(a) General rule. -- There shall be allowed as a deduction from gross income reportable under section two-b of this article, for the taxable year, the amount of qualified contribution to an employee stock ownership plan made during the taxable year, for any period beginning after June 30, 1983.
(b) Definitions. -- For purposes of this section the term:
(1) "Employee stock ownership plan" means a plan as defined in paragraph (7), subsection (e), section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, which is codified as Title 26 of the United States Code.
(3) "Qualified contribution" means the amount of employer contributions during the taxable year to an employee stock ownership plan, which are deductible by the corporation for federal income tax purposes under paragraph (10), subsection (a), section 404 of the Internal Revenue Code, and which do not exceed the amount allowable under paragraph (6), subsection (c), section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 13. Business and Occupation Tax
§11-13-2. Imposition of Privilege Tax
§11-13-2d. Public Service or Utility Business
§11-13-2e. Business of Gas Storage; Effective Date
§11-13-2m. Business of Generating or Producing Electric Power; Exception; Rates
§11-13-2n. Business of Generating or Producing or Selling Electric Power; Exemptions; Rates
§11-13-2q. Exemption From Tax for Certain Merchant Power Plants
§11-13-3. Exemptions; Annual Exemption and Periods Thereof
§11-13-3a. Deduction for Contributions to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan by a Manufacturer
§11-13-3b. Definitions; Reduction Allowed in Tax Due; How Computed
§11-13-3c. Tax Credit for Business Investment and Jobs Expansion
§11-13-3e. Tax Credit for Coal Loading Facilities; Regulations
§11-13-3g. Tax Credit for Increased Generation of Electricity From Coal
§11-13-4. Computation of Tax; Payment
§11-13-5. Return and Remittance by Taxpayer
§11-13-13. Receivership or Insolvency Proceedings
§11-13-17. Priority in Distribution in Receivership, etc.; Personal Liability of Administrator
§11-13-18. Agents for Collection of Delinquent Taxes
§11-13-19. Certificate to Clerk of County Court of Assessment of Taxes
§11-13-25. Cities, Towns or Villages Restricted From Imposing Additional Tax
§11-13-27. General Procedure and Administration
§11-13-28. Effective Date; Transition Rules
§11-13-30. Tax Credit for Coal Coking Facilities; Regulations
§11-13-31. Credit for Consumers Sales and Service Tax and Use Tax Paid