Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
8.1. When recapture tax applies. --
8.1.1. Any person who places qualified
investment property in service or use at a downstream natural gas manufacturing
facility and who fails to use the qualified investment property for at least
the period of its useful life, as determined as of the time the property was
placed in service or use, or the period of time over which tax credits allowed
under W. Va. Code §
11-13GG-1,
et seq., with respect to the property are applied under W. Va.
Code §
11-13GG-1,
et seq., whichever period is less, and who reduces the number
of its employees filling new jobs at its downstream natural gas manufacturing
facility in this state, which were created and are directly attributable to the
qualified investment property, after the third taxable year in which the
qualified investment property was placed in service or use, or fails to
continue to employ individuals in all the new jobs created as a direct result
of the qualified investment property and used to qualify for the credit allowed
by W. Va. Code §
11-13GG-1,
et seq., prior to the end of the tenth taxable year after the
qualified investment property was placed in service or use, the person shall
pay the recapture tax imposed by section 8.2 of this section heading.
8.1.2. This section does not apply when W.
Va. Code § 11-13GG-10 or section heading 9 of this rule applies. However,
the successor, or the successors, and the person, or persons, who previously
claimed credit under W. Va. Code §
11-13GG-1,
et seq., with respect to the qualified investment property and
the new jobs attributable thereto, are jointly and severally liable for payment
of any recapture tax subsequently imposed under this section with respect to
the qualified investment property and new jobs.
8.2. Recapture tax imposed. -- The recapture
tax imposed by this section is the amount determined as follows:
8.2.1. Full recapture. -- If the taxpayer
prematurely removes qualified investment property placed in service (when
considered as a class) from economic service in the taxpayer's downstream
natural gas manufacturing facility in this state, and the number of employees
filling the new jobs created by the person falls below the number of new jobs
required to be created in order to qualify for the amount of credit being
claimed, the taxpayer shall recapture the amount of credit claimed under W. Va.
Code §
11-13GG-5 for
the taxable year, and all preceding taxable years, on qualified investment
property which has been prematurely removed from service. The amount of tax due
under this subsection is an amount equal to the amount of credit that is
recaptured under this subsection.
8.2.2. Partial recapture. -- If the taxpayer
prematurely removes qualified investment property from economic service in the
taxpayer's downstream natural gas manufacturing facility in this state, and the
number of employees filling the new jobs created by the person remains 20 or
more, but falls below the number necessary to sustain continued application of
credit determined by use of the new job percentage upon which the taxpayer's
one-tenth annual credit allowance was determined under W. Va. Code §
11-13GG-4,
the taxpayer shall recapture an amount of credit equal to the difference
between:
8.2.2.a. The amount of credit claimed
under W. Va. Code §
11-13GG-5 for
the taxable year, and all preceding taxable years; and
8.2.2.b. The amount of credit that would have
been claimed in those years if the amount of credit allowable under W. Va. Code
§
11-13GG-4
had been determined based on the qualified investment property that remains in
service using the average number of new jobs filled by employees in the taxable
year for which recapture occurs. The amount of tax due under this subsection is
an amount equal to the amount of credit that is recaptured under this
section.
8.2.3.
Additional recapture. -- If after a partial recapture under subsection 2 of
this section, the taxpayer further reduces the number of employees filling new
jobs, the taxpayer shall recapture an additional amount determined as provided
under section 8.2 of this section heading. The amount of tax due under this
subsection is an amount equal to the amount of credit that is recaptured under
this section.
8.3.
Payment of recapture tax. -- The amount of tax recaptured under this section is
due and payable on the day the person's annual return is due for the taxable
year in which this section applies, under W. Va. Code §
11-21-1,
et seq., or §
11-24-1,
et seq. When the employer is a partnership, limited liability
company, or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the recapture tax
shall be paid by those persons who are partners in the partnership, members in
the company, or shareholders in the S corporation, in the taxable year in which
recapture occurs under this section.