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469.318 JOBS CREDIT.
    Subdivision 1. Credit allowed. A qualified business is allowed a credit against the taxes
imposed under chapter 290. The credit equals seven percent of the:
(1) lesser of:
(i) zone payroll for the taxable year, less the zone payroll for the base year; or
(ii) total Minnesota payroll for the taxable year, less total Minnesota payroll for the base
year; minus
(2) $30,000 multiplied by (the number of full-time equivalent employees that the qualified
business employs in the job opportunity building zone for the taxable year, minus the number
of full-time equivalent employees the business employed in the zone in the base year, but not
less than zero).
    Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given.
(b) "Base year" means the taxable year beginning during the calendar year prior to the
calendar year in which the zone designation took effect.
(c) "Full-time equivalent employees" means the equivalent of annualized expected hours of
work equal to 2,080 hours.
(d) "Minnesota payroll" means the wages or salaries attributed to Minnesota under section
290.191, subdivision 12, for the qualified business or the unitary business of which the qualified
business is a part, whichever is greater.
(e) "Zone payroll" means wages or salaries used to determine the zone payroll factor for the
qualified business, less the amount of compensation attributable to any employee that exceeds
$100,000.
    Subd. 3. Inflation adjustment. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004,
the dollar amounts in subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 2, paragraph (e), are annually
adjusted for inflation. The commissioner of revenue shall adjust the amounts by the percentage
determined under section 290.06, subdivision 2d, for the taxable year.
    Subd. 4. Refundable. If the amount of the credit exceeds the liability for tax under chapter
290, the commissioner of revenue shall refund the excess to the qualified business.
    Subd. 5. Appropriation. An amount sufficient to pay the refunds authorized by this section
is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund.
History: 1Sp2003 c 21 art 1 s 23

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