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                       Form 49E 
                                                                                                                                                    2023
                       Election to Claim the Qualified Investment Exemption from Property Tax 
                       Instead of Investment Tax Credit
        Use this form to elect the qualified investment exemption (QIE) from property tax for property placed in service during calendar year 2023.
Name                                                                                                                  Social Security number or EIN

If this corporation is included in a combined report, enter the name of the corporation the Idaho income tax return is filed under, if different than above.
Name                                                                                                                  EIN

Election — I elect to exempt the following property that was placed in service during calendar year 2023 from property tax for 2024 and 2025. I understand 
I waive my right to claim the investment tax credit on this property at any time. Once I make the election, I can’t change it. I must recapture the property tax 
benefit if, during the five-year recapture period, the property no longer qualifies as a qualified investment as defined in Idaho Code section 63-3029B.
Loss in Second Preceding Tax Year — To qualify for the QIE, you must have had an Idaho income tax loss without regard to net operating loss carryovers 
or carrybacks in the second preceding tax year from the income tax year you placed the property in service. If you file income tax returns on a fiscal year 
basis, see the instructions to determine your qualifying loss years. County assessors can check with the Tax Commission to verify you had a loss in the 
applicable years.
List the ending date of your tax years that ended in calendar year 2023 _________________________
If you had a short-period tax year during calendar year 2023 or during the previous two years, include a statement that includes your tax year ending dates.
I elect to claim the QIE on the property listed below. The exemption for used property is limited. See instructions.
Asset                  Asset Description                                       County in Which  Date Placed Qualifying Loss Year             New or 
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Number  (Describe what the asset is, including make, model, and serial number) Asset Located in Service     (List beginning and ending date) Used
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Under penalties of perjury I affirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the property listed on Form 49E is qualified investment property as defined in 
Idaho Code section 63-3029B, and that I haven’t or won’t claim the Idaho investment tax credit on the listed property.

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Print Contact Name                                                                                          Contact Phone Number

To elect the QIE, you must include this form with the operator’s statement or personal property declarations filed for 2024. You must also include a copy of 
your original Idaho income tax returns for the tax years in which the property was placed in service.
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                                                                                                                Form 49E     2023    (continued)

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                     Form 49E — Instructions
                     Election to Claim the Qualified Investment Exemption
                                                                                                2023
                     from Property Tax Instead of Investment Tax Credit

General Instructions                                   To determine whether you had negative Idaho taxable 
Use Form 49E to elect an exemption from property       income in the second preceding income tax year, you 
tax for personal property instead of earning the       must go back two income tax years from the income 
Idaho investment tax credit (ITC) on the property.     tax year when you placed the property in service. For 
This exemption is referred to on Form 49E and          example, if you file income tax returns on a calendar 
in these instructions as the qualified investment      year basis and you placed property in service during 
exemption (QIE).                                       calendar year 2023, you must have had negative 
                                                       Idaho taxable income for the calendar year 2021 to 
The QIE is allowed for the two calendar years 
                                                       qualify for the election. A short tax year counts as one 
that follow the end of the calendar year that the 
                                                       income tax year.
qualifying property was placed in service. For 
example, for property placed in service during         If you file income tax returns on a fiscal year-end 
calendar year 2023, the QIE is available for           basis and in one calendar year you placed property 
calendar years 2024 and 2025.                          in service in two different fiscal years, you’ll need to 
                                                       determine separately for each fiscal year whether 
If you elect the QIE, you can’t earn the ITC for Idaho 
                                                       you had negative Idaho taxable income in the second 
income tax purposes on that property. You can’t 
                                                       preceding income tax year from the tax year the 
change your election to claim the QIE on property 
                                                       property was placed in service.
once you’ve made it. Compute recapture if you sell 
or otherwise dispose of an item of property that       For example, you file income tax returns for the fiscal 
you claimed the QIE on or if the property no longer    year ending August 31. Assuming you had no short tax 
qualifies during the five-year period starting with    years, assets you placed in service from:
the date the property was placed in service. Use       •  January 1, 2023 through August 31, 2023, are 
Form 49ER to calculate the recapture.                  assets placed in service during fiscal year ended 
Include Form 49E with your operator’s statements       August 31, 2023. You must have had negative 
or personal property declarations filed for 2024.      Idaho taxable income for the fiscal year ended 
Include a copy of this form with your original Idaho   August 31, 2021, to elect the QIE on any of 
income tax returns for the income tax years when       these assets.
the property was placed in service. If you submit      •  September 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, 
multiple Forms 49E to one or more assessors,           are assets placed in service during fiscal year 
include a copy of each Form 49E with the               ended August 31, 2024. You must have had 
applicable year’s income tax returns.                  negative Idaho taxable income for the fiscal year 
                                                       ended August 31, 2022, to elect the QIE on any 
Qualifying Taxpayers                                   of these assets.
To qualify for the QIE, you must:
                                                       If you’re part of a unitary group of corporations filing a 
•  Not have your rate of charge or rate of return 
                                                       combined report for Idaho income tax purposes, you 
regulated or limited by federal or state law, and
                                                       must look to your Idaho taxable income as computed 
•  Have had negative Idaho taxable income in           according to Idaho Code section 63-3027 to determine 
the second preceding income tax year from              whether you had negative Idaho taxable income in 
the income tax year in which you placed the            the second preceding tax year. This will be computed 
property in service                                    by applying your Idaho apportionment factor to the 
Negative Idaho taxable income is computed for a        combined income or loss for that year and including 
year before applying any net operating losses from     your income or loss allocated to Idaho.
other years that you may be able to carry forward or   The following table provides examples of determining 
carry back to that year. Such negative income must     the second preceding income tax year. The second 
coincide with you doing business in Idaho during the   and fourth examples show how you determine the 
same second preceding income tax year from the         second preceding tax year when you have a short tax 
date you placed the property in service.               period that results from a change in income tax years.

