Every taxpayer subject to any tax imposed under this article shall be allowed one annual credit of $500 against the taxes due under this article, to be applied at the rate of $41.67 per month for each month the taxpayer was engaged in business in this state during the taxable year exercising a privilege taxable under this article. Persons providing health care items or services who become subject to the tax imposed by section three of this article beginning June 1, 1993, shall be allowed a proportional credit under this section based on the number of months in their tax year that begin on or after June 1, 1993.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-13A-10

  • Business: includes all activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, with the object of gain or economic benefit, direct or indirect, and whether engaged in for profit, or not for profit, or by a governmental entity: Provided, That "business" does not include services rendered by an employee within the scope of his or her contract of employment. See West Virginia Code 11-13A-2
  • Tax: means any tax imposed by this article and, for purposes of administration and collection of such tax, it includes any interest, additions to tax or penalties imposed with respect thereto under article ten of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 11-13A-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
  • Taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which a tax liability is computed under this article. See West Virginia Code 11-13A-2
  • Taxpayer: means any person subject to any tax imposed by this article. See West Virginia Code 11-13A-2
  • This state: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 11-13A-2