(1) Subject to the limitations of this chapter, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, and before December 31, 2030, a taxpayer who has certified that the tax incentive criteria will be met within a project site during a project period shall, for the number of new employees earning more than a rate of twenty-four dollars and four cents ($24.04) per hour worked, in lieu of the credit amount in subsection (3) of section 63-3029F, Idaho Code, be allowed the credit provided by this section. The number of new employees is the increase in the number of employees for the current taxable year over the greater of the following:
(a)  The number of employees for the prior taxable year; or
(b)  The average of the number of employees for the three (3) prior taxable years.
(2)  The credit provided by this section shall be:
(a)  One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each new employee whose annual salary during the taxable year for which the credit is earned is greater than twenty-four dollars and four cents ($24.04) per hour worked but equal to or less than an average rate of twenty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents ($28.85) per hour worked;
(b)  Two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each new employee whose annual salary during the taxable year for which the credit is earned is greater than an average rate of twenty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents ($28.85) per hour worked but equal to or less than an average rate of thirty-six dollars and six cents ($36.06) per hour worked;
(c)  Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each new employee whose annual salary during the taxable year for which the credit is earned is greater than an average rate of thirty-six dollars and six cents ($36.06) per hour worked but equal to or less than an average rate of forty-three dollars and twenty-seven cents ($43.27) per hour worked;
(d)  Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each new employee whose annual salary during the taxable year for which the credit is earned is greater than an average rate of forty-three dollars and twenty-seven cents ($43.27) per hour worked.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 63-4405

  • Project period: means the period of time beginning at a physical change to the project site or the first employment of new employees located in Idaho who are related to the activities at the project site, and ending when the facilities constituting the project are placed in service, but no later than December 31, 2030, and no longer than ten (10) years after the beginning. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Project site: means an area or areas at which new plant and building facilities are located and at which the tax incentive criteria have been or will be met and which are either:
Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Tax incentive criteria: means a business entity meeting at a project site the requirements of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph. See Idaho Code 63-4402
    • (3)  The credit allowed by subsection (1) of this section shall apply only to employment primarily within the project site. No credit shall be earned unless such employee shall have performed such duties for the taxpayer for a minimum of nine (9) months during the taxable year for which the credit is claimed.
    (4)  The credit allowed by this section shall not exceed sixty-two and five-tenths percent (62.5%) of the tax liability of the taxpayer.
    (5)  Employees transferred from a related taxpayer or acquired from another taxpayer within the prior twelve (12) months shall not be included in the computation of the credit unless the transfer creates a net new job in Idaho.