H. B. 4692
(By Delegates Michael, Doyle and Facemeyer)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 2, 1998]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, article one, chapter
five-e of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to reducing the maximum tax
credits available for qualified West Virginia capital
companies and deleting restrictions requiring that the
authority only accept applications from those companies which
certify that their entire capital base will be invested in one
or more small business investment corporations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article one, chapter five-e of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. WEST VIRGINIA CAPITAL COMPANY ACT.
§5E-1-8. Tax credits.
(a) The total amount of tax credits authorized for a single
qualified company may not exceed two million dollars.
Capitalization of the company may be increased pursuant to rule of
the authority.
(b) The total credits authorized by the authority for all
companies may not exceed a total of ten million dollars each fiscal
year:
Provided, That for the fiscal year beginning on the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, the total
credits authorized for all companies may not exceed a total of five
and one-half million
five hundred thousand dollars.
Provided,
however, That for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, the total credits
authorized for all companies may not exceed a total of six million
dollars: The authority shall, for the first one hundred eighty
days of the fiscal year, accept applications only from companies
who certify in their application that the investment of its entire
capital base will be in one or more small business investment
corporations organized under the small business investment act:
Provided, however further, That the capital base of any such
qualified company shall be invested in accordance with the
provisions of this article. The authority shall allocate these
credits to qualified companies in the order that said companies are
qualified.
(c) Any investor, including an individual, partnership or
corporation who makes a capital investment in a qualified West
Virginia capital company, is entitled to a tax credit equal to
fifty percent of the investment, except as otherwise provided in
this section or in this article. The credit allowed by this article shall be taken after all other credits allowed by chapter
eleven of this code. It shall be taken against the same taxes and
in the same order as set forth in subsections (c) through (i),
inclusive, section five, article thirteen-c, chapter eleven of this
code. The credit for investments by a partnership or by a
corporation electing to be treated as a Subchapter S corporation
may be divided pursuant to election of partners or shareholders.
(d) The tax credit allowed under this section is to be
credited against the taxpayer's tax liability for the taxable year
in which the investment in a qualified West Virginia capital
company is made. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the
taxpayer's tax liability for the taxable year, the amount of the
credit which exceeds the tax liability for the taxable year may be
carried to succeeding taxable years until used in full, or until
forfeited:
Provided, That: (i) Tax credits may not be carried
forward beyond fifteen years; and (ii) tax credits may not be
carried back to prior taxable years. Any tax credit remaining
after the fifteenth taxable year is forfeited.
(e) The tax credit provided for in this section is available
only to those taxpayers whose investment in a qualified West
Virginia capital company occurs after the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred eighty-six.
(f) The tax credit allowed under this section may not be used
against any liability the taxpayer may have for interest, penalties or additions to tax.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the
contrary, the tax commissioner shall publish in the state register
the name and address of every taxpayer, and the amount, by
category, of any credit asserted under this article. The
categories by dollar amount of credit received shall be as follows:
(1) More than $1.00, but not more than $50,000;
(2) More than $50,000, but not more than $100,000;
(3) More than $100,000, but not more than $250,000;
(4) More than $250,000, but not more than $500,000;
(5) More than $500,000, but not more than $1,000,000;
(6) More than $1,000,000.
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