PRINTER'S NO. 3073
No. 2317 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, BROWNE, BARD, BARRAR, BATTISTO,
BELFANTI, BISHOP, M. COHEN, COSTA, COY, CURRY, DeWEESE,
FICHTER, FLICK, FRANKEL, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HERMAN,
HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, LEVDANSKY, MANN, McGILL, MELIO, ORIE,
PESCI, READSHAW, ROBINSON, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SHANER,
STEELMAN, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
MARCH 6, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 6, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An
2 act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying
3 and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing
4 taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment,
5 collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing
6 for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and
7 imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain
8 employers, fiduciaries, individuals,persons, corporations and
9 other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and penalties,"
10 further providing for a limitation on credits.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 1709-B of the act of March 4, 1971
14 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, added May
15 7, 1997 (P.L.85, No.7), is amended to read:
16 Section 1709-B. Limitation on Credits.--(a) The total
17 amount of credits approved by the department shall not exceed
18 [fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000)] sixty million dollars
19 ($60,000,000) in any fiscal year. Of that amount, [three million
1 dollars ($3,000,000)] five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be
2 allocated exclusively for small businesses. However, if the
3 total amounts allocated to either the group of applicants
4 exclusive of small businesses or the group of small business
5 applicants is not approved in any fiscal year, the unused
6 portion will become available for use by the other group of
7 qualifying taxpayers.
8 (b) If the total amount of research and development tax
9 credits applied for by all taxpayers, exclusive of small
10 businesses, exceeds the amount allocated for those credits, then
11 the research and development tax credit to be received by each
12 applicant shall be the product of the allocated amount
13 multiplied by the quotient of the research and development tax
14 credit applied for by the applicant divided by the total of all
15 research and development credits applied for by all applicants,
16 the algebraic equivalent of which is:
17 taxpayer's research and development tax credit=amount
18 allocated for those credits X (research and development
19 tax credit applied for by the applicant/total of all
20 research and development tax credits applied for by all
21 applicants).
22 (c) If the total amount of research and development tax
23 credits applied for by all small business taxpayers exceeds the
24 amount allocated for those credits, then the research and
25 development tax credit to be received by each small business
26 applicant shall be the product of the allocated amount
27 multiplied by the quotient of the research and development tax
28 credit applied for by the small business applicant divided by
29 the total of all research and development credits applied for by
30 all small business applicants, the algebraic equivalent of which
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1 is:
2 taxpayer's research and development tax credit=amount
3 allocated for those credits X (research and development
4 tax credit applied for by the small business/total of all
5 research and development tax credits applied for by all
6 small business applicants).
7 Section 2. This act shall apply to taxable years beginning
8 after December 31, 1999.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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