Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032.

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WEST virginia legislature
2026 regular session
ENROLLED
Committee Substitute
for
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 4784
By Delegates Burkhammer, Moore, Maynor, Kyle, B. Smith, Cooper, D. Smith, Vance, Dean, Drennan, and Hornby
[Passed March 12, 2026; in effect 90 days from passage (June 10, 2026)]

AN ACT to amend and reenact §11-24-6b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to extending the modification reducing federal taxable income for qualified opportunity zone businesses; defining terms; requiring designation as a qualified opportunity zone business and a qualified opportunity zone under federal law; and providing retrospective effective date.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 24. CORPORATION NET INCOME TAX.

§11-24-6b. Decreasing modification reducing federal taxable income for the income of Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses; effective date.

(a)
General.
— In addition to the amounts authorized to be subtracted from federal taxable income pursuant to §11-24-6(c) of this code, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income, an amount equal to net income included in federal taxable income by a corporate taxpayer in a taxable year that is ordinary income derived from a qualified opportunity zone business located in a qualified opportunity zone located in West Virginia.
(b)
Eligibility.
— To be entitled to modification provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the qualified opportunity zone business must be a newly registered business in West Virginia registered on or after January 1, 2019 and before January 1, 2033. Limited liability companies that are treated as corporations for purposes of the federal income tax and West Virginia corporation net income tax and which otherwise qualify in accordance with the requirements and limitations of this section may qualify for the modification authorized under this section.
(c)
Duration.
— The modification provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to a taxpayer during the 10-year period beginning with the first full taxable year during which the qualified opportunity zone business first qualifies as a qualified opportunity zone business, or the first year in which the qualified opportunity zone business reports net income:
Provided
, That the qualified opportunity zone business first qualifies as such on or after January 1, 2019.
(d) The following definitions apply to this section:
(1) "Newly registered business" means a business that is formed on or after January 1, 2019 and before January 1, 2033, that is first required to obtain a business registration certificate under §11-12-1
et seq.
of this code from the Tax Commissioner on or after January 1, 2019 and before January 1, 2033, and which is not the reorganization of a business that existed prior to January 1, 2019.
(2) "Reorganization of an existing business" includes, but is not limited to, a change in the name of a business, a change in the form of doing business such as, but not limited to, a proprietorship that reorganizes as a partnership or other business entity, a subsidiary that becomes a stand-alone business entity, a division of an existing business that becomes a separate business and any other similar type of business reorganization. For purposes of this definition any entity or organization that is determined by the Tax Commissioner to be an alter ego, nominee or instrumentality of an existing or previously existing business, as determined in accordance with the criteria specified in §11-12-5 of this code is a business resulting from reorganization of an existing business.
(3) "Qualified Opportunity Zone Business" means a newly registered business that is designated as a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 1400Z and serves as an investment of a “Qualified Opportunity Fund”.
(4) “Qualified Opportunity Fund” has the same meaning as that term is used in 26 U.S.C. § 1400Z.
(5) "Qualified Opportunity Zone" means a population census tract that is a low-income community that is designated as a Qualified Opportunity Zone pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 1400Z.
(e)
Rules.
— The Tax Commissioner may propose legislative rules, or promulgate interpretive or procedural rules, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and to provide guidelines and requirements to ensure uniform administrative practices statewide to effect the intent of this section. All rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1
et seq.
of this code.
(f)
Effective date; expiration of modification, preservation of entitlement.
— The modification authorized by this section becomes effective and is authorized for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019:
Provided
, That unless sooner terminated by law, the modification authorized by this section will terminate for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2033, and no new entitlement to the modification is authorized thereafter:
Provided however
, That those taxpayers shall retain that entitlement for the remainder of the 10-year application period over which the original entitlement applies, if the taxpayer otherwise remains in compliance with the requirements of this section. Entitlement to the modification provided for in subsection (a) of this section under the amendment and reenactment of this section in 2026 shall be effective retrospectively for taxable years beginning or after January 1, 2024.

The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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