(1) (a) An eligible business that:
1. Has entered into an agreement under KRS § 246.700(3);

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 141.4231

  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Taxable year: means the calendar year or fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which net income is computed, and in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of this chapter or under administrative regulations prescribed by the commissioner, "taxable year" means the period for which the return is made. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

2. Receives certification from the Department of Agriculture of the preliminary tax credit under KRS § 246.700(6); and
3. Receives authorization from the department regarding the amount of tax credit that is allowed;
may claim the renewable chemical production tax credit in an amount equal to the amount authorized by the department as provided in KRS § 141.423.
(b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, the renewable chemical production tax credit shall be nonrefundable, nontransferable, and allowed against taxes imposed by KRS § 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401, with the ordering of the credits as provided in KRS § 141.0205.
(c) 1. Any amount of credit that a taxpayer is unable to utilize during a taxable year may be carried forward for use in a succeeding taxable year for a period not to exceed three (3) taxable years.
2. Any amount of credit not used within the three (3) taxable years shall be lost.
3. No amount of credit may be carried back to a prior taxable year by any taxpayer.
(2) If the eligible business is a pass-through entity, the eligible business may apply the credit against the limited liability entity tax imposed by KRS § 141.0401, and shall pass the credit through to its members, partners, or shareholders in the same proportion as the distributive share of income or loss is passed through.
(3) If the Department of Agriculture rescinds any tax credit under KRS § 246.700(9), the repayment of any tax credit by the taxpayer shall be:
(a) Considered a tax payment due and payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer;
and
(b) Collected by the department in the same manner as failure to pay the tax shown due or required to be shown due with the filing of that return.
(4) (a) In order for the General Assembly to evaluate the Renewable Chemical Tax Credit Program, the department, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, shall submit to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue a cumulative report describing the activities of the program by taxable year.
(b) The report shall include:
1. The aggregate number of pounds, by each type of renewable chemicals produced in this state, for all successful tax credit applicants under the program;
2. The aggregate gross receipts from sales, by each type of renewable chemicals produced in this state, for all successful tax credit applicants
under the program;
3. The number of employees located in this state of all successful tax credit applicants during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the successful applicants first applied for a tax credit under the program;
4. The number of employees located in this state of all successful tax credit applicants during each calendar year that the tax credit is claimed;
5. The number of tax credit certificates and aggregate amount of tax credits awarded under the program for each calendar year; and
6. For each eligible business issued a renewable chemical production tax credit during each taxable year:
a. The county within which the eligible business is producing the renewable chemical;
b. The amount of the tax credit claimed by the eligible business;
c. The manner in which the eligible business first qualified as an eligible business, whether by organizing, expanding, or locating in this state;
d. The amount of renewable chemical production tax credit claimed during each taxable year; and
e. Any repayment of incentives by the business, if the business does not meet the requirements of the agreement.
Effective: April 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 25, effective April 15, 2020.