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                                                                 Form 49E — Instructions     2023     (continued)
          Tax Year Property                      First Preceding                 Second Preceding
          Placed in Service                         Tax Year                               Tax Year
Calendar year 2023                  Calendar year 2022                    Calendar year 2021

Calendar year 2023                  Calendar year 2022                    Short tax year beginning Feb. 1, 2021 
                                                                          and ending Dec. 31, 2021
Fiscal year beginning Sept. 1, 2022 Fiscal year beginning Sept. 1, 2021   Fiscal year beginning Sept. 1, 2020 
and ending Aug. 31, 2023            and ending Aug. 31, 2022              and ending Aug. 31, 2021
Fiscal year beginning Sept. 1, 2022 Short tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2022 Calendar year 2021
and ending Aug. 31, 2023            and ending Aug. 31,     2022

Qualifying Property                                         Denial of QIE
The following is a brief description of qualifying          If the QIE is denied for all or part of the market value 
property. For more detailed information, call the Tax       of any property, the county assessor will notify you 
Commission at (208) 334-7660 in the Boise area or           with the reason for the denial.
toll free at (800) 972-7660.
                                                            Specific Instructions
General Information
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The QIE is available only on property that qualifies 
                                                            Enter the name that’s used on your personal property 
for the Idaho ITC. Idaho generally follows the 
                                                            declaration or operator’s statement.
definition of qualified investment credit property 
found in the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections           Enter your Social Security number or your federal 
46 and 48 as in effect prior to 1986. The property          Employer Identification Number, whichever is 
must be used in Idaho the first year it’s placed            applicable, in the space provided. If you were 
in service.                                                 included in a combined report, enter the name of the 
                                                            corporation the Idaho income tax return is filed under 
Qualifying property generally includes:
                                                            and its federal Employer Identification Number.
•  Tangible personal property – machinery and 
    equipment                                               Loss in Second Preceding Tax Year
                                                            You must have had negative Idaho taxable income not 
•  Other tangible property
                                                            including net operating loss carryovers or carrybacks 
         ‚  Property used as an integral part of 
                                                            in the second preceding tax year from the income 
          manufacturing, production, extraction, or         tax year you placed the property in service. In the 
         ‚  Furnishing transportation, communications       space provided, enter the last day of your income 
          or utility services, or                           tax year that ended in calendar year 2023. For 
         ‚  Research facilities and bulk storage facilities example, if you’re a calendar year taxpayer, enter 
          used in connection with those businesses          December 31, 2023. If you’re a fiscal year taxpayer, 
•  Elevators and escalators                                 enter the last day of the fiscal year that ended during 
                                                            2023. If you had two income tax filing periods that 
  Single-purpose agricultural or horticultural 
                                                            ended during 2023, enter both ending dates.
    structures
                                                            If during calendar year 2023 or the previous two 
  Qualified timber property
                                                            years you had a short-period tax year for income 
•  Petroleum storage facilities                             tax purposes, include a statement that lists the 
  Qualified broadband equipment as approved               ending dates for each income tax filing period 
    by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission                during that two-year period. For example, if during 
Items that don’t qualify include:                           2022 you changed from filing income tax returns on 
                                                            a calendar year basis to filing them on a June 30 
  Buildings and their structural components
                                                            year-end basis, include a schedule identifying the 
•  Property used in certain lodging facilities              tax year ending dates as December 31, 2021, and 
•  Construction in progress                                 June 30, 2022.
•  The cost of property expensed

