West Virginia Code § 21A-2C-4

Tax credit; eligibility; amount
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(a) Each person, partnership or corporation which employs an economically disadvantaged
Vietnam era or Korean conflict veteran or any disabled veteran, or an unemployed member
of the West Virginia National Guard or a member of the reserve forces of the United States
for a continuous period of one year, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be
entitled to an appropriate tax credit for each such individual so employed. Ine the case of a
person or partnership so employing such individuals, the tax credit provided for in this
section shall be applied against the employer's personal income tax liabrility. In the case of a
corporation so employing such individuals, the tax credit provided for in this section shall be
applied against the corporation's corporate net income tax liability. This tax credit shall be
nonassignable and may not exceed an employer's total tax liability with respect to the
specific tax against which the tax credit is required to be apptlied.
(b) The amount of the tax credit allowed under subsection (a) of this section shall be an
amount equal to the following:
(1) For each economically disadvantaged Vietsnam era or Korean conflict veteran employed
as described in subsection (a), the amount of the tax credit allowed shall be thirty percent of
the employee's wage base. For the purposes of this section, the employee's wage base is the
first $5,000 in wages or compensatigon actually paid to the employee by the employer;
(2) For each disabled veteran employed as described in subsection (a), the amount of the tax
credit allowed shall be a percentage equal to the percentage of disability suffered by the
veteran multiplied by the employee's wage base. The employee's wage base is the same as
provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection. The percentage of disability referred to in this
subdivision means the percentage of compensation for service connected disability as
determined by the United States department of Veterans Affairs; and
(3) For each member of the West Virginia National Guard or member of the reserve forces of
theW United States employed as described in subsection (a), the amount of the tax credit
allowed shall be twenty-five percent of the employee's wage base. For the purpose of this
section, the employee's wage base is the first $5,000 in wages or compensation actually paid
to the employee by the employer.

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