710:50-15-103 Credit for qualified railroad reconstruction or replacement expenditures

(a) General provisions . For tax years beginning after December 31, 2005, and ending before January 1, 2030 there is a credit allowed against the tax imposed by Section 2355 of Title 68 equal to 50% of an eligible taxpayer's qualified railroad reconstruction or replacement expenditures. [68 O.S. § 2357.104] (b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Section, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Eligible taxpayer" means any railroad that is classified by the United States Surface Transportation Board as a Class II or Class III railroad. (2) "Qualified railroad reconstruction or replacement expenditures" means expenditures for track maintenance, natural disasters, and reconstruction or replacement of railroad infrastructure. This includes track, roadbed, crossings, bridges, industrial leads and track-related structures owned or leased by a Class II or Class III railroad as of January 1, 2006. Qualified railroad reconstruction or replacement expenditures can also include new construction of industrial leads, switches, spurs and sidings and extensions of existing sidings by a Class II or Class III railroad. (c) Limitations. (1) The amount of the credit may not exceed the product of the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased within this state by the eligible taxpayer as of the close of the taxable year and: (A) Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for tax year 2007. (B) Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for tax years 2008 through 2019. (C) Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for tax years 2020 through 2024. (2) Effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, and ending before January 1, 2020, the credit is limited to seventy-five percent (75%) of the otherwise allowable credit. (d) Transferability. The credits allowed pursuant to this Section that are not used are freely transferable by written agreement, to subsequent transferees, at any time during the five (5) years following the year of qualification. (1) "Eligible transferee" defined. For purposes of this subsection, an "eligible transferee" shall be any taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 2355 of Title 68. (2) Written transfer agreement requirements. The person originally allowed the credit and the subsequent transferee must jointly file a copy of the written transfer agreement with the Commission, within thirty (30) days of the transfer. The written agreement must contain the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the parties to the transfer, the amount of credit being transferred, the year the credit was originally allowed to the transferring person, and the tax year or years for which the credit may be claimed. (e) Carryover provisions. Any credit allowed pursuant to the provisions of this Section, to the extent not used, may be carried over in order to each of the five (5) years following the year of qualification. (f) Tax credit limitation . The total amount of credits authorized by this Section used to offset tax shall be adjusted annually to limit the annual amount of credits to Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for tax years 2018 and 2019 and Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for tax year 2020 and all subsequent tax years. The Tax Commission shall annually calculate and publish a percentage by which the credits authorized by this Section shall be reduced so the total amount of credits used to offset tax does not exceed the applicable annual limit.