Utah Code § 59-10-1017

Utah Educational Savings Plan tax credit
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Account owner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-10-101.
(b) "Grantor trust" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-10-201.
(c) "Higher education costs" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-10-201.
(d) "Maximum amount of a qualified investment for the taxable year" means, for a taxable year,
the product of the percentage listed in Subsection 59-10-104(2) and:
(i) subject to Subsection (1)(d)(iii), for a claimant, estate, or trust that is an account owner, if
that claimant, estate, or trust is other than husband and wife account owners who file a
single return jointly, the maximum amount of a qualified investment:
(A) listed in Subsection 53H-10-205(1)(e)(ii); and
(B) increased or kept for that taxable year in accordance with Subsections 53H-10-205(1)(f)
and (g);
(ii) subject to Subsection (1)(d)(iii), for claimants who are husband and wife account owners
who file a single return jointly, the maximum amount of a qualified investment:
(A) listed in Subsection 53H-10-205(1)(e)(iii); and
(B) increased or kept for that taxable year in accordance with Subsections 53H-10-205(1)(f)
and (g); or
(iii) for a grantor trust:
(A) if the owner of the grantor trust has a single filing status or head of household filing status
as defined in Section 59-10-1018, the amount described in Subsection (1)(d)(i); or
(B) if the owner of the grantor trust has a joint filing status as defined in Section 59-10-1018,
the amount described in Subsection (1)(d)(ii).
(e) "Owner of the grantor trust" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-10-201.
(f) "Qualified investment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-10-201.
(2) Except as provided in Section 59-10-1002.2 and subject to the other provisions of this section,
a claimant, estate, or trust that is an account owner may claim a nonrefundable tax credit equal
to the product of:
(a) the amount of a qualified investment made:
(i) during the taxable year; and
(ii) into an account owned by the claimant, estate, or trust; and
(b) the percentage listed in Subsection 59-10-104(2).
(3) A claimant, estate, or trust, or a person other than the claimant, estate, or trust, may make a
qualified investment described in Subsection (2).
(4) A claimant, estate, or trust that is an account owner may not claim a tax credit under this
section with respect to any portion of a qualified investment described in Subsection (2) that a

claimant, estate, trust, or person described in Subsection (3) deducts on a federal income tax
return.
(5) A tax credit under this section may not exceed the maximum amount of a qualified investment
for the taxable year.
(6) A claimant, estate, or trust that is an account owner may not carry forward or carry back the tax
credit under this section.

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