(1) A qualified farming operation which is an individual sole proprietorship subject to tax under KRS § 141.020 or a corporation or pass-through entity treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes subject to tax under KRS § 141.040 shall:
(a) 1. Compute the tax due at the applicable tax rates as provided by KRS

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 141.414

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: means a corporation taxable under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • 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.
  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Pass-through entity: means any partnership, S corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, or similar entity recognized by the laws of this state that is not taxed for federal purposes at the entity level, but instead passes to each partner, member, shareholder, or owner their proportionate share of income, deductions, gains, losses, credits, and any other similar attributes. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

141.020 or 141.040 on net income or taxable net income, including income from the qualified farming operation’s participation in a networking project.
2. Compute the limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS § 141.0401, including Kentucky gross profits or Kentucky gross receipts from the qualified farming operation’s participation in a networking project; and
3. Add the amounts computed under subparagraphs 1. and 2. of this paragraph and, if applicable, subtract the credit permitted by KRS
141.0401(3) from that sum. The resulting amount shall be the net tax for
purposes of this paragraph;
(b) 1. Compute the tax due at the applicable tax rates as provided by KRS
141.020 or 141.040 applies on net income or taxable net income, excluding net income attributable to the qualified farming operation’s participation in a networking project;
2. Using the same method used under paragraph (a)2. of this subsection, compute the limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS § 141.0401, excluding Kentucky gross profits or Kentucky gross receipts from the qualified farming operation’s participation in a networking project; and
3. Add the amounts computed under subparagraphs 1. and 2. of this paragraph and, if applicable, subtract the credit permitted by KRS
141.0401(3) from that sum. The resulting amount shall be the net tax for purposes of this paragraph; and
(c) Be entitled to a tax credit in the amount by which the tax computed under paragraph (a)3. of this subsection exceeds the tax computed under paragraph (b)3. of this subsection. The credit shall not exceed the farming operation’s approved costs, as defined in KRS § 141.410.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a qualified farming operation which is a pass-through entity not subject to the tax imposed by KRS § 141.040 or trust not subject to the tax imposed by KRS § 141.040 shall be subject to income tax on the net income attributable to its participation in a networking project at the rates provided in KRS § 141.020, and the amount of the tax credit shall be the same as the amount of the tax computed in this subsection. The credit shall not exceed the farming operation’s approved costs, as defined in KRS § 141.410. If the tax computed in this subsection exceeds the tax credit, the difference shall be paid by the pass- through entity or trust at the times provided by KRS § 141.160 for filing the returns.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the net income subject to tax and the tax credit determined under subsection (2) of this section shall be excluded in determining each partner’s, member’s, shareholder’s, or beneficiary‘s distributive
share of net income or credit of a pass-through entity or trust. (4) If the networking entity is a separate facility:
(a) Net income attributable to the project for the purposes of subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section shall be determined under the separate accounting method reflecting only the gross income, deductions, expenses, gains, and losses allowed under KRS Chapter 141 directly attributable to the project and overhead expenses apportioned to the facility; and
(b) Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits attributable to the project for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section shall be determined under the separate accounting method reflecting only the Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits directly attributable to the facility.
(5) If the networking project is an expansion to a previously existing farming operation: (a) Net income attributable to the entire operation shall be determined under the
separate accounting method reflecting only the gross income, deductions,
expenses, gains, and losses allowed under this chapter directly attributable to the farming operation’s participation in the networking project and overhead expenses apportioned to the networking project, and the net income attributable to the networking project for the purposes of subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section shall be determined by apportioning the separate accounting net income of the entire networking project to the networking project by a formula approved by the Department of Revenue; and
(b) Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits attributable to the entire facility shall be determined under the separate accounting method reflecting only the Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits directly attributable to the facility, and Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits attributable to the economic development project for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section shall be determined by apportioning the separate accounting Kentucky gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits of the entire facility to the economic development project by a formula approved by the Department of Revenue.
(6) If an approved company can show to the satisfaction of the Department of Revenue that the nature of the operations and activities of the approved farming operation are such that it is not practical to use the separate accounting method to determine the net income, Kentucky gross receipts, or Kentucky gross profits from the networking project, the approved farming operation shall determine net income, Kentucky gross receipts, or Kentucky gross profits from its participation in the networking project using an alternative method approved by the Department of Revenue.
(7) The Department of Revenue may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A and require the filing of forms designed by the Department of Revenue necessary to effectuate KRS § 141.0101 and KRS § 141.410 to KRS § 141.414 and the allowable income tax credit which an approved farming operation may retain under the provisions of KRS § 141.412 and this section.
Effective: April 27, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 92, effective April 14, 2018; and ch.
207, sec. 92, effective April 27, 2018. — Amended 2006 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 30, effective June 28, 2006. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. XIII, sec. 12, effective April 25, 2006. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 510, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 168, sec. 30, effective March 18, 2005. — Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/27/2018). This statute was amended by 2018
Ky. Acts chs. 171 and 207, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/28/2006). 2006 (1st Extra Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 73, provides that “unless a provision of this Act specifically applies to an earlier tax year, the provisions of this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007.”
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/18/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 165, provides that this section shall apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1,
2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/18/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97,
98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.