House Amendment 8321


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 443, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by striking line 1 and inserting the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Section 1.  Section 15E.42, subsection 3, Code
     1  6 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    3.  "Investor" means an individual a person making
     1  8 a cash investment in a qualifying business or an
     1  9 individual taxed on income from a revocable trust's
     1 10 cash investment in a qualifying business or a person
     1 11 making a cash investment in a community=based seed
     1 12 capital fund.  "Investor" does not include a person
     1 13 which is a current or previous that holds at least a
     1 14 seventy percent ownership interest as an owner,
     1 15 member, or shareholder in a qualifying business.
     1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 15E.43, subsection 1, paragraphs a
     1 17 and b, Code Supplement 2003, are amended to read as
     1 18 follows:
     1 19    a.  For tax years beginning on or after January 1,
     1 20 2002, a tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes
     1 21 imposed in chapter 422, division II, for a portion of
     1 22 an individual taxpayer's equity investment, as
     1 23 provided in subsection 2, in a qualifying business.
     1 24 An individual shall not claim a tax credit under this
     1 25 paragraph of a partnership, limited liability company,
     1 26 S corporation, estate, or trust electing to have
     1 27 income taxed directly to the individual.  However, an
     1 28 individual receiving income from a revocable trust's
     1 29 investment in a qualified business may claim a tax
     1 30 credit under this paragraph against the taxes imposed
     1 31 in chapter 422, division II, for a portion of the
     1 32 revocable trust's equity investment, as provided in
     1 33 subsection 2, in a qualified business.
     1 34    b.  For tax years beginning on or after January 1,
     1 35 2002, a tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes
     1 36 imposed in chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V, and
     1 37 in chapter 432, and against the moneys and credits tax
     1 38 imposed in section 533.24, for a portion of a
     1 39 taxpayer's equity investment, as provided in
     1 40 subsection 2, in a qualifying business or a community=
     1 41 based seed capital fund.  An individual may claim a
     1 42 tax credit under this paragraph of a partnership,
     1 43 limited liability company, S corporation, estate, or
     1 44 trust electing to have income taxed directly to the
     1 45 individual.  The amount claimed by the individual
     1 46 shall be based upon the pro rata share of the
     1 47 individual's earnings from the partnership, limited
     1 48 liability company, S corporation, estate, or trust.
     1 49    Sec. 3.  Section 15E.44, subsection 4, Code
     1 50 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     2  1    4.  After verifying the eligibility of a qualifying
     2  2 business, the board shall issue a tax credit
     2  3 certificate to be attached to the equity investor's
     2  4 tax return.  The tax credit certificate shall contain
     2  5 the taxpayer's name, address, tax identification
     2  6 number, the amount of credit, the name of the
     2  7 qualifying business, and other information required by
     2  8 the department of revenue.  The tax credit
     2  9 certificate, unless rescinded by the board, shall be
     2 10 accepted by the department of revenue as payment for
     2 11 taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 422, division
     2 12 divisions II, III, and V, and in chapter 432, and for
     2 13 the moneys and credits tax imposed in section 533.24,
     2 14 subject to any conditions or restrictions placed by
     2 15 the board upon the face of the tax credit certificate
     2 16 and subject to the limitations of section 15E.43.
     2 17    Sec. 4.  Section 15E.51, subsection 4, Code
     2 18 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     2 19    4.  A taxpayer shall not claim a tax credit under
     2 20 this section if the taxpayer is a venture capital
     2 21 investment fund allocation manager for the Iowa fund
     2 22 of funds created in section 15E.65 or an investor that
     2 23 receives a tax credit for the same investment in a
     2 24 qualifying business as described in section 15E.44 or
     2 25 in a community=based seed capital fund as described in
     2 26 section 15E.45.
     2 27    Sec. 5.  Section 15E.45, subsection 2, paragraph b,
     2 28 Code>.
     2 29 #2.  Page 1, by striking line 13 and inserting the
     2 30 following:
     2 31    <Sec.    .  APPLICABILITY DATES.
     2 32    1.  Sections 1 through 4 of this Act apply
     2 33 retroactively to January 1, 2004, for tax years
     2 34 beginning on or after that date.
     2 35    2.  Section 5 of this Act applies>.
     2 36 #3.  Title page, line 2, by striking the words <a
     2 37 retroactive applicability date> and inserting the
     2 38 following:  <retroactive applicability dates>.
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     2 42 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
     2 43 VAN FOSSEN of Scott, Chairperson
     2 44 SF 443.301 80
     2 45 tm/cf

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