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Iowa and Mississippi omit farm rent, and New Mexico modified gross income omits partnership and farm income #10062

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Found while reviewing state income lists for #10060, which adds estate_income to these lists and leaves the gaps below alone.

Iowa (2021 and 2022) and Mississippi: farm rent

Both states take the whole federal Schedule E amount:

gov.states.ia.tax.income.gross_income.sources and gov.states.ms.tax.income.income_sources include rental_income, partnership_s_corp_income and now estate_income, but not farm_rent_income (Form 4835). #9794 made the same fix for Arkansas on the ground that Form 4835 rent is reported on Schedule E; confirm that against the federal Schedule E instructions and add farm_rent_income to both lists.

New Mexico modified gross income: partnership and farm income

NMSA 1978 § 7-2-2(L) defines modified gross income as "all income ... undiminished by losses and from whatever source, including: ... (2) net profit from business; ... (13) distributive share of partnership income".

gov.states.nm.tax.income.modified_gross_income has self_employment_income and sstb_self_employment_income but neither partnership_s_corp_income nor farm_operations_income. Modified gross income gates the low-income comprehensive tax rebate, the property tax rebate and the child day care credit, so a household with partnership or farm income looks poorer than it is. The formula floors each source at zero, which matches 3.3.1.10 NMAC.

Each fix needs a YAML case with hand-computed values and, per the Axiom parity rule, a line in TheAxiomFoundation/rulespec-us#1633, #1634 or #1636.

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  1. MaxGhenis commented on Oct 10, 2026

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    One more item for this list, from the independent review of #10060. I have not checked the Georgia rule myself.

    Georgia retirement income exclusion. gov.states.ga.tax.income.agi.exclusions.retirement.sources counts rental_income but not estate_income. The reviewer reads Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 560-7-4 (https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/560-7-4) as including "net income or loss from rental property" and "income from royalties" in retirement income, and a beneficiary's share keeps its character under IRC § 662(b). If that is right, an eligible retiree's rental or royalty income received through an estate or trust should count toward the exclusion. estate_income mixes those with business income, so adding the whole input would overstate it.

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