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State of Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Form RI-6324
Employer's Adult Education Credit - RIGL § 44-46
INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL:
In general, a taxpayer who is an employer will be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by Chapters 11, 13,
14, 15, and 17 of Title 44. The amount of the credit is 50% of the costs incurred solely and directly for worksite-
or non-worksite-based adult education programs as specifically defined.
DEFINITIONS:
A. "Worksite-based" means a physical location in this state at which the taxpayer conducts his, her
or its normal trade or business.
B. "Nonworksite-based" means other than "worksite-based".
C. "Adult education programs" are limited to:
1. Basic education, which shall consist of efforts to alleviate illiteracy and provide opportunities for
academic achievement up to grade twelve (12) and which shall include instruction in reading, writ-
ing, arithmetic, literature, social studies, science, pre-vocational subjects, and other knowledge and
skills necessary to cope in contemporary life; courses in Americanization and citizenship for immi-
grants; teaching English to persons with no or limited ability with the language; and preparation for
the demonstration of competencies to qualify for the adult high school diploma or for examinations
to earn the general education development or high school equivalency diploma; and
2. Vocational training, which shall consist of the imparting of knowledge and skills necessary to be-
come gainfully employed, at least at entry level, in a recognized occupation, and thus attain eco-
nomic self-sufficiency, and which shall be conveyed by classroom instruction, on the job training,
and apprenticeships.
D. "Employer" means a person, corporation, partnership, estate or trust subject to the provisions of Title 44,
Chapter 30, Section 71.
E. "Paid employment" means a period of time during which an employee has been hired by a business and
is receiving wages for his or her services.
EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
The employee for whose adult educational programs credit is claimed by the employer must remain in the em-
ployment of the business for a minimum period of thirteen (13) consecutive weeks and a minimum of four hun-
dred and fifty-five (455) hours of paidDRAFTemployment before the employer can become eligible for the credit.
CALCULATION OF THE CREDIT:
The credit is 50% of the costs incurred solely and directly for non-worksite or worksite-based adult education
programs.
LIMITATIONS ON THE CREDIT AND MISCELLANEOUS:
A. The maximum credit per employee is $300; and the maximum credit per taxable year per employer is
$5,000; the credit is not refundable and amounts of credit not deductible in the taxable year may not be
carried over to the following year. 09/14/2023
B. The credit cannot reduce the Business Corporation Tax (Title 44, Chapter 11) to less than the minimum
required.
ORDER OF CREDIT USAGE:
This credit may not be applied against the tax until all other credits available to this taxpayer for the taxable
year have been applied.
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