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S. 11
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell, Cromer, McGill, Rose, Grooms, Campsen, Alexander, Bryant, Knotts, Setzler, Ford and Peeler
Document Path: l:\s-res\gfm\001taxp.mrh.gfm.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3419
Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Introduced in the House on February 29, 2012
Last Amended on February 23, 2012
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Taxpayer Fairness Act
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/1/2010 Senate Prefiled
12/1/2010 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
1/11/2011 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11)
1/11/2011 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 11)
2/22/2012 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance
(Senate Journal-page 8)
2/23/2012 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 23)
2/23/2012 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 23)
2/23/2012 Senate Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 23)
2/28/2012 Senate Read third time and sent to House
(Senate Journal-page 20)
2/29/2012 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 3)
2/29/2012 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 4)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
February 23, 2012
S. 11
Introduced by Senators McConnell, Cromer, McGill, Rose, Grooms, Campsen and Alexander
S. Printed 2/23/12--S.
Read the first time January 11, 2011.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ENACTING THE "TAXPAYER FAIRNESS ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 12-4-397 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE MUST INTERPRET TAX STATUTES OF THIS STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT TERMS IN THE TAX STATUTES OF THIS STATE MAY NOT BE GIVEN BROADER MEANING THAN INTENDED BY POLICY DOCUMENTS AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, TO PROVIDE THAT AMBIGUITY IN TAX STATUTES MUST BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF THE TAXPAYER, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT AMBIGUITIES TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO DEFINE "TAX STATUTES OF THIS STATE".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Taxpayer Fairness Act".
SECTION 2. Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-4-397. (A) For purposes of this section, a 'tax statute of this State' means a statute imposing a tax or fee administrated by the South Carolina Department of Revenue.
(B) In applying the tax statutes of this State, the department's interpretation of the statutes must be based on the plain meaning of the statute's text and the legislative intent giving rise to the enactment of the statutes.
(C) Terms contained in the tax statutes of this State may not be given broader meaning in policy documents or regulations of the department beyond the meaning of the statute.
(D) At least twice annually, the department shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee, and of the House Ways and Means Committee regarding any discovered ambiguity in the meaning of a tax statute. The first report must be submitted no later than May first and the second report must be submitted no later than November first of each year."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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