Bill Text - SB1 (2013)

Increasing the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax.


Revision: Jan. 17, 2013, midnight

SB 1-FN-A – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0263

09/01

SENATE BILL 1-FN-A

AN ACT increasing the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Rep. Cebrowski, Hills 7; Rep. Grenier, Sull 7; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Campbell, Hills 33; Rep. Wazlaw, Rock 29

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax. The bill repeals the prospective repeal of the research and development tax credit.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0263

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT increasing the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Business Profits Tax; Amount of Research and Development Tax Credit Increased. Amend RSA 77-A:5, XIII(a)(1) to read as follows:

(1) The aggregate of tax credits issued by the commissioner to all taxpayers claiming the credit shall not exceed [$1,000,000] $2,000,000 for any fiscal year[, except that any amount of the credit less than $1,000,000 that is not claimed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 may be claimed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009].

2 Prospective Repeal of Research and Development Tax Credit Repealed. 2007, 271:6, relative to the repeal of the research and development tax credit authorized by RSA 77-A:5, XIII, RSA 77-E:3-b, and RSA 162-P:1, is repealed.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect June 30, 2013.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

LBAO

13-0263.0

12/04/12

SB 1-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT increasing the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    The Department of Revenue Administration states this bill, as introduced, will decrease state revenue by $1,000,000 in FY 2014 and FY 2015, and by $2,000,000 in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures, or county and local revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Revenue Administration states this bill increases the Research and Development (R&D) tax credit from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, and eliminates the current repeal date of July 1, 2015. The Department states since every year the requested R&D credits have exceeded $1,000,000, they assume the entire amount will be awarded in each fiscal year. The increase and extension of such credit will result in a combined reduction of state general fund and education trust fund revenue of $1,000,000 in FY 2014 and FY 2015, and $2,000,000 in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. The Department states they can administer this bill without any additional cost.