As of July 1, 2014, the Idaho State Tax Commission put in place temporary administrative rules, creating a refundable tax credit for qualified businesses entities that create a certain minimum number of qualified new jobs and generate certain new revenue in Idaho.
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The tax extenders bill H.R. 3474, Hire More Heroes Act, has stalled for the moment in the Senate due to a disagreement regarding amendments. The impasse occurred when Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) moved to consider a cloture motion on Amendment No. 3060 to H.R. 3474. The primary issue at this point is not the support
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The New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013 was signed into law on September 18, 2013. The Act streamlines New Jersey’s 5 existing economic development incentive programs into 2. The Grow Now New Jersey Assistance (Grow NJ) Program will be the main job creation and retention incentive program. Grow NJ is for businesses creating or retaining jobs and making a capital investment in a Qualified Incentive Area and that meet or exceed minimum employment and capital investment requirements.
Effective May 14, 2014, The Colorado Job Creation and Main Street Revitalization Act provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in connection with the preservation of historic structures.
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On Monday, April 14, 2014, Governor Deal signed into law a 2 year extension of state income tax credits for video game companies. The 2 year extension provides for up to $25 million in tax credits for video game developers. The Georgia Industry Investment Act was established in 2008 to support Georgia companies developing games
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The California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) is an income tax credit that is available to companies for a project associated with staying or growing in California. The tentative amount of credits allocated to Go-Biz are $30M for FY 2013-14, $150M for FY 2014-15 and $200M for each FY 2015-16 and 2017-18. Small businesses with gross receipts of less than $2M during the previous taxable year have been specifically allocated to receive 25% of the total credits available each year.
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Businesses with fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees and with average wages of $50,000/year or less (to be adjusted for inflation beginning in 2014) may qualify for employer health care tax credit. Businesses must pay a minimum of 50% of the full-time employees’ premium costs and are not required to provide health insurance coverage to
Walton’s own Marty Reid — Managing Director, Incentive Consulting Services (ICS) Division — has been critical in evaluation and capturing lucrative tax credits and incentives for many businesses for over 20 years. Mr. Reid was quoted in a recent Triangle Business Journal article for his assessment of state tax credit programs explaining that “[states] are
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Beginning January 1, 2014 Maryland provides a refundable tax credit equal to 33% of an eligible investment to Qualified Maryland Cybersecurity Companies (QMCCs) that seek and secure investment from an in-state or out-of-state investor.
The program appropriations for FY 2014 are $3 million, with a minimum appropriation per year through July 1, 2019 of $2 million. The maximum allowable credit is $250,000 per QMCC and cannot equate to more than 15% of the total program appropriation in a single fiscal year.
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The Texas Tax Credit for Clean Energy provides a franchise tax credit for up to 3 clean energy products. The credit cannot be issued before the later of September 1, 2018 or the expiration of an agreement under Chapter 313 of the Texas Economic Development Act regarding the clean energy project for which the credit
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