Effective 28 Aug 2000

143.127. Deduction for restitution received by victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution. — 1. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, the following amounts received by an individual or returns and payments to an individual shall be subtracted from such individual's federal adjusted gross income, to the extent such amounts, returns or payments are included in such individual's federal adjusted gross income:

(1) Amounts received as reparations or restitution for the loss of liberty or life or damage to health by the victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution;

(2) Returns of tangible or intangible property seized, misappropriated or lost as a result of National Socialist (Nazi) actions or policies and any cash values in replacement of such property;

(3) Payments of insurance policies purchased prior to December 31, 1945, by the victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution; and

(4) Any accumulated or accrued interest on such amounts, returns or payments.

2. The subtraction of the amounts, returns or payments from an individual's Missouri adjusted gross income shall only apply if such individual was a victim of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution, actions or policies or is the spouse or descendant of a victim of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution, actions or policies, and such individual or family member is the first recipient of such amounts, returns or payments.

3. As used in this section, "National Socialist (Nazi) persecution, actions and policies" means persecution, actions or policies taken by Germany and other countries, or by organizations, institutions and companies within those countries, against the victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

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(L. 2000 H.B. 1452)