HOUSE BILL No. 5248

 

November 4, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Hune, DeRoche, Caswell, Nitz, Acciavatti, LaJoy, Voorhees, Milosch, Casperson, Bisbee, Gaffney, Shulman, Middaugh, Nofs, Emmons, Walker, Hummel, Koetje, Newell, Pastor, Steil, Farhat, Meyer, Palsrok, Palmer, Ehardt, Stahl, Richardville, Kooiman, Sheen, Vander Veen and Amos and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1975 PA 228, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Single business tax act,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending section 37d (MCL 208.37d), as amended by 1999 PA                

                                                                                

    100.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 37d.  (1) For tax years beginning after December 31,                   

                                                                                

2   1994, and for a period of time not to exceed 20 years as                    

                                                                                

3   determined by the Michigan economic growth authority plus any               

                                                                                

4   carryforward years allowed under subsection (5), a taxpayer that            

                                                                                

5   is an authorized business may credit against the tax imposed by             

                                                                                

6   section 31 an amount equal to the tax liability attributable to             

                                                                                

7   authorized business activity.                                               

                                                                                

8       (2) A taxpayer shall not claim a credit under this section                  

                                                                                

9   unless the Michigan economic growth authority has issued a                  

                                                                                

10  certificate to the taxpayer.  The taxpayer shall attach the                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   certificate to the return filed under this act on which a credit            

                                                                                

2   under this section is claimed.                                              

                                                                                

3       (3) The certificate required by subsection (2) shall state                  

                                                                                

4   both  all of the following:                                                

                                                                                

5       (a) The taxpayer is an authorized business.                                 

                                                                                

6       (b) The amount of the credit under this section for the                     

                                                                                

7   authorized business for the designated tax year.                            

                                                                                

8       (c) The taxpayer's federal employer identification number or                

                                                                                

9   the Michigan treasury number assigned.                                      

                                                                                

10      (4) The tax liability attributable to authorized business                   

                                                                                

11  activity is the tax liability imposed by this act after the                 

                                                                                

12  calculation of the credits provided in sections 36, 37, 38, and             

                                                                                

13  39 multiplied by either of the following fractions as                       

                                                                                

14  appropriate:                                                                

                                                                                

15      (a) For an authorized business locating a facility in this                  

                                                                                

16  state, a fraction the numerator of which is the ratio of the                

                                                                                

17  value of the facility to all of the taxpayer's property located             

                                                                                

18  in this state plus the ratio of the taxpayer's payroll                      

                                                                                

19  attributable to qualified new jobs to all of the taxpayer's                 

                                                                                

20  payroll in this state and the denominator of which is 2.                    

                                                                                

21      (b) For an authorized business expanding at an existing site,               

                                                                                

22  a fraction the numerator of which is the ratio of the value of              

                                                                                

23  the new property added to the site as part of that expansion to             

                                                                                

24  all of the taxpayer's property located in this state plus the               

                                                                                

25  ratio of the taxpayer's payroll attributable to qualified new               

                                                                                

26  jobs to all of the taxpayer's payroll in this state and the                 

                                                                                

27  denominator of which is 2.                                                  


                                                                                

1       (5) If the credit allowed under this section for the tax year               

                                                                                

2   and any unused carryforward of the credit allowed by this section           

                                                                                

3   exceed the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year, that                  

                                                                                

4   portion that exceeds the tax liability for the tax year shall not           

                                                                                

5   be refunded but may be carried forward to offset tax liability in           

                                                                                

6   subsequent tax years for 10 years or until used up, whichever               

                                                                                

7   occurs first.                                                               

                                                                                

8       (6) A credit shall not be claimed by a taxpayer under this                  

                                                                                

9   section if the taxpayer's initial certification, as required in             

                                                                                

10  subsection (2), is issued after December 31,  2003  2009.                   

                                                                                

11      (7) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

12      (a) "Authorized business" and "facility" mean those terms as                

                                                                                

13  defined in the Michigan economic growth authority act, 1995 PA              

                                                                                

14  24, MCL 207.801 to 207.810.                                                 

                                                                                

15      (b) "Authorized business activity" means the business                       

                                                                                

16  activity of an authorized business certified under the Michigan             

                                                                                

17  economic growth authority act, 1995 PA 24, MCL 207.801 to                   

                                                                                

18  207.810.                                                                    

                                                                                

19      (c) "Michigan economic growth authority" means the Michigan                 

                                                                                

20  economic growth authority created in the Michigan economic growth           

                                                                                

21  authority act, 1995 PA 24, MCL 207.801 to 207.810.                          

                                                                                

22      (d) "Qualified new jobs" means that term as defined in                      

                                                                                

23  section 37c.                                                                

                                                                                

24      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

25  effect unless Senate Bill No.  _______ or House Bill No.  _______           

                                                                                

26  (request no. 05208'03) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into              

                                                                                

27  law.