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House revenue committee sends tax-conformity bill to House floor
Summary
The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted to send House Bill 3, the annual state tax conformity measure, to the full House with a due-pass recommendation after a brief discussion and a clarification from the bill sponsor about federal treatment of 2020 unemployment benefits.
At a meeting of the Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee, members voted to send House Bill 3, the annual state tax-conformity bill, to the full House with a "due pass" recommendation.
The bill sponsor, Representative Ehlers, described HB 3 as the state's annual measure to conform portions of Idaho tax law to the federal tax code. "This is House Bill 3, the annual tax conformity bill to allow us at the state level to conform to the federal tax code, saves taxpayers and all of your districts time and makes it less confusing just to use the basis of the federal tax code," Ehlers said.
Ehlers also offered a clarification for the record about one federal citation in the bill. "I did wanna clarify a question from Representative Cheatham that I got last week —which is the part about the Internal Revenue Code section 85, and that's only dated for January 2020," he said. He explained that Congress in 2021 temporarily excluded a level of unemployment benefits from federal taxable income "just for the tax year 2020," and that Idaho had not followed that federal change for state returns. Ehlers said the bill would retain related language "maybe another year or two" so late filers could amend 2020 returns if needed.
Representative Raybould moved the committee send HB 3 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. The meeting record shows the committee chair called for the voice vote: "All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. The motion passes. House Bill 3 will be sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation." No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The committee also approved minutes from its previous meeting. Representative Birch moved to approve the minutes from January 9, 02/2025; the chair called the voice vote and the motion carried.
The committee adjourned after the two items and the chair told members there would be no meeting the following day and to watch for floor announcements and emails about the next meeting.
