HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

591

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 235-17.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§235-17.5[]]  Capital infrastructure tax credit.  (a)  There shall be allowed to each taxpayer subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter a capital infrastructure tax credit that shall be deductible from the taxpayer's net income tax liability, if any, imposed by this chapter for the taxable year in which the capital infrastructure costs were paid or incurred.

     (b)  For the purpose of this section:

     ["Base investment" means the amount of money invested by an investor.]

     "Capital infrastructure costs" means capital expenditures, as used in section 263 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder[; provided that the], or capital expenditures [are] for real property [and], fixtures, structures, machinery, equipment, or capital assets that are paid or incurred in connection with the displaced tenant's move of the tenant's current active trade or business to the tenant's new location[;] within Honolulu harbor; provided [further] that the capital infrastructure costs shall not include amounts for which another credit is claimed[.] or any amounts received in any form from the State.

     "Net income tax liability" means income tax liability reduced by all other credits allowed under this chapter.

     "Qualified infrastructure tenant" means a business:

     (1)  That currently owns capital or property or maintains an office, operations, or facilities at the former Kapalama military reservation site;

     (2)  Whose principal business is maritime, and waterfront dependent, and is included under the State's plan to relocate the business to piers twenty-four through twenty-eight within Honolulu harbor; and

     (3)  [Will] That will be displaced and relocated by the State pursuant to the Kapalama container terminal project.

     (c)  The amount of the tax credit shall be equal to fifty per cent of the capital infrastructure costs paid or incurred by the qualified infrastructure tenant during the taxable year, up to a maximum [of $2,500,000 in capital infrastructure costs in any taxable year, provided that the qualified infrastructure tenant shall notify the taxpayer claiming the credit under subsection (a) of the amount of capital infrastructure costs which may be claimed.] credit of $2,500,000 per qualified infrastructure tenant per taxable year.  If the capital infrastructure costs paid or incurred by the qualified infrastructure tenant result in a tax credit in excess of $2,500,000 in any taxable year, the excess capital infrastructure costs may be carried over to a subsequent tax year or years, until exhausted, for generation of the credit; provided that:

     (1)  A qualified infrastructure tenant may form a special purpose entity for the purposes of raising investor capital and claiming the credit on behalf of the qualified infrastructure tenant;

     (2)  The qualified infrastructure tenant, together with all special purpose entities, shall not claim any credit in any one year that exceeds $2,500,000;

     (3)  In no event shall a qualified infrastructure tenant or any of its special purpose entities or any other taxpayer claim a credit under this section after December 31, 2019.

     (d)  In the case of an entity taxed as a partnership, credit shall be determined at the entity level, but distribution and share of the credit may be determined notwithstanding section 704 or section 706 of the Internal Revenue Code.

     (e)  The credit allowed under this section shall be claimed against the net income tax liability for the taxable year.  If the tax credit under this section exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess of the tax credit over liability may be used as a credit against the taxpayer's net income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted.  All claims, including amended claims, for a tax credit under this section shall be filed on or before the end of the twelfth month following the close of the taxable year for which the credit may be claimed.  Failure to comply with the foregoing provision shall constitute a waiver of the right to claim the credit.

     (f)  This section shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

     (g)  Any credit claimed under this section shall be recaptured following the close of the taxable year for which the credit is claimed if [within]:

     (1)  Within three years:

    [(1)] (A)  The qualified infrastructure tenant fails to continue the line of business it conducted as of July 1, 2014; or

    [(2)] (B)  The interest in the qualified infrastructure tenant, whether in whole or in part, has been sold, exchanged, withdrawn, or otherwise disposed of by the taxpayer claiming a credit under this section[.]; or

     (2)  The qualified infrastructure tenant fails to relocate from the former Kapalama military reservation site to another location, pursuant to a lease with the department of transportation, within ninety days of the execution of the lease.

The recapture shall be equal to one hundred per cent of the amount of the total tax credit claimed under this section in the preceding five taxable years, and shall be added to the taxpayer's tax liability for the taxable year in which the recapture occurs pursuant to this subsection.

     (h)  The director of taxation shall prepare any forms that may be necessary to claim a credit under this section.  The director may also require the taxpayer to furnish information to ascertain the validity of the claim for credit made under this section.  The director of taxation may adopt rules to effectuate the purposes of this section pursuant to chapter 91.

