Effective - 28 Nov 2007
173.196. Business firm may make donation to higher education scholarship donation fund, tax credit — amount of credit, limitations, carry-over, transfer — use of fund — tax credits prohibited, when. — 1. Any business firm, as defined in section 32.105, may make a donation to the "Missouri Higher Education Scholarship Donation Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. A donating business firm shall receive a tax credit as provided in this section equal to fifty percent of the amount of the donation, except that tax credits shall be awarded each fiscal year in the order donations are received and the amount of tax credits authorized shall total no more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for each fiscal year.
2. The department of revenue shall grant tax credits approved under this section which shall be applied in the order specified in subsection 1 of section 32.115 until used. The tax credits provided under this section shall be refundable, and any tax credit not used in the fiscal year in which approved may be carried over the next five succeeding calendar or fiscal years until the full credit has been claimed. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any tax credits granted under this section may be assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise conveyed without consent or approval. Such taxpayer, hereinafter the assignor for purposes of this section, may sell, assign, exchange, or otherwise transfer earned tax credits:
(1) For no less than seventy-five percent of the par value of such credits; and
(2) In an amount not to exceed one hundred percent of annual earned credits.
3. No tax credit authorized under this section may be applied against any tax applied in a tax year beginning prior to January 1, 1995.
4. All revenues credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriations, to provide scholarships authorized under sections 173.197 to 173.199*, and for no other purpose.
5. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, no tax credits shall be authorized, awarded, or issued to any person or entity claiming any tax credit under this section.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048 § 17, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1099, A.L. 2007 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 1)
Effective 11-28-07
*Section 173.197 was repealed by S.B.975 & 1024 Revision, 2018.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 173 - Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Section 173.003 - Retirement and severance policies, uniformity requirement.
Section 173.007 - Commissioner of education, appointment by board — compensation — powers — duties.
Section 173.020 - Responsibilities of the coordinating board.
Section 173.030 - Additional responsibilities.
Section 173.035 - Resources, website directing students to — rulemaking authority.
Section 173.040 - Reports to governor and general assembly, contents.
Section 173.050 - Powers of coordinating board.
Section 173.081 - Rules and regulations, promulgation procedure.
Section 173.091 - Senior citizens' tuition exemption, qualifications, limitations, fee.
Section 173.093 - Limitations on awards of financial assistance.
Section 173.095 - Declaration of policy.
Section 173.100 - Definitions.
Section 173.105 - Board and department duties — required federal reports, submitted to whom.
Section 173.125 - Dispute resolution requirements.
Section 173.130 - Funds not currently needed may be invested, how.
Section 173.141 - Authorized actions of the board.
Section 173.150 - Recovery of loans.
Section 173.160 - Standards of eligibility for loans.
Section 173.170 - Standards of eligibility of loan agreements — discrimination prohibited.
Section 173.180 - Filing of regulations.
Section 173.186 - Guarantors of student loans, eligibility requirements.
Section 173.187 - Lender of last resort revolving fund, established, administration.
Section 173.252 - Interest, guaranty student loan fund, use of.
Section 173.258 - Director to deposit funds in kids' chance scholarship fund, when.
Section 173.270 - Foster care or residential care students, waiver of tuition and fees, when.
Section 173.275 - Foreign gifts to institutions — disclosure to department, when, how, contents.
Section 173.300 - Compact adopted.
Section 173.310 - Bylaws to be filed with secretary of state.
Section 173.320 - Selection of legislative members.
Section 173.330 - Commission members' expenses paid.
Section 173.350 - Citation of law.
Section 173.355 - Definitions.
Section 173.375 - Bond requirements for members of authority — filed where.
Section 173.380 - Conflict of interest, procedure to avoid.
Section 173.386 - Assets may not be used for payment of debt.
Section 173.387 - Authority may be originator of guaranteed student loan, conditions.
Section 173.393 - Misuse of moneys by recipient becomes liability, repayment of moneys.
Section 173.395 - Issuance of more than one series of bonds, requirements — refunding authorized.
Section 173.400 - Bonds construed to be negotiable instruments.
Section 173.410 - State or political subdivision not liable, statement on face of bond required.
Section 173.435 - Institutions and fiduciaries may invest in bonds.
Section 173.440 - Tax exemptions, bonds — exception.
Section 173.445 - Authority assigned to department of higher education — reports required.
Section 173.475 - No discrimination in hiring based on lack of a graduate degree, when.
Section 173.480 - Higher education capital fund created, use of moneys.
Section 173.600 - Definitions.
Section 173.602 - Certificate of approval required to offer courses for sale or solicit students.
Section 173.616 - Schools and courses that are exempt from sections 173.600 to 173.618.
Section 173.618 - Unlawful practices — injunction, board action — penalty.
Section 173.619 - Rules, promulgation.
Section 173.680 - Study on most frequent IT certifications requested by employers — report.
Section 173.700 - Midwestern higher education compact.
Section 173.705 - Midwestern higher education commission — members.
Section 173.708 - Membership of commission — terms — vacancies.
Section 173.730 - International student exchanges — matching funds.
Section 173.735 - Institutions of higher education, conflict of interest policy.
Section 173.754 - Unlawful use false or misleading degree, when — violation, penalty.
Section 173.775 - Citation — fund created.
Section 173.778 - Definitions.
Section 173.781 - High demand occupations and areas, board's duties.
Section 173.784 - Limitations on participation.
Section 173.787 - Loan forgiveness, when.
Section 173.790 - Contract for participation, terms and conditions.
Section 173.793 - Not a guarantee of admission, attendance, or graduation.
Section 173.796 - Tax credit for donations to fund — tax credits prohibited, when.
Section 173.1000 - Citation of law.
Section 173.1101 - Citation of law — references to program.
Section 173.1102 - Definitions.
Section 173.1103 - Board to administer program, duties of the board — fund created, use of moneys.
Section 173.1105 - Award amounts, minimums and maximums — adjustment in awards, when.
Section 173.1106 - Other financial assistance to be reported to board.
Section 173.1107 - Transfer of recipient, effect of.
Section 173.1108 - Inapplicability of sunset act.
Section 173.1350 - Grants authorized, amount, eligibility.
Section 173.1352 - Advanced placement exams, undergraduate course credit, when.
Section 173.1400 - Verification issued, when — form, information.
Section 173.2505 - Scholarship eligibility — amount of scholarship, limitation — fund created.