Purpose


Chapter 2011-123, L.O.F., extends the period for which tax credits authorized under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program may be taken from three years to five years, eliminates the 75% limitation on the corporate income tax and insurance premium tax credits, and allows taxpayers who have previously rescinded a tax credit more than once to obtain approval to rescind an outstanding tax credit. The purpose of the amendments to Rule 12-29.002, F.A.C. (Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; Participation; Allocation; Carryforward; Rescindment), is to incorporate the changes to the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program made by Chapter 2011-123, L.O.F.: (1) remove the limitation on the corporate income tax and insurance premium tax credits that were limited to 75% of the tax due after the required deductions; (2) provide that the five-year carryforward period is applicable to all credits approved under the Program for carryforward on or after July 1, 2011, and to all unused carryforward credits that were eligible to be carried forward as of July 1, 2011; (3) remove the limitation that prevented taxpayers who had previously rescinded a tax credit authorized under the Program from obtaining approval to rescind an outstanding tax credit; and (4) remove obsolete provisions. The purpose of the proposed amendments to Rule 12-29.003, F.A.C. (Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; Applications), is to incorporate the changes made to the Program by Chapter 2011-123, L.O.F.