     (i)  Any taxpayer claiming a tax credit under this section shall, within ninety days of the end of the calendar year in which costs for which the credit is properly claimable, submit the following information to the department of taxation:

     (1)  The amount of the eligible costs for that year for which the tax credit may be claimed; and

     (2)  The qualified infrastructure tenant incurring the costs.

Failure to timely submit the information shall result in a reduction of the credit amount otherwise allowable under this section.  If the taxpayer continues to fail to provide the information, the taxpayer shall be subject to a penalty of $5,000 per month or a fraction thereof, not to exceed $25,000.

     (j)  At the end of each fiscal year, the director of taxation shall calculate the aggregate value of all capital infrastructure tax credits properly claimed and report the amount to the director of transportation and the director of finance for the purposes of section 266-19(c)."

     SECTION 2.  Section 266-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§266-19  Creation of harbor special fund; disposition of harbor special fund.  (a)  There is created in the treasury of the State the harbor special fund.  All moneys received by the department of transportation from the rates, fees, fines, and administrative penalties pursuant to sections 266-17(a)(1), 266-25, 266-28, and 266-30 shall be paid into the harbor special fund.  The harbor special fund and the second separate harbor special fund heretofore created shall be consolidated into the harbor special fund at such time as there are no longer any revenue bonds payable from the second separate harbor special fund.  The harbor reserve fund heretofore created is abolished.

     (b)  All moneys derived pursuant to this chapter from harbor properties of the statewide system of harbors shall be paid into the harbor special fund [and each].

     (c)  Within thirty days of the end of each fiscal year, the director of transportation shall transfer from the harbor special fund to the director of finance moneys equal to the amount calculated and reported by the director of taxation pursuant to section 235-17(j).  Upon the receipt of the moneys from the harbor special fund, the director of finance shall deposit those moneys into the general fund.

     (d)  Each fiscal year, moneys in the harbor special fund, other than the amount transferred pursuant to subsection (c), shall be appropriated, applied, or expended by the department of transportation for the statewide system of harbors for any purpose within the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and functions of the department of transportation related to the statewide system of harbors, including, without limitation, the costs of operation, maintenance, and repair of the statewide system of harbors and reserves therefor, and acquisitions (including real property and interests therein), constructions, additions, expansions, improvements, renewals, replacements, reconstruction, engineering, investigation, and planning, for the statewide system of harbors, all or any of which in the judgment of the department of transportation are necessary to the performance of its duties or functions.

     [(b)] (e)  At any time the director of transportation may transfer from the harbor special fund created by paragraph (a) of this section, all or any portion of available moneys on deposit in the harbor special fund determined by the director of transportation to be in excess of one hundred fifty per cent of the requirements for the ensuing twelve months for the harbor special fund as permitted by and in accordance with section 37-53.  For purposes of such determination, the director of transportation shall take into consideration the amount of federal funds and bond funds on deposit in, and budgeted to be expended from, the harbor special fund during such period, amounts on deposit in the harbor special fund which are encumbered or otherwise obligated, budgeted amounts payable from the harbor special fund during such period, and revenues anticipated to be received by and expenditures to be made from the harbor special fund during such period based on existing agreements and other information for the ensuing twelve months, and such other factors as the director of transportation shall deem appropriate.

     [(c)] (f)  All expenditures by the department shall be made on vouchers duly approved by the director of transportation or such other officer as may be designated by the director of transportation."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2038, and shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.


 


 

Report Title:

Capital Infrastructure Tax Credit; Kapalama Container Terminal Project; Displaced Tenants

 

Description:

Includes structures, machinery, equipment, and capital assets in the definition of capital infrastructure costs for the Capital Infrastructure Tax Credit.  Sets cap on credit per taxable year per qualified infrastructure tenant.  Specifies that excess tax credits may be carried forward.  Recaptures credit if qualified infrastructure tenant fails to relocate within a certain period of time after executing a lease with the Department of Transportation.  Specifies taxpayer reporting requirements.  Provides penalties for failure to report information.  Authorizes transfers of moneys from the harbor special fund to reimburse the general fund in amounts equal to the tax credits properly claimed.  Effective 7/1/2038.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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