Section 17054.7 Of Chapter 2. Imposition Of Tax From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 2.
17054.7
. (a) There shall be allowed as a credit against the "net
tax" (as defined in Section 17039) for a "qualified senior head of
household" (as defined in subdivision (c)) an amount equal to 2
percent of the taxable income.
(b) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1991,
the Franchise Tax Board shall recompute the adjusted gross income
specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c). Those computations
shall be made as follows:
(1) The California Department of Industrial Relations shall
transmit annually to the Franchise Tax Board the percentage change in
the California Consumer Price Index as modified for rental
equivalent home ownership for all items from June of the prior
calendar year to June of the current calendar year, no later than
August 1 of the current calendar year.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall add 100 percent to the
percentage change figure which is furnished pursuant to paragraph (1)
and divide the result by 100.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall multiply the amount for the
immediately preceding taxable year for the adjusted gross income
limitation specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) by the
inflation adjustment factor determined in paragraph (2), and round
off the resulting product to the nearest one dollar ($1).
(c) "Qualified senior head of household" means an individual who
meets all of the following:
(1) Attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year.
(2) Qualified as the head of household in accordance with Section
17042 for either of the two taxable years immediately preceding the
taxable year by providing a household for a qualifying individual who
died during either of the two taxable years immediately preceding
the taxable year.
(3) Whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year does not
exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500).