View Amendment Current Amendment: 3 to Bill 4997 Rep. COBB-HUNTER proposes the following Amendment No. 3 to H. 4997 (COUNCIL\DKA\4055HTC12):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

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

/      SECTION      1.      Article 5, Chapter 6, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

     "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            14,000            3% times the amount
14,000            7% times the amount less $420
     (B)      The department may prescribe tax tables consistent with the rates set pursuant to subsection (A)."

     Section 12-6-512.      (A)      Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 12-6-510 and 12-6-511, for taxable years beginning after 2011, for a taxpayer with a taxable income under $11,200, 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             5,600            3% times the amount over 2,800
5,600             8,400            4% times the amount over 5,600 plus $84
8,400            11,200            5% times the amount over 8,400 plus $196
     (B)      The department may prescribe tax tables consistent with the rates set pursuant to subsection (A).
     (C)      In adjusting the income brackets provided in this section in the manner provided pursuant to Section 12-6-520, the department similarly shall adjust the $11,200 taxable income limit provided in subsection (A) of this section."

SECTION      3.      This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.            /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.