§ 42-64.5-4. Reduction rate schedule. (a)(i) The amount of the rate reduction specified in § 42-64.5-3 for any eligible company that is not a telecommunications company for each taxable year ending on or after July 1, 1995, shall be based upon the aggregate amount of new employment of the eligible company and its eligible subsidiaries for each taxable year, and shall be determined by multiplying the numerical equivalent of one-quarter of one percent (.25%) by the number of units of new employment for each taxable year through the taxable year ending in 1997 or, if applicable, the third taxable year following the base employment period election set forth in § 42-64.5-5; and for each taxable year thereafter, the number of units of new employment reported for the taxable year 1997 or, if applicable, the third taxable year following the base employment period election set forth in § 42-64.5-5; provided, however, the amount of each rate reduction shall in no event be greater than six percent (6%).

(ii) For the tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, the amount of the rate reduction specified in § 42-64.5-3 for any eligible company required to file and pay taxes pursuant to § 44-11-2, shall be based upon the aggregate amount of new employment of the eligible company and its eligible subsidiaries for each taxable year, and shall be determined by multiplying the numerical equivalent of two tenths of one percent (.20%) by the number of units of new employment for each taxable year through the taxable year ending in 1997 or, if applicable, the third taxable year following the base employment period election set forth in § 42-64.5-5; and for each taxable year thereafter, the number of units of new employment reported for the taxable year 1997 or, if applicable, the third taxable year following the base employment period election set forth in § 42-64.5-5; provided, however, the amount of each rate reduction shall in no event be greater than four percent (4.0%).

(b) The amount of the rate reduction specified in § 42-64.5-3 for any eligible company that is a telecommunications company shall be based upon the aggregate amount of new employment of the eligible company and its eligible subsidiaries for each taxable year and shall be determined in the same manner as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, except that it shall be determined by multiplying the numerical equivalent of one-hundredth of one percent (.01%) by the number of units of new employment and the amount of each rate reduction shall in no event be greater than one percent (1%).

(c) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, where an eligible telecommunications company has one or more affiliated entities that is an eligible company, the eligible company entitled to a rate reduction may assign its rate reduction, to be determined in the manner as provided in subsection (b) of this section, to the eligible telecommunications company. An entity that assigns the rate reduction shall not be eligible for the rate reduction.

History of Section. (P.L. 1994, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 7, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 12, § 13.)