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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
20200339DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-439.12:07 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-439.12:07. Telework expenses tax credit.
A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Eligible telework expenses" means expenses incurred
during the taxable year pursuant to a
telework agreement, in an amount up to $1,200 for each
participating employee, that enable a participating employee to begin to
telework, which expenses are not otherwise the subject of a deduction from
income claimed by the employer in any tax year. Such expenses include, but are
not limited to, expenses paid or incurred to purchase computers,
computer-related hardware and software, modems, data processing equipment,
telecommunications equipment, high-speed Internet connectivity equipment,
computer security software and devices, and all related delivery, installation,
and maintenance fees. Such expenses do not include replacement costs for
computers, computer-related hardware and software, modems, data processing
equipment, telecommunications equipment, or computer security software and
devices at the principal place of business when that equipment is relocated to
the telework site. "Eligible
telework expenses"
may also include up to a maximum of $20,000 for conducting a telework
assessment on or after January 1, 2012. Such costs shall be ineligible for this
credit if they are otherwise taken as a deduction by the employer from income
in any taxable year. The costs included and allowed to be taken as a credit include
program planning costs, which may include direct program development and
training costs, raw labor costs, and professional consulting fees. Such costs
shall not include those for which a credit is claimed under any other provision
of this chapter. The credit for conducting a telework assessment shall be
allowed once for each employer meeting the requirements herein.
"Employer" means any employer subject to the income tax imposed by this chapter.
"Participating employee" means an employee who has entered into a telework agreement with his
employer on or after July 1, 2012, in accordance with policies set by the
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation who teleworked on a full-time basis for his
employer for at least three months during the taxable year. The term shall "Participating employee" does
not include an individual who is self-employed or an individual who ordinarily
spends a majority of the workday at a location other than the place where his
duties are normally performed.
"Telework" means the performance of normal and
regular work functions on a workday at a location different from the place
where work functions are normally performed and that is within or closer to the
participating employee's residence. The term shall" Telework" does not
include home-based businesses, extensions of the workday, or work performed on
a weekend or holiday.
"Telework
agreement" means an agreement signed by the employer and the participating
employee, on or after July 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2019, that defines
the terms of a telework arrangement, including the number of days per month the
participating employee will telework in order to qualify for the credit, and
any restrictions on the location from which the employee will telework.
"Telework assessment" means an optional assessment leading to the development of policies and procedures necessary to implement a formal telework program that would qualify the employer for the credit provided in this section, including but not limited to a workforce profile; a telework program business case and plan; a detailed accounting of the purpose, goals, and operating procedures of the telework program; methodologies for measuring telework program activities and success; and a deployment schedule for increasing telework activity.
B. For taxable years beginning on
or and
after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2019, and for taxable years beginning on and after
January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2025,
an employer shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed pursuant to
Articles 2 (§ 58.1-320 et seq.) and 10 (§ 58.1-400 et seq.) for eligible
telework expenses incurred during the calendar year that ends during the
taxable year. The amount of the credit shall not exceed $50,000 per employer
for each calendar year.
Such expenses may be incurred (i) only once per participating employee and (ii) directly by the employer on behalf of the participating employee or directly by the participating employee and reimbursed by the employer.
C. For purposes of this section, the amount of any credit attributable to a partnership, electing small business corporation (S corporation), or limited liability company shall be allocated to the individual partners, shareholders, or members, respectively, in proportion to their ownership or interest in such business entities.
D. The amount of tax credits available to any employer under this section in any taxable year shall not exceed the employer's tax liability. No unused tax credit shall be carried forward or carried back against the employer's tax liability. An employer shall be ineligible for a tax credit pursuant to this section if such employer claims a credit based on the jobs, wages, or other expenses for the same employee under any other provision of this chapter.
E. An employer seeking to claim a tax credit provided herein
shall submit a reservation an application to the Department pursuant to forms and procedures as
required by the Tax Commissioner
for tentative approval of the credit between September 1 and October 31 of the
year preceding the calendar year in which the eligible telework expenses will
be incurred. The Tax Commissioner shall establish policies and procedures for
the reservation of tax credits by eligible employers. Such
policies and procedures shall provide (i) requirements for applying for reservations of tax credits, including provisions allowing an eligible
employer to apply for a credit after incurring an expense;
(ii) a system for allocating the available amount of tax credits among eligible
employers; and (iii) a procedure for the
cancellation and reallocation of tax credit reservations allocated to eligible
employers that, after reserving tax credits, have been determined to be
ineligible for all or a portion of the tax credits reserved. Such
application shall certify that the employer would not have incurred the
eligible telework expenses for which the credit is sought but for the
availability of such credit. The Tax
Commissioner shall provide tentative approval of the applications no later than
December 31 of the year in which the applications are received. When the
application and amount of tax credits have been approved and the employer
applicant notified, such employer may make purchases approved for the tax
credits during the immediately following taxable year or lose the right to such
credits any other
requirements deemed appropriate by the Tax Commissioner.
The Tax Commissioner shall not require an eligible
employer to reserve or obtain advance approval for tax
credits allowed under this section.
F. In no event shall the aggregate amount of tax credits
approved by the Tax Commissioner exceed $1 million annually. In the event the
credit amounts on the applications filed with the Tax Commissioner exceed the
maximum aggregate amount of tax credits, then the tax credits shall be
allocated on a pro rata basis based on the amounts allowed
by subsection B under this section
among the eligible employers who filed timely applications.
G. Actions of the Tax Commissioner relating to the approval or denial of applications for reservations of tax credits pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).
2. That the provisions of this act shall apply only to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2020, and shall not modify eligibility requirements or per employee, per employer, and aggregate caps or any other provisions for prior taxable years.