HOUSE BILL No. 4937

 

September 13, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Gilbert and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

 

"Income tax act of 1967,"

 

by amending section 669 (MCL 206.669), as added by 2011 PA 38.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 669. (1) All other receipts not otherwise sourced under

 

this part shall be sourced based on where the benefit to the

 

customer is received or, if where the benefit to the customer is

 

received cannot be determined, to the customer's billing address.

 

     (2) For purposes of section 665(2), the benefit of a service

 

is considered received in this state and attributable to this state

 

as follows:

 

     (a) 100% of the benefit of a service is received in this state

 

under any of the following circumstances:

 

     (i) The service relates to real property that is located

 


entirely in this state.

 

     (ii) The service relates to tangible personal property that is

 

either owned or leased by the purchaser and located in this state

 

at the time that the service is received or to tangible personal

 

property that is delivered to the purchaser or the purchaser's

 

designee in this state.

 

     (iii) The service is provided to a purchaser who is an

 

individual physically present in this state at the time that the

 

service is received.

 

     (iv) The services are received in this state and are in the

 

nature of personal services, such as consulting, counseling,

 

training, speaking, and providing entertainment, that are typically

 

conducted or performed first-hand, on a direct, one-to-one or one-

 

to-many basis.

 

     (v) The service is provided to a purchaser that is engaged in

 

a trade or business in this state and relates only to the trade or

 

business of that purchaser in this state.

 

     (vi) The service relates to the use of intangible property such

 

as computer software other than prewritten computer software,

 

licenses, designs, processes, patents, and copyrights, which is

 

used entirely in this state.

 

     (vii) The services provided are professional in nature, such as

 

legal or accounting services, and are provided to a purchaser that

 

is an individual domiciled in this state, or to a purchaser with

 

business operations only in Michigan.

 

     (b) A portion of the benefit of the service is in this state

 

and shall be apportioned to this state as follows:

 


     (i) If the service relates to real property that is located in

 

this state and in 1 or more other states, the benefit of the

 

service is received in Michigan to the extent that the real

 

property is located in Michigan.

 

     (ii) If the service relates to tangible personal property that

 

is owned or leased by the purchaser and located in this state and

 

in 1 or more other states at the time that the service is received,

 

or to tangible personal property that is delivered to the purchaser

 

or the purchaser's designee in this state and in 1 or more other

 

states, the benefit of the service is received in Michigan to the

 

extent that the tangible personal property is located in Michigan,

 

or is delivered to the purchaser or the purchaser's designee in

 

Michigan.

 

     (iii) If the service is provided to a purchaser that is engaged

 

in a trade or business in this state and in 1 or more other states,

 

and the service relates to the trade or business of that purchaser

 

in this state and in 1 or more other states, the benefit of the

 

service is received in Michigan to the extent that it relates to

 

the trade or business of the purchaser in Michigan.

 

     (iv) If the service relates to the use of intangible property

 

such as computer software other than prewritten computer software,

 

licenses, designs, processes, patents, and copyrights, which is

 

used in this state and in 1 or more other states, the benefit of

 

the service is received in Michigan to the extent that the

 

intangible property is used in Michigan.

 

     (v) If the services provided are professional in nature, such

 

as legal or accounting services, and are provided to a purchaser

 


with business operations in Michigan and 1 or more other states,

 

and the services relate to the purchaser's operations both in

 

Michigan and in 1 or more other states, the benefit of the services

 

is received in Michigan to the extent that the services relate to

 

the purchaser's Michigan operations.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2012.