Personal Income Tax Law: retired police dogs: tax credit.

The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the taxes imposed by that law. Existing law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account and provides that payments required to be made to taxpayers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, allow a credit against the tax imposed by that law in an amount equal to $1,500 to a taxpayer for the adoption of a retired law enforcement dog, as provided. The bill would require the amount of the credit exceeding the taxpayer's liability to be credited against other amounts due, if any, and would require the balance, upon appropriation, to be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account and refunded to the taxpayer. Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.