Personal income taxes: credit: full-time community college students.

The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the taxes imposed by that law. This bill, upon appropriation of specified funds by the Legislature, for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2023, would allow a credit under the Personal Income Tax Law in an amount equal to the fees and other expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year, as does not exceed $2,000, for the enrollment of a full-time community college student for whom the credit was not claimed in any prior taxable year, as specified. The bill would also allow a payment in excess of that credit amount upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would require a taxpayer claiming the credit to submit with his or her return a copy of the student's transcript evidencing completion of an academic year of full-time enrollment in a California community college. The bill would make related findings and declarations regarding the specific goals, purposes, and objectives, performance indicators, and data collection requirements for the credit.