House Bill 744

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/29/22: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Title AN ACT relating to wage assessments for remote workers.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 2179
Sponsors R. Webber, B. McCool
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow wage assessment incentives of 4 percent to go to an eligible company for the recruitment and retainment of remote workers; provide that the eligible company must make an investment of $10 million dollars in up-front investment; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Taxation - Remote workers, wage assessment, recruitment to Kentucky
Wages and Hours - Wage assessment, remote workers, recruitment to Kentucky
Workforce - Remote workers, wage assessment, recruitment to Kentucky
Jump to Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1

Actions

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03/01/22
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
03/14/22
  • taken from Committee on Committees (H)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (H)
03/16/22
  • to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
03/18/22
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
03/21/22
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
03/29/22
  • taken from the Orders of the Day
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions; redefine "remote worker" to include an individual who accepts employment with a Kentucky-based employer upon relocating to this state; add that the wage assessment shall continue if the remote worker begins employment with the Kentucky-based company; increase salary requirements of the remote worker to $50,000, and establish that the Commonwealth has the option to cease the wage assessment for the remote worker after five years for a sum equal to eight times the amount of the previous taxable year's wage assessment for that remote worker.
Index Headings Taxation - Remote workers, wage assessment, recruitment to Kentucky
Wages and Hours - Wage assessment, remote workers, recruitment to Kentucky
Workforce - Remote workers, wage assessment, recruitment to Kentucky

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