COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. No.: 3844-01

Bill No.: SB 1059

Subject: Business and Commerce; Taxation and Revenue - Income

Type: Original

Date: January 27, 2004




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
General Revenue ($86,569) $0 $0
Total Estimated

Net Effect on

General Revenue

Fund

($86,569) $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on Other

State Funds

$0 $0 $0



Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

This fiscal note contains 4 pages.











ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Local Government $0 $0 $0




FISCAL ANALYSIS



ASSUMPTION



Department of Economic Development officials did not respond to our fiscal note request.



Officials of the Office of Administration, Division of Budget and Planning (BAP) assume this bill makes certain changes to Missouri corporate income tax laws, establishing guidelines for the taxation of intangible property. BAP assumes this bill would have a positive impact on General Revenue and Total State Revenue, but defers to the Department of Revenue for an estimate.



BAP assumes this bill would have no impact on the Office of Administration or BAP.



Officials of the Department of Revenue (DOR) assume the Division of Taxation will need to modify forms and programming for the new addition and subtraction created by this legislation. DOR estimates that the programming modifications for the COINS and CAFÉ' systems will take 2,595 hours (5 programmers for 3 months), at a cost of $86,569. These programmers will have to do the following: 1) Database changes to add the new fields; 2) online screen changes to all the return processing screens; 3) changes to the edit and audit program for returns; 4) report changes; and 5) changes to the CAFÉ system.







ASSUMPTION (continued)



This legislation does not appear to change the current guidelines for taxing intangible property. Therefore, DOR assumes there is no impact to revenue.





FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
GENERAL REVENUE FUND
Cost - Dept. of Revenue
Programming ($86,569) $0 $0
TOTAL ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND



($86,569)


$0


$0




FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
$0 $0 $0



FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business



No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.





DESCRIPTION



This proposal establishes a procedure for the determination of tax liability for purposes of corporate income tax of certain expenses and costs related to certain intangible property when

the property is transferred to a related entity.



The bill provides specific criteria for determining if transactional expenses and costs related to

the transfer and use of the rights to patents, trade names, trademarks, and other intangible property incurred by a taxpayer from a related entity are a legitimate business expense and are allowed to be deducted in the computation of Missouri taxable income.



This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



Department Economic Development

Office of Administration

Division of Budget and Planning

Department of Revenue











Mickey Wilson, CPA

Director

January 27, 2004