i.e., 6,500 x .047 x $3,500.

 

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