Businesses
Government-funded
Varies
Amount varies
Tax Credit
Reduces tax liability
Rolling
No fixed cutoff
Annual tax return
Claim with year-end filing
Moderate
File with tax return
Income tax credits for manufacturing businesses locating or expanding in rural Kentucky counties, providing dollar-for-dollar credits against Kentucky income tax for qualifying industries creating jobs.
Do I qualify?
Answer the questions below for a rules-based self-assessment of your fit for this program. This is informational — final determinations are made by the administering agency.
1.Business must be a manufacturing, agribusiness, or technology company
2.Must locate or expand in a rural Kentucky county (non-MSA)
3.Must create minimum 10 new full-time jobs paying above county average wage
4.Credit: 100% of Kentucky income tax liability for up to 15 years
5.Annual reporting required; credit amount based on salaries paid to new employees
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