Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the
corporation awards a tax credit to a
taxpayer under this chapter that exceeds twenty million dollars ($20,000,000), the
corporation shall include in an agreement entered into under section 17 of this chapter a provision that requires the taxpayer to repay to the corporation the portion of the credit that exceeds twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) with interest. Notwithstanding the date on which a tax credit is awarded under this chapter, any repayment of any part of a credit awarded under this chapter shall be deposited in the state general fund.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-18
- board: means the board of the Indiana economic development corporation. See Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- corporation: refers to the Indiana economic development corporation established under IC 5-28-3, unless the context clearly denotes otherwise. See Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-2
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- qualified investment: means the amount of the taxpayer's expenditures that are:
Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-7
- qualified redevelopment site: means a vacant or underutilized property in Indiana as determined by the corporation. See Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-6
- taxpayer: means any person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity that has any state tax liability. See Indiana Code 6-3.1-34-10
(c) If the corporation enters into an agreement with a taxpayer under section 17 of this chapter that includes a repayment provision under subsection (a), the corporation shall include in the repayment provision a provision establishing the interest rate that will be applied. The interest rate shall be determined by the board and approved by the budget agency.
(d) This subsection applies to an active multi-phased project occurring on a defined footprint for which the taxpayer has received approval for at least the first phase of the active multi-phased project from the corporation’s board before July 1, 2018, for a tax credit under IC 6-3.1-11 (industrial recovery tax credit) before its expiration. The following apply to a project described in this subsection:
(1) Only qualified investments that are made after June 30, 2021, are eligible for a credit award under this chapter.
(2) The annual amount of credits awarded under this chapter for the project may not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000).
(3) The corporation may not include a repayment provision as part of an agreement entered into under section 17 of this chapter for the credits awarded for the project.
(e) The part of any credit that is subject to a repayment provision under this section must be included in the calculation of the aggregate amount of applicable tax credits that the corporation may certify for a state fiscal year under IC 5-28-6-9.
As added by P.L.158-2019, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.135-2022, SEC.17; P.L.201-2023, SEC.102.
