15.320 Reports to general assembly.
1. For purposes of this section, “successful tax credit applicant” includes, with respect to each calendar year, an eligible business that was issued a tax credit for production of renewable chemicals during that calendar year, and an eligible business that successfully applied for a tax credit for the production of renewable chemicals during that calendar year, but was not issued a tax credit and was instead placed on a wait list pursuant to section 15.318, subsection 3, paragraph “e”.
2. By January 31, 2019, and by the same date each year thereafter, the board, in cooperation with the department of revenue, shall submit to the general assembly and the governor a report describing the activities of the program for the most recent calendar year for which the tax credit application period has ended pursuant to section 15.318, subsection 1, paragraph “c”. The report shall at a minimum include the following information:
a. The aggregate number of pounds, and a list of each type, of renewable chemicals produced in Iowa by all successful tax credit applicants during the calendar year prior to the calendar year for which the successful applicants first applied for a tax credit under the program.
b. The aggregate number of pounds, and a list of each type, of renewable chemicals produced in Iowa by all successful tax credit applicants during each calendar year.
c. The aggregate sales of all renewable chemicals produced by all successful tax credit applicants in each calendar year for which there are at least five successful tax credit applicants.
d. The aggregate number of pounds, and a list of each type, of biomass feedstock used in the production of renewable chemicals in Iowa by all successful tax credit applicants during the calendar year prior to the calendar year for which the successful applicants first applied for a tax credit under the program.
e. The aggregate number of pounds, and a list of each type, of biomass feedstock used in the production of renewable chemicals in Iowa by all successful tax credit applicants during each calendar year.
f. The number of employees located in Iowa of all successful tax credit applicants during the calendar year prior to the calendar year for which the successful applicants first applied for a tax credit under the program.
g. The number of employees located in Iowa of all successful tax credit applicants during each calendar year.
h. The number and aggregate amount of tax credits issued under the program for each calendar year.
i. The number of eligible businesses placed on the wait list for each calendar year, and the total number of eligible businesses remaining on the wait list at the end of that calendar year.
j. The dollar amount of tax credit claims placed on the wait list for each calendar year, and the total dollar amount of tax credit claims remaining on the wait list at the end of that calendar year.
k. For each eligible business issued a renewable chemical production tax credit during each calendar year:
(1) The identity of the eligible business.
(2) The amount of the tax credit.
(3) The manner in which the eligible business first qualified as an eligible business under section 15.317, subsection 4, whether by organizing, expanding, or locating in the state.
l. The total amount of all renewable chemical production tax credits claimed during each calendar year, and the portion of the claims issued as refunds.
3. To protect the presumption of confidentiality established in section 15.318, subsection 5, the board shall report all information in an aggregate form to prevent, as much as possible, information being attributable to any particular eligible business, except as provided in subsection 2, paragraph “k”.
2016 Acts, ch 1065, §9, 15, 16
Referred to in §2.48, 15.119, 15.318, 15.322
For future repeal of this section effective July 1, 2030, see §15.322
Section takes effect April 6, 2016, and applies to renewable chemicals produced in the state from biomass feedstock on or after January 1, 2017;
2016 Acts, ch 1065, §15, 16