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Committee advances House Bill 3 to conform state tax code through Jan. 1, 2025
Summary
The Local Government and Taxation Committee voted to send House Bill 3, the annual tax conformity bill, to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. Representative Jeff Ehlers said the bill simply updates the reference year to 2025 and urged speedy action so tax filers and the Tax Commission can proceed.
Representative Jeff Ehlers, District 21, Meridian, told the Local Government and Taxation Committee that House Bill 3 is the annual tax-conformity bill and asked members to advance it to the floor.
"This is the annual tax conformity bill," Representative Jeff Ehlers said. "All it does is change the year from 2024 to conforming through January 1, 2025. Congress really didn't make any changes last year. ... So there is some urgency to this."
The bill, as presented, updates the state's conformity date to match federal changes through Jan. 1, 2025. Ehlers said the change is largely technical this year because Congress made no substantive changes that require state action; he added that next year's conformity bill could be different depending on federal action.
Chairman Ricks put a motion on the floor to send the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. Senator Growe moved the recommendation; no formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript and the committee adopted the motion by voice vote.
Committee members noted the practical urgency: tax preparers and filers, and the Idaho State Tax Commission, prefer clarity on conformity before the commission begins accepting returns tied to the updated tax year. Senator Dan Hartog asked whether Representative Ehlers could predict next year’s changes; Ehlers replied that he could not and suggested consulting the federal delegation.
After the vote the chair said Senator Groh had agreed to carry the bill to the next chamber. No amendments or substantive policy changes were discussed in committee on this item.
