Act No. 295

Public Acts of 2005

Approved by the Governor

December 20, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 20, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2005

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

Introduced by Senator Cassis

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 634

AN ACT to amend 1975 PA 228, entitled "An act to provide for the imposition, levy, computation, collection, assessment and enforcement, by lien or otherwise, of taxes on certain commercial, business, and financial activities; to prescribe the manner and times of making certain reports and paying taxes; to prescribe the powers and duties of public officers and state departments; to permit the inspection of records of taxpayers; to provide for interest and penalties on unpaid taxes; to provide exemptions, credits, and refunds; to provide penalties; to provide for the disposition of funds; to provide for the interrelation of this act with other acts; and to provide an appropriation," by amending section 45a (MCL 208.45a), as amended by 1999 PA 115.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 45a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) and for tax years beginning after December 31, 1998 and before January 1, 2006, all of the tax base, other than the tax base derived principally from transportation, financial, or insurance carrier services or specifically allocated, shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying the tax base by a percentage, which is the sum of all of the following percentages:

(a) The property factor multiplied by 5%.

(b) The payroll factor multiplied by 5%.

(c) The sales factor multiplied by 90%.

(2) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2005 and before January 1, 2008, all of the tax base, other than the tax base derived principally from transportation, financial, or insurance carrier services or specifically allocated, shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying the tax base by a percentage, which is the sum of all of the following percentages:

(a) The property factor multiplied by 3.75%.

(b) The payroll factor multiplied by 3.75%.

(c) The sales factor multiplied by 92.5%.

(3) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, all of the tax base, other than the tax base derived principally from transportation, financial, or insurance carrier services or specifically allocated, shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying the tax base by a percentage, which is the sum of all of the following percentages:

(a) The property factor multiplied by 2.5%.

(b) The payroll factor multiplied by 2.5%.

(c) The sales factor multiplied by 95%.

(4) For tax years beginning after December 31, 1998 and before January 1, 2000 if section 23(e) is not in effect, all of the tax base, other than the tax base derived principally from transportation, financial, or insurance carrier services or specifically allocated, shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying the tax base by a percentage, which is the sum of all of the following percentages:

(a) The property factor multiplied by 15%.

(b) The payroll factor multiplied by 15%.

(c) The sales factor multiplied by 70%.

(5) For purposes of this section, a taxpayer that has a 52- or 53-week tax year beginning not more than 7 days before December 31 of any year is considered to have a tax year beginning after December 31 of that year.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor