SB 789 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax.

Summary
Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax. Advances from 2020 to 2025 the sunset date of the income tax credit for purchase of equipment for processing recyclable materials and makes eligible for the credit purchases of equipment used in advanced recycling, defined in the bill. The bill increases the dollar value of the credit from 20 percent to 100 percent of the purchase price of such equipment, eliminates the requirement that a taxpayer may only claim up to 40 percent of his tax liability in credit per year, and makes the credit refundable and transferable for credits issued starting in taxable year 2020. The bill provides that certain machinery, tools, and materials used in advanced recycling shall be exempt from sales tax. The bill provides that such machinery, tools, and materials shall be segregated and classified as machinery and tools, which are taxed at a lower rate than the generally applicable personal property tax rate.This bill was incorporated into SB 590.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Last action Jan 30, 2020
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Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
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Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104166D
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Lynwood Lewis
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