S 1819 · 96th Congress · Taxation
Industrial Energy Conservation Incentive Tax Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1979-09-25)
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Industrial Energy Conservation Incentive Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against income tax in an amount equal to a specified percentage of a qualified investment in certain depreciable industrial energy conservation property. Defines industrial energy conservation property as any such property used as a modification to or a replacement of all or part of an existing productive facility, item of equipment, or process located in the United States, if such modification or replacement: (1) results in the utilization of less energy per unit of production; (2) does not increase the total amount of oil and natural gas consumed per unit of production; and (3) results in an aggregate annual decrease in energy consumption of 15,000 or more barrels of oil equivalent per year. Sets the applicable percentage for such credit at the smaller of: (1) 30 percent; or (2) the percentage necessary to enable the taxpayer to realize a real rate of return on investment in the property, over its useful life, of 15 percent. Reduces such credit to zero if the conservation price of such investment (the cost in dollars per barrel of oil equivalent of producing the energy savings pr…
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