710:50-15-108 Credit for qualified rehabilitation expenditures

(a) General Provisions. The Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures is one hundred percent (100%) of the allowable federal rehabilitation credit provided for in Section 47 of Title 26 of the United States Code. All rehabilitation work to which the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures may be applied must be reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The State Historic Preservation Office will forward the information to the National Park Service for certification in accordance with 36 C.F.R., Part 67. A certified historic structure may be rehabilitated for any lawful use or uses, including without limitation mixed uses and still retain eligibility for the credit provided for in this section. (b) Definitions. (1) " Certified historic hotel or historic newspaper plant building " means a hotel or newspaper plant building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places within thirty (30) months of taking the credit pursuant to 68 O.S. § 2357.41. (2) " Certified historic structure " means a building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places within thirty (30) months of taking the credit pursuant to this section or a building located in Oklahoma which is certified by the State Historic Preservation Office as contributing to the historic significance of a certified historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or a local district that has been certified by the State Historic Preservation Office as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. (3) " Qualified rehabilitation expenditures " means capital expenditures that qualify for the federal rehabilitation credit provided in Section 47 of Title 26 of the United States Code and that were paid after December 31, 2000. Qualified rehabilitation expenditures do not include capital expenditures for nonhistoric additions except an addition that is required by state or federal regulations that relate to safety or accessibility. In addition, qualified rehabilitation expenditures do not include expenditures related to the cost of acquisition of the property. (c) Provisions for tax years beginning after December 31, 2000 and ending before January 1, 2006. Only certified historic hotel or historic newspaper plant buildings located in an increment or incentive district created pursuant to the Local Development Act (62 O.S. §§ 850 et. seq.) are eligible for the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures. (d) Provisions for tax years beginning on or after before January 1, 2006. The Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures is available for qualified rehabilitation expenditures incurred after January 1, 2006 in connection with any certified historic structure. (e) Provisions for claiming the credit. Generally, the first year the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures is eligible to be claimed is the first tax year that the federal rehabilitation credit, provided for in Section 47 of Title 26 of the United States Code, is eligible to be claimed. For carryover of the credit, see carryover provisions below. Further the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures may only be claimed after the relevant local governmental body responsible for doing so issues a certificate of occupancy or other document that is a precondition for the applicable use of the building or structure that is the basis upon which the credit is claimed. All requirements with respect to qualification for the credit authorized by Section 47 of Title 26 of the United States Code shall be applicable to the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures. (f) Carryover. If the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures exceeds the amount of income taxes due or if there are no state income taxes due, the amount of the credit allowed but not used in any taxable year may be carried forward as a credit against subsequent income tax liability for a period not exceeding ten (10) years following the qualified expenditures. (g) Transferability. The Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures allowed, but not used, shall be freely transferable by written agreement to subsequent transferees, at any time during the five (5) years following the year of qualification. (h) Written transfer agreement requirements. The entity which originally earned 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. Subsequent transfers will require the transferor and transferee to 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 entity, and the tax year or years for which the credit may be claimed as well as a representation by the transferor that the transferor has neither claimed such credits for its own behalf nor conveyed said credits to any other transferee. Such filing of the written credit transfer agreement with the Oklahoma Tax Commission will perfect said transfer. (i) Claiming transferred credit. A copy of OTC Form 572 must be attached to any tax return on which a taxpayer claims a transferred credit. (j) Repayment of disallowed credit. Effective January 1, 2009, if the Credit for Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures has been transferred and is subsequently reduced as the result of an adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, or any other applicable government agency, only the transferor originally allowed the credit will be held liable to repay any amount of disallowed credit. Any subsequent transferee of the credit is not liable to repay the amount of disallowed credit. (k) Tax credit moratorium. No credit may be claimed for any qualified rehabilitation expenditures made during the period of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012, prior to the taxable year beginning January 1, 2012. No credits which accrue during the period of July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2012, may be used to file an amended tax return for any taxable year prior to the taxable year beginning January 1, 2012.