A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to stimulate economic activity and job growth by temporarily reducing the income tax burden on business.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Assembly finds that:
(1)	It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs for the citizens of the State by encouraging and promoting the expansion of existing business and industry within the State and by recruiting and attracting new business and industry to the State.
(2)	Both short‑term and long‑term economic trends at the State, national, and international levels have made the successful implementation of the State's economic development policy and programs both more critical and more challenging; and the decline in the State's traditional industries and the resulting adverse impact upon the State and its citizens have been exacerbated in recent years by adverse national and State economic trends that contribute to the reduction in the State's industrial base and that inhibit the State's ability to sustain or attract new and expanding businesses.
(3)	The economic condition of the State is not static and recent changes in the State's economic condition have created economic distress that requires the enactment of a new program as provided in this act that is designed to stimulate new economic activity and to create new jobs within the State.
(4)	The enactment of this act is necessary to stimulate the economy, facilitate economic recovery, and create new jobs in North Carolina, and this act will promote the general welfare and confer, as its primary purpose and effect, benefits on citizens throughout the State through the creation of new jobs, an enlargement of the overall tax base, an expansion and diversification of the State's industrial base, and an increase in revenue to the State and its political subdivisions.
(5)	The purpose of this act is to stimulate economic activity and to create new jobs within the State.
SECTION 2.(a)  G.S. 105‑134.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑134.1.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1)	Adjusted gross income. – Defined in section 62 of the Code.
(1a)	Code. – Defined in G.S. 105‑228.90.
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SECTION 2.(b)  G.S. 105‑134.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑134.5.  North Carolina taxable income defined.
(a)	Residents. – For an individual who is a resident of this State, the term "North Carolina taxable income" means the taxpayer's adjusted gross income as modified in G.S. 105‑134.6.
(b)	Nonresidents. – For a nonresident individual, the term "North Carolina taxable income" means the taxpayer's  adjusted gross income as modified in G.S. 105‑134.6, multiplied by a fraction the denominator of which is the taxpayer's adjusted gross income as modified in G.S. 105‑134.6, and the numerator of which is the amount of that adjusted gross income, as modified, that is derived from North Carolina sources and is attributable to the ownership of any interest in real or tangible personal property in this State, is derived from a business, trade, profession, or occupation carried on in this State, or is derived from gambling activities in this State.
(c)	Part‑year Residents. – If an individual was a resident of this State for only part of the taxable year, having moved into or removed from the State during the year, the term "North Carolina taxable income" has the same meaning as in subsection (b) of this section except that the numerator includes adjusted gross income, as modified under G.S. 105‑134.6, derived from all sources during the period the individual was a resident.
(d)	S Corporations and Partnerships. – In order to calculate the numerator of the fraction provided in subsection (b) of this section, the amount of a shareholder's pro rata share of S Corporation income that is includable in the numerator is the shareholder's pro rata share of the S Corporation's income attributable to the State, as defined in G.S. 105‑131(b)(4). In order to calculate the numerator of the fraction provided in subsection (b) of this section for a member of a partnership or other unincorporated business that has one or more nonresident members and operates in one or more other states, the amount of the member's distributive share of income of the business that is includable in the numerator is determined by multiplying the total net income of the business by the ratio ascertained under the provisions of G.S. 105‑130.4. As used in this subsection, total net income means the entire gross income of the business less all expenses, taxes, interest, and other deductions allowable under the Code that were incurred in the operation of the business.
(e)	Tax Year. – A taxpayer must compute North Carolina taxable income on the basis of the taxable year used in computing the taxpayer's income tax liability under the Code."
SECTION 2.(c)  G.S. 105‑134.6, as amended by S.L. 2011‑5, reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑134.6.  Modifications to adjusted gross income.
(a)	S Corporations. – Each shareholder's pro rata share of an S Corporation's income is subject to the adjustments provided in this section.
(a1)	Personal Exemption. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer may deduct an exemption amount equal to the amount listed in the table below based on the taxpayer's filing status and adjusted gross income. The taxpayer is allowed the same number of personal exemptions claimed under section 151 of the Code for the taxable year. 
		Personal
	Filing Status	Adjusted Gross Income	Exemption
Married, filing jointly	Up to $100,000	$2,500
	Over $100,000	$2,000
Head of Household	Up to $80,000	$2,500
	Over $80,000	$2,000
Single	Up to $60,000	$2,500
	Over $60,000	$2,000
Married, filing separately	Up to $50,000	$2,500
	Over $50,000	$2,000
(a2)	Deduction Amount. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer may deduct either the standard deduction amount listed in the table below for that taxpayer's filing status or the itemized deductions amount elected under section 63 of the Code. A taxpayer may not deduct both the standard deduction amount and the itemized deductions amount.

Filing Status	Standard Deduction
Married, filing jointly	$6,000
Head of Household	4,400
Single	3,000
Married, filing separately	3,000.
(b)	Other Deductions. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer may deduct any of the following items to the extent those items are included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. 
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(22)	The first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of net business income the taxpayer receives during the taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "business income" does not include income that is considered passive income under the Code. This subdivision expires for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
(c)	Additions. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer must add any of the following items to the extent those items are not included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. For a taxpayer who deducts the itemized deductions amount under subsection (a2) of this section, the taxpayer must add any of the following items to the extent those items are included in the itemized deductions amount.
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…	(12)	The amount of the taxpayer's deduction for motor vehicle sales taxes under section 164(a)(6) of the Code.
…(d)	Other Adjustments. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer must make the following adjustments to adjusted gross income.
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SECTION 2.(d)  G.S. 105‑134.4 is repealed. 
SECTION 2.(e)  G.S. 105‑151.26 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑151.26.  Credit for charitable contributions by nonitemizers.
A taxpayer who elects the standard deduction under G.S. 105‑134.6(a2) is allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this Part an amount equal to seven percent (7%) of the taxpayer's excess charitable contributions. The taxpayer's excess charitable contributions are the amount by which the taxpayer's charitable contributions for the taxable year that would have been deductible under section 170 of the Code if the taxpayer had not elected the standard deduction exceed two percent (2%) of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.
No credit shall be allowed under this section for contributions for which a credit was claimed under G.S. 105‑151.12 or G.S. 105‑151.14. A nonresident or part‑year resident who claims the credit allowed by this section shall reduce the amount of the credit by multiplying it by the fraction calculated under G.S. 105‑134.5(b) or (c), as appropriate. The credit allowed under this section may not exceed the amount of tax imposed by this Part for the taxable year reduced by the sum of all credits allowed, except payments of tax made by or on behalf of the taxpayer."
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.