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        February 25, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Revenue and Taxation Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 140, TAX CREDIT AMENDMENTS, by Representative B. King, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 68 through 72 :    

             68          (5) "Wage requirement" means that an employer pays a person who is homeless $4,000
             69      or more in wages during a time period that:
             70          (a) begins on the date of hire; and
             71          (b) ends no later than

{   the last day of a three-calendar-quarter period, the first day of

             72      which is the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins on or after the date of hire  
}
  two calendar quarters after the calendar quarter in which the date of hire occurs       .


2.    Page 4, Lines 91 through 97 :    

             91          (4) The application:
             92          (a) shall list, for each person who is homeless that the employer employs:
             93          (i) the person's name;
             94          (ii) the person's
{   taxpayer identification   }        Social Security       number; and

             95          (iii) the person's current address;
             96          (b) shall list the employer's
{   taxpayer   }        federal employer       identification number; and

             97          (c) may require additional information as determined by the department.

3.    Page 5, Lines 137 through 140 :    

             137          (2)
{   No later than 90 days after the date that an employer provides the

written notice


             138      described in Subsection (1) to the department, the  
}
  The       department shall determine whether      {   the   }        an      

             139      employer has met the requirements of the participation agreement under Section 53A-5-304 to
             140      receive a tax credit certificate
{   .   }        :

    (a) after the employer provides the written notice described in Subsection (1) to the department; and
    (b) no later than 60 days after the date that the employer provides the department unemployment insurance wage information:
    (i) for the person who is homeless;
    (ii) as required by Subsection 35A-4-305(8); and
    (iii) for each calendar quarter during which the employer pays wages to meet the wage requirement.  


4.    Page 5, Lines 144 through 150 :    

             144          (4) A tax credit certificate under this section:
             145          (a) shall list the amount of tax credit allowable for the taxable year in an amount that
             146      does not exceed $2,000;
             147          (b) shall list the name and
{   taxpayer identification   }        federal employer       number of the employer;

             148          (c) shall list the name,
{   taxpayer   }        Social Security       identification number, and current address of the

             149      person who is homeless with respect to whom the employer has met the wage requirement; and
             150          (d) may include any other information required by the department.

    Respectfully,

    Ryan D. Wilcox
    Committee Chair
Voting: 11-1-4
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Bill Number
Action Class
Action Code

*HB0140*
*H*
*HCRAMD*

HB0140
H
HCRAMD