72-4357. Tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organization; limitations on amount of credits; carry over of unused credits. (a) (1) There shall be allowed a credit against the corporate income tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the Kansas income tax act, the privilege tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the privilege tax imposed upon any national banking association, state bank, trust company or savings and loan association pursuant to article 11 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and the premium tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the premiums tax and privilege fees imposed upon an insurance company pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto, for tax years commencing after December 31, 2014, and ending before January 1, 2017, an amount equal to 70% of the amount contributed to a scholarship granting organization authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 72-4351 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(2) There shall be allowed a credit against the tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the Kansas income tax act, the privilege tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the privilege tax imposed upon any national banking association, state bank, trust company or savings and loan association pursuant to article 11 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and the premium tax liability imposed upon a taxpayer pursuant to the premiums tax and privilege fees imposed upon an insurance company pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto, for tax years commencing after December 31, 2016, an amount equal to 70% of the amount contributed to a scholarship granting organization authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 72-4351 et seq., and amendments thereto. In no event shall the total amount of contributions for any taxpayer allowed under this subsection exceed $500,000 for any tax year.

(b) The credit shall be claimed and deducted from the taxpayer's tax liability during the tax year in which the contribution was made to any such scholarship granting organization.

(c) For each tax year, in no event shall the total amount of credits allowed under this section exceed $10,000,000 for any one tax year. Except as otherwise provided, the allocation of such tax credits for each scholarship granting organization shall be determined by the scholarship granting organization in consultation with the secretary, and such determination shall be completed prior to the issuance of any tax credits pursuant to this section.

(d) If the amount of any such tax credit claimed by a taxpayer exceeds the taxpayer's income, privilege or premium tax liability, such excess amount may be carried over for deduction from the taxpayer's income, privilege or premium tax liability in the next succeeding year or years until the total amount of the credit has been deducted from tax liability.

(e) The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations regarding filing of documents that support the amount of credit claimed pursuant to this section.

History: L. 2014, ch. 93, § 61; L. 2017, ch. 95, § 97; July 1.