Bill Text: OR HB3427 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a tax credit for rural employment; prescribing an effective date.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3427 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3427-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 3555

                         House Bill 3427

Sponsored by Representative WEIDNER; Representatives ESQUIVEL,
  HANNA, HICKS, LIVELY, SMITH, THOMPSON, WHISNANT, Senator KNOPP

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Creates income tax credit for investment in business that hires
employees in rural area.
  Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and
before January 1, 2020.
  Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a tax credit for rural employment; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 314.752 and 318.031; and prescribing
  an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 315. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'rural area' has
the meaning given that term in ORS 285A.010.
  (2) A credit against taxes that are otherwise due under ORS
chapter 316 or, if the taxpayer is a corporation, under ORS
chapter 317 or 318 is allowed to a taxpayer who during the tax
year invests in a qualifying business that expands by adding at
least five net full-time positions during the tax year. For the
taxpayer to be eligible to claim the credit allowed under this
section, the added positions must be in a rural area and be
filled by employees receiving a wage that meets or exceeds the
median wage for the county in which the taxpayer is doing
business, and must remain filled for at least 12 consecutive
months.
  (3) The amount of the credit allowed under this section shall
equal 50 percent of the amount invested but may not exceed $2
million for the tax year.
  (4) Prior to claiming the credit allowed under this section, a
taxpayer is required to receive written certification of
eligibility from the Oregon Business Development Department.
  (5) The credit allowed under this section may not exceed the
tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year.
  (6) A nonresident shall be allowed the credit under this
section. The credit shall be computed in the same manner and be
subject to the same limitations as the credit granted to a
resident. However, the credit shall be prorated using the
proportion provided in ORS 316.117.

  (7) If a change in the taxable year of the taxpayer occurs as
described in ORS 314.085, or if the Department of Revenue
terminates the taxpayer's taxable year under ORS 314.440, the
credit allowed by this section shall be prorated or computed in a
manner consistent with ORS 314.085.
  (8) If a change in the status of a taxpayer from resident to
nonresident or from nonresident to resident occurs, the credit
allowed by this section shall be determined in a manner
consistent with ORS 316.117.
  (9) The Oregon Business Development Department shall adopt
rules for the purposes of this section, including policies and
procedures for certifying taxpayers as eligible for the credit
allowed under this section as provided in subsection (4) of this
section. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 314.752 is amended to read:
  314.752. (1) Except as provided in ORS 314.740 (5)(b), the tax
credits allowed or allowable to a C corporation for purposes of
ORS chapter 317 or 318 shall not be allowed to an S corporation.
The business tax credits allowed or allowable for purposes of ORS
chapter 316 shall be allowed or are allowable to the shareholders
of the S corporation.
  (2) In determining the tax imposed under ORS chapter 316, as
provided under ORS 314.734, on income of the shareholder of an S
corporation, there shall be taken into account the shareholder's
pro rata share of business tax credit (or item thereof) that
would be allowed to the corporation (but for subsection (1) of
this section) or recapture or recovery thereof. The credit (or
item thereof), recapture or recovery shall be passed through to
shareholders in pro rata shares as determined in the manner
prescribed under section 1377(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  (3) The character of any item included in a shareholder's pro
rata share under subsection (2) of this section shall be
determined as if such item were realized directly from the source
from which realized by the corporation, or incurred in the same
manner as incurred by the corporation.
  (4) If the shareholder is a nonresident and there is a
requirement applicable for the business tax credit that in the
case of a nonresident the credit be allowed in the proportion
provided in ORS 316.117, then that provision shall apply to the
nonresident shareholder.
  (5) As used in this section, 'business tax credit' means a tax
credit granted to personal income taxpayers to encourage certain
investment, to create employment, economic opportunity or
incentive or for charitable, educational, scientific, literary or
public purposes that is listed under this subsection as a
business tax credit or is designated as a business tax credit by
law or by the Department of Revenue by rule and includes but is
not limited to the following credits: ORS 285C.309 (tribal taxes
on reservation enterprise zones and reservation partnership
zones), ORS 315.104 (forestation and reforestation), ORS 315.138
(fish screening, by-pass devices, fishways), ORS 315.141 (biomass
production for biofuel), ORS 315.156 (crop gleaning), ORS 315.164
and 315.169 (farmworker housing), ORS 315.204 (dependent care
assistance), ORS 315.208 (dependent care facilities), ORS 315.213
(contributions for child care), ORS 315.304 (pollution control
facility), ORS 315.326 (renewable energy development
contributions), ORS 315.331 (energy conservation projects), ORS
315.336 (transportation projects), ORS 315.341 (renewable energy
resource equipment manufacturing facilities), ORS 315.354 and
469B.151 (energy conservation facilities), ORS 315.507
(electronic commerce), ORS 315.533 (low income community jobs
initiative) and ORS 317.115 (fueling stations necessary to
operate an alternative fuel vehicle)  { + and section 2 of this
2013 Act (investment in rural employment) + }.
  SECTION 4. ORS 318.031 is amended to read:

  318.031. It being the intention of the Legislative Assembly
that this chapter and ORS chapter 317 shall be administered as
uniformly as possible (allowance being made for the difference in
imposition of the taxes), ORS 305.140 and 305.150, ORS chapter
314 and the following sections are incorporated into and made a
part of this chapter: ORS 285C.309, 315.104, 315.141, 315.156,
315.204, 315.208, 315.213, 315.304, 315.326, 315.331, 315.336,
315.507 and 315.533 { +  and section 2 of this 2013 Act + } (all
only to the extent applicable to a corporation) and ORS chapter
317.
  SECTION 5.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act and the amendments
to ORS 314.752 and 318.031 by sections 3 and 4 of this 2013 Act
apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and
before January 1, 2020. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + This 2013 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the 2013 regular session of the
Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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