*State Veterans Legislative Update 9 February 2017; SB 1443: veterans’ donation fund; tax credit

SB 1443: ‘veterans’ donation fund: tax credit’ is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee at 0900 15 February. It would establish the Arizona Veterans ’Donation fund as an Arizona Tax Credit organization in lieu of continuing the  Military Family Relief Fund (MFRF) as an Arizona Tax Credit organization. The MFRF, established as an Arizona Tax Credit organization in 2007 to assist post 1/9/11 veterans, is scheduled to end in 2018. Of the approximately 9 million dollars donated to date, over 6 million dollars have been unused. SB 1443 would extend the time for disposition of currently unused funds to post 9/11/2001 Veterans and their families to 31 Dec 2025. Any unused funds as of 31 Dec 2025 would be transferred for deposit in the Veteran’s Donation Fund as originally planned at the end of 2018. This extension of time will “maintain faith” with those Arizona taxpayers who specifically donated for the purposes of assisting post 9-11 veterans and their families. Concurrently, the Bill would establish the current Veterans’ Donation fund as an AZ Tax Credit donation organization for the period 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2025 to augment its current source of resources to assist Arizona Veterans of all eras and their families, including post 9-11 Veterans.

Please consider sending the draft message at the end of this Email to all Senate Finance Committee members ASAP

When you are ready to send the Message at the end of this text to the 7 members of the Senate Finance Committee members, copy the Draft Message at the end of this update and paste it as the text of a new Email the way you usually prepare to send an Email, and add your name after “Respectfully”. If you are not a Veteran, delete ‘As an Arizona Veteran,’ at the beginning of the text.

Then come back here and copy: ‘ SB 1444: Income Tax Subtraction; Military Retirement ‘ and paste it  as the subject of your new Email

Then come back here and copy one of the group of Email addresses of the Senate Finance Committee members shown below and paste it on the Bcc: line of your new Email

Then hit Send to send your new Email

Email addresses with Semi-colons for members of the Arizona Senate Finance Committee Members:

[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];

   

Senate Finance Committee Member Addresses With Commas:                                                                                                             

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

                                            Draft Message

Dear Senator,

As an Arizona Veteran, I encourage you to support SB 1443: ‘veterans’ donation fun; tax credit’ in the Senate Finance Committee hearing. The Military Family Relief Fund (MFRF), established as an Arizona Tax Credit organization established in 2007 to assist post 1/9/11 veterans, is scheduled to end in 2018. Of the approximately 9 million dollars donated to date, over 6 million dollars have been unused. SB 1443 would extend the time for disposition of currently unused funds to post 9/11/2001 Veterans and their families to 31 Dec 2025. Any unused funds as of 31 Dec 2025 would be transferred for deposit in the Veteran’s Donation Fund as originally planned at the end of 2018. This extension of time will “maintain faith” with those Arizona taxpayers who specifically donated for the purposes of assisting post 9-11 veterans and their families. Concurrently, the Bill would dis-establish the MFRF as a Tax Credit organization and establish the current Veterans’ Donation fund as an AZ Tax Credit donation organization for the period 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2025 to augment its current source of resources to assist Arizona Veterans of all eras and their families, including post 9-11 Veterans.

I urge you to support SB 1443 in committee.

Respectfully,