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(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2022, a deduction shall be allowed for an amount paid or incurred by the qualified taxpayer during the taxable year, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), for qualified homeowners’ association assessments. (b) (1) For purposes of this section, both of the following shall apply:
(A) “Homeowners’ association” has the same meaning as the term “association” as defined by Section 4080 of the Civil Code.
(B) “Qualified homeowners’ association assessments” means a regularly occurring, mandatory financial assessment that satisfies all of the following:
(i) Is paid by the taxpayer to a homeowners’ association with respect to the taxpayer’s principal place of residence.
(ii) The revenues derived from the imposition of the assessment directly benefit the taxpayer’s principal place of residence.
(iii) The obligation to pay the assessment arises from the taxpayer’s mandatory and automatic membership in a homeowners’ association.
(2) A qualified homeowners’ association assessment does not include a special assessment.
(c) For purposes of this section, “qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer whose gross income for the taxable year does not exceed the following amounts:
(1) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for qualified taxpayers filing a joint, head of household, or surviving spouse as defined in Section 17046, return.
(2) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a qualified taxpayer filing a return other than as described in paragraph (1).
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until December 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed.