Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.850

100.850. Assessments remittal, job development assessment fee — company records available to board, when — when remitted assessment ceases — tax credit amount, cap, claiming credit — refunds. — 1. The approved company shall remit to the board a job development assessment fee, not to exceed five percent of the gross wages of each eligible employee whose job was created as a result of the economic development project, or not to exceed ten percent if the economic development project is located within a distressed community as defined in section 135.530 , for the purpose of retiring bonds which fund the economic development project.

2. Any approved company remitting an assessment as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall make its payroll books and records available to the board at such reasonable times as the board shall request and shall file with the board documentation respecting the assessment as the board may require.

3. Any assessment remitted pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall cease on the date the bonds are retired.

4. Any approved company which has paid an assessment for debt reduction shall be allowed a tax credit equal to the amount of the assessment. The tax credit may be claimed against taxes otherwise imposed by chapters 143 and 148 , except withholding taxes imposed under the provisions of sections 143.191 to 143.265 , which were incurred during the tax period in which the assessment was made.

5. In no event shall the aggregate amount of tax credits authorized by subsection 4 of this section exceed twenty-five million dollars annually. Of such amount, nine hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be reserved for an approved project for a world headquarters of a business whose primary function is tax return preparation that is located in any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, which amount reserved shall end in the year of the final maturity of the certificates issued for such approved project.

6. The director of revenue shall issue a refund to the approved company to the extent that the amount of credits allowed in subsection 4 of this section exceeds the amount of the approved company's income tax.

(L. 1996 H.B. 1237 § 22, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1656, A.L. 2003 H.B. 289 and S.B. 620, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1182 and S.B. 1155 and S.B. 1394, A.L. 2005 S.B. 343, A.L. 2009 H.B. 191) Effective 6-04-09