5747.025 Personal exemptions.
5747.025 Personal exemptions.
(A) The personal exemption for the taxpayer and the taxpayer’s spouse shall be seven hundred fifty dollars each for the taxable year beginning in 1996, eight hundred fifty dollars each for the taxable year beginning in 1997, nine hundred fifty dollars each for the taxable year beginning in 1998, and one thousand fifty dollars each for the taxable year beginning in 1999 and taxable years beginning after 1999. The personal exemption amount prescribed in this division for taxable years beginning after 1999 shall be adjusted each year in the manner prescribed in division (C) of this section.
(B) The personal exemption for each dependent shall be eight hundred fifty dollars for the taxable year beginning in 1996, and one thousand fifty dollars for the taxable year beginning in 1997 and taxable years beginning after 1997. The personal exemption amount prescribed in this division for taxable years beginning after 1999 shall be adjusted each year in the manner prescribed in division (C) of this section.
(C) In September of each year, beginning in 2000, the tax commissioner shall determine the percentage increase in the gross domestic product deflator determined by the bureau of economic analysis of the United States department of commerce from the first day of January of the preceding calendar year to the last day of December of the preceding year, and adjust the personal exemption amount for taxable years beginning in the current calendar year by multiplying that amount by the percentage increase in the gross domestic product deflator for that period; adding the resulting product to the personal exemption amount for taxable years beginning in the preceding calendar year; and rounding the resulting sum upward to the nearest multiple of fifty dollars. The commissioner shall not make such an adjustment in any calendar year in which the amount resulting from the adjustment would be less than the amount resulting from the adjustment in the preceding calendar year.
Effective Date: 09-06-2002