How federal policymakers account for the concerns of
state and local governments in the formulation of federal tax
policy.
by Gravelle, Jane G.^Gravelle, Jennifer
Income Allow Federal Federal
Used as ACRS/MACRS Asset
State Tax Depreciation Expense
State Base (2) (3) Election (4)
ALABAMA Yes Yes Yes
ALASKA Yes Yes Yes
ARIZONA Yes Yes Yes
ARKANSAS No Yes Yes
CALIFORNIA Yes No Yes
COLORADO Yes Yes Yes
CONNECTICUT Yes Yes Yes
DELAWARE Yes Yes Yes
FLORIDA Yes Yes Yes
GEORGIA Yes Yes No
HAWAII Yes Yes No
IDAHO Yes Yes No
ILLINOIS Yes Yes No
INDIANA Yes Yes No
IOWA Yes Yes No
KANSAS Yes Yes Yes
KENTUCKY Yes Yes No
LOUISIANA Yes Yes Yes
MAINE Yes Yes No
MARYLAND Yes Yes No
MASSACHUSETTS Yes Yes No
MICHIGAN Yes No No
MINNESOTA Yes Yes Yes
MISSISSIPPI No Yes Yes
MISSOURI Yes Yes Yes
MONTANA Yes Yes Yes
NEBRASKA Yes Yes Yes
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Yes Yes Yes
NEW JERSEY Yes Yes Yes
NEW MEXICO Yes Yes Yes
NEW YORK Yes Yes Yes
NORTH CAROLINA Yes Yes Yes
NORTH DAKOTA Yes Yes Yes
OHIO Yes Yes Yes
OKLAHOMA Yes Yes Yes
OREGON Yes Yes Yes
PENNSYLVANIA Yes Yes Yes
RHODE ISLAND Yes Yes Yes
SOUTH CAROLINA Yes Yes Yes
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE Yes Yes Yes
TEXAS Yes Yes Yes
UTAH Yes Yes Yes
VERMONT Yes Yes Yes
VIRGINIA Yes Yes Yes
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA Yes Yes Yes
WISCONSIN Yes Yes Yes
WYOMING
DIST. OF COLUMBIA No Yes Yes
Allow
Federal Allow
Bonus Domestic
Depreciation Allow Production
State (5) Depletion (6) Deduction (7)
ALABAMA Yes No Yes
ALASKA Yes Yes Yes
ARIZONA No Yes Yes
ARKANSAS No Yes No
CALIFORNIA No Yes No
COLORADO Yes Yes Yes
CONNECTICUT No Yes Yes
DELAWARE Yes Yes Yes
FLORIDA Yes Yes Yes
GEORGIA Yes Yes No
HAWAII Yes Yes No
IDAHO Yes Yes Yes
ILLINOIS Yes Yes Yes
INDIANA Yes Yes No
IOWA Yes Yes Yes
KANSAS Yes Yes Yes
KENTUCKY Yes Yes Yes
LOUISIANA Yes Yes Yes
MAINE Yes Yes No
MARYLAND Yes Yes No
MASSACHUSETTS Yes Yes No
MICHIGAN No Yes Yes
MINNESOTA No No No
MISSISSIPPI No Yes No
MISSOURI No Yes Yes
MONTANA Yes Yes Yes
NEBRASKA No Yes Yes
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE No Yes No
NEW JERSEY No Yes Partial
NEW MEXICO Yes Yes Yes
NEW YORK No Yes Yes
NORTH CAROLINA No Yes No
NORTH DAKOTA Yes Yes No
OHIO No Yes Yes
OKLAHOMA No Yes Yes
OREGON Yes No No
PENNSYLVANIA No Yes Yes
RHODE ISLAND No Yes Yes
SOUTH CAROLINA No Yes No
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE No Yes No
TEXAS No Yes No
UTAH Yes Yes Yes
VERMONT No Yes Yes
VIRGINIA No Yes Yes
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA Yes Yes No
WISCONSIN No Yes Yes
WYOMING
DIST. OF COLUMBIA No Yes Yes
(1) First five columns from Commerce Clearing House; last column
from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ("State Revenue Losses
from the Federal 'Domestic Production Deduction Will Double in 2007,"
January, 2007).
(2) California date for federal reconciliation method; Michigan does
not have a corporate tax but a business tax where major components
are compensation, business income, and additions and subtractions to
business income.
(3) New Jersey MARCS maybe used for property after July 7,1993; New
York and Oregon MACRS may be used generally for property after 1994;
North Dakota allows only form assets after 1983; Pennsylvania requires
straight line depreciation for reality.
(4) Arkansas, California, DC, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming all limit expense allocation to
the pre-JGTRRA amount of $25,000; Arizona also restricts to
pre-JGTRRA but adds 20 percent of amounts exceeding the limit
for years one through four; Nebraska has the same pre-JGTRRA
limit and a 20 percent addition beginning after July 1, 2006;
New York excludes sports utility vehicles over 600 pounds.
(5) Illinois, Maine, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio,
and Oklahoma all require some amount (partial to full) addback;
Iowa and Missouri allow 50 percent bonus depreciation of property
purchased form May 6, 2003 to December 31, 2004 but disallow 30
percent bonus depreciation after September 10, 2001 and before
September 11, 2004; Michigan allows bonus depreciation in computing
federal taxable income amount that is the tax base for a single
businesses tax but federal depreciation must be added back; New
York excepts Qualified Resurgence Zone and Qualified New York
Liberty Zone property; Texas allows bonus depreciation for
corporations that elect to use the federal income tax method of
reporting taxable capital if the same method was used for
federal tax.
(6) Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin allow depletion except oil and
gas wells; Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, and Tennessee only allow
cost depletion; Arizona excepts mining exploration expenses,
Maryland exempts oil, and Oregon allows depletion only on metal
mines; Colorado has an exception for a 27.5 percent depletion
rate for oil shale, Oklahoma has a 22 percent allowance for oil
and gas and Kentucky has special provisions for coal royalties.
(7) Alabama and Pennsylvania allow deduction on corporate tax only;
as noted earlier, Michigan does not have corporate tax, and deduction
is allowed on personal income tax; New Jersey deduction is allowed
for qualified property produced or manufactured by the taxpayers
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