View Amendment Current Amendment: 2 to Bill 4997 Rep. BINGHAM proposed the following Amendment No. 2 to H. 4997 (COUNCIL\NBD\12348DG12):

Reference is to Printer's Date 3/28/12-H.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

/      "Section 12-6-511.      (A)      Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12-6-510, for taxable years beginning after 2011, a tax is imposed on the South Carolina taxable income of individuals, estates, and trusts and any other entity except those taxed or exempted from taxation under Sections 12-6-530 through 12-6-550 computed at the following rates with the income brackets indexed in accordance with Section 12-6-520:
      OVER            BUT NOT OVER
     $             0            $ 2,800            0% Times the amount
           2,800             14,000            3.75% Times the amount less $105
           14,000             7% Times the amount less $560
     (B)      The department may prescribe tax tables consistent with the rates set pursuant to subsection (A).
     (C)      Notwithstanding subsection (A), a taxpayer with a South Carolina taxable income of $9,520 or less is not subject to the provisions of this section, but rather is subject to the rates and brackets imposed pursuant to Sections 12-6-510 and 12-6-515 until the highest income qualifying for the zero percent tax bracket pursuant to this section has attained $9,520.
     (D)      The provisions of Sections 12-6-510, as indexed in accordance with Section 12-6-520, and Section 12-6-515 remain in effect until the highest income qualifying for the zero percent tax bracket pursuant to this section reaches $9,520."

SECTION      2.      This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.            /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.