2015 Revised Code of Washington
Title 82 - EXCISE TAXES
82.63 Tax deferrals for high-technology businesses.
82.63.020 Application—Annual survey—Reports.

RCW 82.63.020 Application—Annual survey—Reports.

(1) Application for deferral of taxes under this chapter must be made before initiation of construction of, or acquisition of equipment or machinery for the investment project. In the case of an investment project involving multiple qualified buildings, applications must be made for, and before the initiation of construction of, each qualified building. The application must be made to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department. The application must contain information regarding the location of the investment project, the applicant's average employment in the state for the prior year, estimated or actual new employment related to the project, estimated or actual wages of employees related to the project, estimated or actual costs, time schedules for completion and operation, and other information required by the department. The department must rule on the application within sixty days.

(2) Each recipient of a deferral of taxes under this chapter must file a complete annual survey with the department under RCW 82.32.585. If the economic benefits of the deferral are passed to a lessee as provided in RCW 82.63.010(7), the lessee must file a complete annual survey, and the applicant is not required to file the annual survey.

(3) The department must use the information reported on the annual survey required by this section to study the tax deferral program authorized under this chapter. The department must report to the legislature by December 1, 2009, and December 1, 2013. The reports must measure the effect of the program on job creation, the number of jobs created for Washington residents, company growth, the introduction of new products, the diversification of the state's economy, growth in research and development investment, the movement of firms or the consolidation of firms' operations into the state, and such other factors as the department selects.

(4) A recipient who must repay deferred taxes under RCW 82.63.045 because the department has found that an investment project is used for purposes other than research and development performed within this state in the fields of advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device technology, and environmental technology is no longer required to file annual surveys under RCW 82.32.585 beginning on the date an investment project is used for nonqualifying purposes.

[2010 c 114 § 140; 2009 c 268 § 3; 2004 c 2 § 4; 1994 sp.s. c 5 § 4.]

NOTES:

Application—Finding—Intent—2010 c 114: See notes following RCW 82.32.585.

Policy—Application—2009 c 268: See notes following RCW 82.63.090.