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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 6, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Revenue and Taxation Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 312, VETERAN EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT, by Representative D. Ipson, with the following amendments:


1.    Page 2, Lines 42 through 48 :    

             42          (ii) within the last two years, has exhausted the unemployment benefits under
             43      Subsection (2)(a)

  (i)       ; and

             44          (b) works for the corporation at least 35 hours per week for not less than 45 of the 52
             45      weeks following the recently deployed veteran's start date for the employment.
             46          (3) A tax credit:
             47          (a) earned under this section shall be claimed
{   for   }        beginning in       the year the requirements of

             48      Subsection (2) are met;


2.    Page 2, Line 53 through Page 3, Line 66 :    

             53          (4) A corporation that claims a tax credit under this section shall retain the following
             54      for each recently deployed veteran for which a tax credit is claimed under this section:
             55          (a) the recently deployed veteran's:
             56          (i) name;
             57          (ii) taxpayer identification number;
             58          (iii) last known address;
{   and   }

             59          (iv) start date for the employment;
  and

    (v)     documentation establishing that the recently deployed veteran was employed as required under Subsection (2)(b) ;  

             60          (b) documentation provided by the recently deployed veteran's military service unit
             61      establishing that the recently deployed veteran is a recently deployed veteran;
  and      


             62
         (c) a signed statement from the Department of Workforce Services that the recently
             63      deployed veteran meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(a) regarding unemployment
             64      benefits
{   ; and

             65          (d) a signed statement that the corporation has employed the recently deployed veteran
             66      as required under Subsection (2)(b)  
}
.


3.    Page 4, Lines 94 through 96 :    

             94          (3) A tax credit:
             95          (a) earned under this section shall be claimed
{   for   }        beginning in       the year the requirements of

             96      Subsection (2) are met;


4.    Page 4, Lines 101 through 115 :    

             101          (4) A claimant, estate, or trust that claims a tax credit under this section shall retain the
             102      following for each recently deployed veteran for which a tax credit is claimed under this
             103      section:
             104          (a) the recently deployed veteran's:
             105          (i) name;
             106          (ii) taxpayer identification number;
             107          (iii) last known address;
{   and   }

             108          (iv) start date of the employment;
  and

    (v)    documentation establishing that the recently deployed veteran was employed as required under Subsection (2)(b);  

             109          (b) documentation provided by the recently deployed veteran's military service unit
             110      establishing that the recently deployed veteran is a recently deployed veteran;
  and      

             111          (c) a signed statement from the Department of Workforce Services that the recently
             112      deployed veteran meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(a) regarding unemployment
             113      benefits
{   ; and


             114
         (d) a signed statement that the claimant, estate, or trust has employed the recently
             115      deployed veteran as required under Subsection (2)(b)  
}
.

    Respectfully,

    Patrick Painter
    Committee Chair
Voting: 13-0-3
3 HB0312.HC1.wpd 2/6/12 9:46 am /PVD PLA/BNC


Bill Number
Action Class
Action Code

*HB0312*
*H*
*HCRAMD*

HB0312
H
HCRAMD