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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013 | |
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Introduced By: Senators Euer, DiPalma, and Felag | |
Date Introduced: March 10, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 44-33.6-3 and 44-33.6-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-33.6 |
2 | entitled "Historic Preservation Tax Credits 2013" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 44-33.6-3. Tax credit. |
4 | (a) Subject to the maximum credit provisions set forth in subsections (c) and (d) below, |
5 | any person, firm, partnership, trust, estate, limited liability company, corporation (whether for |
6 | profit or nonprofit) or other business entity that incurs qualified rehabilitation expenditures for the |
7 | substantial rehabilitation of a certified historic structure, provided the rehabilitation meets standards |
8 | consistent with the standards of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior for |
9 | rehabilitation as certified by the commission and said person, firm, partnership, trust, estate, limited |
10 | liability company, corporation or other business entity is not a social club as defined in § 44-33.6- |
11 | 2(15) of this chapter, shall be entitled to a credit against the taxes imposed on such person or entity |
12 | pursuant to chapter 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 or 30 of this title in an amount equal to the following: |
13 | (1) Twenty percent (20%) of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures; or |
14 | (2) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures provided that |
15 | either: |
16 | (i) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total rentable area of the certified historic |
17 | structure will be made available for a trade or business; or |
18 | (ii) The entire rentable area located on the first floor of the certified historic structure will |
19 | be made available for a trade or business. |
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1 | (b) Tax credits allowed pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed for the taxable year in |
2 | which such certified historic structure or an identifiable portion of the structure is placed in service |
3 | provided that the substantial rehabilitation test is met for such year. |
4 | (c) Maximum project credit. (1) For projects approved and completed in any tax year prior |
5 | to January 1, 2022, The the credit allowed pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed five million |
6 | dollars ($5,000,000) for any certified rehabilitation project under this chapter. No building to be |
7 | completed in phases or in multiple projects shall exceed the maximum project credit of five million |
8 | dollars ($5,000,000) for all phases or projects involved in the rehabilitation of such building.; |
9 | (2) For any tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2022, there shall be no maximum |
10 | project credit for any project, whether in phases or not, which is still under development as of |
11 | January 1, 2022 or thereafter. Further, any project approved or begun before January 1, 2022, shall |
12 | be given the same priority for credits as existed prior to January 1, 2022, except that there shall be |
13 | no maximum project credit for said projects. |
14 | (d) Maximum aggregate credits. The aggregate credits authorized to be reserved pursuant |
15 | to this chapter shall not exceed sums estimated to be available in the historic preservation tax credit |
16 | trust fund pursuant to this chapter. |
17 | (e) Subject to the exception provided in subsection (g) of this section, if the amount of the |
18 | tax credit exceeds the taxpayer's total tax liability for the year in which the substantially |
19 | rehabilitated property is placed in service, the amount that exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability may |
20 | be carried forward for credit against the taxes imposed for the succeeding ten (10) years, or until |
21 | the full credit is used, whichever occurs first for the tax credits. Credits allowed to a partnership, a |
22 | limited liability company taxed as a partnership or multiple owners of property shall be passed |
23 | through to the persons designated as partners, members or owners respectively pro rata or pursuant |
24 | to an executed agreement among such persons designated as partners, members or owners |
25 | documenting an alternate distribution method without regard to their sharing of other tax or |
26 | economic attributes of such entity. Credits may be allocated to partners, members or owners that |
27 | are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3), section (c)(4) or section 501(c)(6) of the U.S. |
28 | Code and these partners, members or owners must be treated as taxpayers for purposes of this |
29 | section. |
30 | (f) If the taxpayer has not claimed the tax credits in whole or part, taxpayers eligible for |
31 | the tax credits may assign, transfer or convey the credits, in whole or in part, by sale or otherwise |
32 | to any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, condominium owners in the event the |
33 | certified historic structure is converted into condominiums and assignees of the credits that have |
34 | not claimed the tax credits in whole or part may assign, transfer or convey the credits, in whole or |
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1 | in part, by sale or otherwise to any individual or entity. The assignee of the tax credits may use |
2 | acquired credits to offset up to one hundred percent (100%) of the tax liabilities otherwise imposed |
3 | pursuant to chapter 11, 12, 13, (other than the tax imposed under § 44-13-13), 14, 17 or 30 of this |
4 | title. The assignee may apply the tax credit against taxes imposed on the assignee until the end of |
5 | the tenth calendar year after the year in which the substantially rehabilitated property is placed in |
6 | service or until the full credit assigned is used, whichever occurs first. Fiscal year assignees may |
7 | claim the credit until the expiration of the fiscal year that ends within the tenth year after the year |
8 | in which the substantially rehabilitated property is placed in service. The assignor shall perfect the |
9 | transfer by notifying the state of Rhode Island division of taxation, in writing, within thirty (30) |
10 | calendar days following the effective date of the transfer and shall provide any information as may |
11 | be required by the division of taxation to administer and carry out the provisions of this section. |
12 | For purposes of this chapter, any assignment or sales proceeds received by the taxpayer for |
13 | its assignment or sale of the tax credits allowed pursuant to this section shall be exempt from this |
14 | title. If a tax credit is subsequently recaptured under this chapter, revoked or adjusted, the seller's |
15 | tax calculation for the year of revocation, recapture, or adjustment shall be increased by the total |
16 | amount of the sales proceeds, without proration, as a modification under chapter 30 of this title. In |
17 | the event that the seller is not a natural person, the seller's tax calculation under chapters 11, 12, 13 |
18 | (other than with respect to the tax imposed under § 44-13-13), 14, 17, or 30 of this title, as |
19 | applicable, for the year of revocation, recapture, or adjustment, shall be increased by including the |
20 | total amount of the sales proceeds without proration. |
21 | (g) Credits allowed to partners, members or owners that are exempt from taxation under |
22 | section 501(c)(3), section (c)(4) or section 501(c)(6) of the U.S. Code, and only said credits, shall |
23 | be fully refundable. |
24 | (h) Substantial rehabilitation of property that either: |
25 | (1) Is exempt from real property tax; |
26 | (2) Is a social club; or |
27 | (3) Consists of a single family home or a property that contains less than three (3) |
28 | residential apartments or condominiums shall be ineligible for the tax credits authorized under this |
29 | chapter; provided, however, a scattered site development with five (5) or more residential units in |
30 | the aggregate (which may include single family homes) shall be eligible for tax credit. In the event |
31 | a certified historic structure undergoes a substantial rehabilitation pursuant to this chapter and |
32 | within twenty-four (24) months after issuance of a certificate of completed work the property |
33 | becomes exempt from real property tax, the taxpayer's tax for the year shall be increased by the |
34 | total amount of credit actually used against the tax. |
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1 | (i) In the case of a corporation, this credit is only allowed against the tax of a corporation |
2 | included in a consolidated return that qualifies for the credit and not against the tax of other |
3 | corporations that may join in the filing of a consolidated tax return. |
4 | 44-33.6-11. Sunset. |
5 | No credits shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter on or after June 30, |
6 | 2022 June 30, 2024, or upon the exhaustion of the maximum aggregate credits, whichever comes |
7 | first. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013 | |
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1 | This act would extend the expiration of the Historic Preservation Tax Credits program from |
2 | June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2024. This act would eliminate any limit on project credit for any certified |
3 | rehabilitation project under this chapter. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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