Bills

HB 2526: DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION; INCOME TAX CREDIT; HURRICANE RESISTANCE RETROFIT; GENERAL EXCISE TAX; RATE REDUCTION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-02: Referred to PBS/ECD, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for a certain percentage of expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices or to purchase, install, or construct, a hurricane shelter on the taxpayer's property.  Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or income from the sale of a concrete certified hurricane-resistant residential project or certain hurricane-resistant components of a high-rise condominium.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026.  Sunsets 12/31/2030.

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