(a) Credit allowed. — Eligible taxpayers shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed under article twenty-three or twenty-four of this chapter, the application of which and the amount of which shall be determined as provided in this article.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-13Y-4

  • Eligible taxpayer: means any manufacturing business that is subject to the tax imposed under article twenty-three or twenty-four of this chapter, or both: Provided, That taxpayers owning property assessed by the board of Public Works are not eligible taxpayers for purposes of this article. See West Virginia Code 11-13Y-2
  • Manufacturing inventory: means and is limited to raw materials, goods in process and finished goods of a business primarily engaged in business activity classified as having a sector identifier, consisting of the first two digits of the six-digit North American Industry Classification System code number, of thirty-one, thirty-two or thirty-three. See West Virginia Code 11-13Y-2
  • Tax year: means the calendar year following the July first assessment day or, in the case of a public service business assessed pursuant to article six of this chapter, the calendar year beginning on the January first assessment day. See West Virginia Code 11-5-3
  • Taxpayer: means any person subject to the tax imposed under article twenty-three or twenty-four of this chapter, or both. See West Virginia Code 11-13Y-2
  • Value: means in the case of any document not a gift, the amount of the full actual consideration for the document, paid or to be paid, including the amount of any lien or liens assumed. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1

(b) Amount of credit. — The amount of credit allowed to the eligible taxpayer is the amount of West Virginia ad valorem property tax paid on the value of manufacturing inventory of the eligible taxpayer during the corporate net income tax year and business franchise tax year.