(1) A credit against taxes otherwise due under ORS chapter 316, 317 or 318 for the installation of a pollution-eliminating production technology or process certified under ORS 468A.098 shall be allowed, subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
(2) The maximum credit allowed in any one tax year shall be the lesser of the tax liability of the taxpayer or one-tenth of the cost certified under ORS 468A.098. A credit may be taken beginning with the tax year in which certification was issued by the Environmental Quality Commission.
(3) To qualify for the credit, the production technology or process must be installed on or after January 1, 1996, and on or before December 31, 1999.
(4) The business location where the production technology or process was installed must be owned or leased during the tax year by the taxpayer claiming the credit and must have been in use and operation during the tax year for which the credit is claimed.
(5) The credit provided by this section is not in lieu of any depreciation or amortization deduction for the facility to which the taxpayer otherwise may be entitled under ORS chapter 316, 317 or 318 for such year.
(6) Upon any sale, exchange or other disposition of a business location having a production technology or process certified under ORS 468A.098, or upon the removal, replacement, shutdown or other nonuse of a production technology or process certified under ORS 468A.098, notice thereof shall be given to the Environmental Quality Commission, which shall revoke the certification covering the production technology or process as of the date of such disposition or nonuse. The transferee may apply for a new certificate under ORS 468A.096, but the tax credit available to the transferee shall be limited to the amount of credit not claimed by the transferor. The sale, exchange or other disposition of shares in an S corporation as defined in section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code or of a partner’s interest in a partnership shall not be deemed a disposition of a business for purposes of this subsection.
(7) Any tax credit otherwise allowable under this section that is not used by the taxpayer in a particular year may be carried forward and offset against the taxpayer’s tax liability for the next succeeding tax year. Any credit remaining unused in such next succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the second succeeding tax year, and likewise, any credit not used in that second succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the third succeeding tax year, but may not be carried forward for any tax year thereafter.
(8) The taxpayer’s adjusted basis for determining gain or loss shall not be further decreased by any tax credits allowed under this section. [1995 c.746 §33; 1997 c.325 §40]
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