To require a person to be a state resident for at least six months to qualify for a state earned income tax credit.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

To adopt a version of the bill that uses it as a "vehicle" for suspending a scheduled increase in the value of the EITC.

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bills 838 and 884, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. They would reduce the Michigan Business Tax surcharge, slighty reduce the value of film production subsidies, and authorize a "tax amnesty" period.

To phase in the suspended EITC increase over several years.

To eliminate an increase in the earned income tax credit, which under current statute will go from 10 percent to 20 percent of the federal EITC for the 2009 tax year. The EITC is a refundable credit (or “reverse income tax”) for low income workers. It is estimated that the increase add $160 million to the current budget shortfall. The bill authorizes phasing in an increase over four years.

To give the bill immediate effect.

To replace the Senate-passed version, which postponed a doubling of the EITC, with the original House-passed version, which would just require six-month residency for eligibility.

To extend the proposed elibility requirement to two years of residency.

To not postpone a doubling of the EITC (as passed by the Senate), and again pass the original House version, which would just require six-month residency for earned income tax credit eligibility.