West Virginia Code 11-13EE-11 – Recapture of rebate; recapture tax imposed
(a) When recapture tax applies. —
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-13EE-11
- Coal production: means the privilege of severing, extracting, reducing to possession and producing coal for sale, profit or commercial use and includes the processing of coal at a coal preparation and processing plant. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- Corporation: means any corporation, joint-stock company or association, and any business conducted by a trustee or trustees wherein interest or ownership is evidenced by a certificate of interest or ownership or similar written instrument. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under the laws of this state, the United States or by any other state, territory or the District of Columbia. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
- Partnership: includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture or other unincorporated organization through or by means of which any business, operation or venture is carried on, which is taxed under Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in §. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- Production of coal: means privilege of severing, extracting, reducing to possession and producing coal for sale, profit or commercial use and includes the processing of coal at the coal preparation and processing plant. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- Rebate: means the amount of rebate allowable under §. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Taxpayer: means any person exercising the privilege of severing, extracting, reducing to possession and producing coal for sale, profit or commercial use coal, which privilege is taxable under §. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- This code: means the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
- This state: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 11-13EE-2
(1) Any person who places machinery and equipment in service or use for purposes of this credit and who fails to use the machinery and equipment for at least 5 years in the production of coal in this state shall pay the recapture tax imposed by subsection (b) of this section.
(2) This section does not apply when §11-13EE-10 of this article applies. However, the successor, or the successors, and the person, or persons, who previously claimed credit under this article with respect to the machinery and equipment, are jointly and severally liable for payment of any recapture tax subsequently imposed under this section with respect to the machinery and equipment used to qualify for rebate under this article.
(b) Recapture tax imposed. — The recapture tax imposed by this subsection is the amount determined as follows. If the taxpayer prematurely removes machinery and equipment placed in service (when considered as a class) from economic service in the taxpayer’s coal production activity in this state, the taxpayer shall recapture the amount of rebate claimed under this article for the taxable year, and all preceding taxable years, attributable to the machinery and equipment which has been prematurely removed from service. The amount of tax due under this subsection is an amount equal to the amount of rebate that is recaptured under this subsection.
(c) Payment of recapture tax. — The amount of tax recaptured under this section is due and payable on the day the person’s annual return is due for the taxable year, in which this section applies, under §11-13A-1 et seq. of this code. When the employer is a partnership, limited liability company or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the recapture tax shall be paid by those persons who are partners in the partnership, members in the company, or shareholders in the S corporation, in the taxable year in which recapture tax is imposed under this section.