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IN SB0541

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2017

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Raatz

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

SB 541 Summary

  • Establishes a tax credit for employers' expenditures and donations toward employee or student portable workforce credentials in manufacturing, health care, information technology, and logistics sectors in Indiana.

  • Limits tax credits to $40,000 per employer and $5,000 per employee or student annually, with an aggregate statewide cap of $10,000,000 per state fiscal year.

  • Requires the department of workforce development to allocate available tax credits to taxpayers in chronological order of application and maintain an online search tool listing qualifying portable workforce credentials and approved training providers.

  • Allows unused credits to carry forward for up to ten (10) taxable years following the year earned, and permits pass-through entities to allocate credits to shareholders, partners, or members based on distributive income.

  • Expires the tax credit program on June 30, 2021, though taxpayers may continue claiming credits earned before that date and apply unused credits through December 31, 2020.

Legislative Description

Employer training expense tax credit. Establishes a tax credit against state tax liability for expenditures and donations made on behalf of an employee or student to meet the requirements for portable workforce credentials that are required or beneficial for targeted employment in manufacturing, health care, information technology, or logistics that is critical to or emerging as needed by employers to conduct business in Indiana. Limits the tax credit to $40,000 per employer and $5,000 per employee or student in each taxable year, and limits the aggregate total of all tax credits that may be claimed by all taxpayers for expenditures

Last Action

Senator Holdman added as third author

1/30/2017

Committee Referrals

Tax and Fiscal Policy1/17/2017

Full Bill Text

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