Purpose


The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, as amended by Chapter 2010-24, L.O.F., allows taxpayers to receive a credit allocation for contributions made to nonprofit scholarship funding organizations. This law expands the tax credits against corporate income tax and insurance premium tax, transferring Section 220.187, F.S., to new Section 1002.395, F.S., and creating Section 220.1875, F.S., to provide for the tax credit against corporate income tax. When in effect, proposed Rule Chapter 12-29, F.A.C., Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, will establish the procedures governing the approval of tax credit allocations and rescindments, the approval for carryforward tax credits to a subsequent tax year, and the procedures to be followed by taxpayers when claiming tax credits on tax returns. The purpose of the proposed amendments to Rule 12C-1.0186, F.A.C. (Credit for Florida Alternative Minimum Tax), is to update the reference to the credits for contributions to nonprofit scholarship funding organizations to Section 220.1875, F.S., as provided in Sections 10 and 11, Chapter 2010-24, L.O.F. The purpose of the proposed repeal of Rule 12C-1.0187, F.A.C. (Credits for Contributions to Nonprofit Scholarship Funding Organizations), is to remove provisions regarding the credit against corporate income tax for contributions made to eligible nonprofit scholarship funding organizations that will be provided in Rule Chapter 12-29, F.A.C., when effective. The purpose of the proposed amendments to Rule 12C-1.051, F.A.C. (Forms), is to remove the obsolete application to obtain an allocation of the tax credit for contributions made to eligible nonprofit scholarship funding organizations and the obsolete application to rescind a credit allocation. Applications used to administer the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program will be provided in Rule Chapter 12-29, F.A.C., when effective.