West Virginia Code 11-13S-9 – Failure to keep records of property purchased for manufacturing investment
A taxpayer who does not keep the records required for property purchased for manufacturing investment, is subject to the following rules:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-13S-9
- Manufacturing: means any 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 31, 32, or 33. See West Virginia Code 11-13S-3
- Property purchased for manufacturing investment: means real property, and improvements thereto, and tangible personal property but only if the property was constructed or purchased on or after January 1, 2003, for use as a component part of a new, expanded, or revitalized industrial facility. See West Virginia Code 11-13S-3
- 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 subject to any of the taxes imposed by §. See West Virginia Code 11-13S-3
(1) A taxpayer is treated as having disposed of, during the taxable year, any property purchased for manufacturing investment which the taxpayer cannot establish was still on hand and used in manufacturing activity in this state at the end of that year; and
(2) If a taxpayer cannot establish when property purchased for manufacturing investment reported for purposes of claiming this credit returned during the taxable year was placed in service, the taxpayer is treated as having placed it in service in the most recent prior year in which similar property was placed in service, unless the taxpayer can establish that the property placed in service in the most recent year is still on hand and used in manufacturing activity at the end of that year. In that event, the taxpayer will be treated as having placed the returned property in service in the next most recent year.