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                                                     Form 49E — Instructions     2023     (continued)

Listing of Property Elected                          If you didn’t use the asset in Idaho during the first year 
Designate each specific asset and its location       the property was placed in service, the asset doesn’t 
you’re claiming the QIE on. Group listings of assets qualify. For example, if you purchased the asset in 
won’t be accepted. If you can’t list all the elected 2021 and used the asset outside of Idaho until moving 
assets on page 1, use additional copies of page 2    it to Idaho to use during 2023, the asset won’t qualify 
as needed.                                           for the QIE.

Asset Number                                         Qualifying Loss Year
Enter the asset’s assigned identification number.    Enter the beginning and ending dates of the qualifying 
                                                     loss year. This must be the second preceding income 
Asset Description                                    tax year from the income tax year in which the 
Enter a description of the asset. The description    property is placed in service.
must be detailed enough to identify what the 
property is and to determine if it qualifies. If the If you file your income tax returns on a calendar year 
make, model, or serial number isn’t available,       basis, and you didn’t have any short-period tax years 
include other identifying information that will      during the previous two years, enter January 1, 2021 
describe the asset.                                  to December 31, 2021. If you didn’t have negative 
                                                     Idaho taxable income for 2021, you can’t make the 
Asset Location                                       election on property placed in service during 2023.
Enter the county where the asset is located. If the  If you file your income tax returns on a fiscal year 
property is used in more than one county, enter the  basis, or you had a short-period income tax year, you 
home county where the asset is located.              may have two different qualifying loss years. Identify 
If you’re claiming the QIE on used property, notify  the applicable qualifying loss year for each asset.
all counties where you’re claiming the QIE of the    If you’re an S corporation or partnership, your net 
amount of used property elected. You can do this in  business income apportioned to Idaho plus the 
one of two ways:                                     nonbusiness income or loss allocated to Idaho for the 
•  Include copies of all Forms 49E that list used    second preceding income tax year must be negative.
property to the personal property declaration 
sent to each county, or                              New or Used
                                                     Indicate whether the asset is new or used. 
•  Complete a separate Form 49E that lists only 
used property, and send that to each county          Used Property
If you’re electing the QIE for property that’s       Qualifying used property is limited to a total cost of 
assessed as nonregulated operating property by       $150,000 per income tax year, whether you claim 
the Tax Commission, list on Form 49E every county    the QIE, the ITC, or a combination of both for that 
where each asset is located regardless of whether    year. In addition, you must have acquired the used 
the asset is new or used.                            property by purchase. If you have used property in 
                                                     excess of $150,000, you must select the specific 
Date Placed in Service                               items on which to claim the QIE. If you select an 
Enter the date you placed the asset in service.      item, the entire cost must be taken into account 
Property is placed in service in the earlier of:     unless you’ve exceeded the $150,000 limit. If the 
•  The income tax year in which, under               $150,000 used property limit is exceeded, the 
your depreciation practice, the period for           remaining amount of an item selected and any 
depreciation of the property begins, or              items not selected don’t qualify for the ITC. For 
•  The income tax year in which you placed           example, used assets A, B, C, and D, each costing 
the property in a condition or state of              $70,000, were placed in service. Two of the assets 
readiness and availability for a specifically        will qualify, and a third asset will partially qualify. 
assigned function                                    You must select which two items qualify and which 

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                                                                Form 49E — Instructions     2023     (continued)

third item partially qualifies. If you claim the QIE 
on assets A and B, you may claim a partial QIE on 
either asset C or D, or you may claim the ITC on 
asset C or D but only up to $10,000, the remaining 
amount of the $150,000 used-property limitation.

Original Cost
Enter the asset’s original cost. This should be the 
same amount you would list as the purchase price 
on the Idaho Personal Property Declaration. Include 
trade-in allowances and all associated costs to 
acquire and prepare the item for its intended use.

                                                     Contact us:
                     In the Boise area: (208) 334-7660  |Toll free: (800) 972-7660
                            Hearing impaired (TDD) (800) 377-3529
                                        tax.idaho.gov/contact
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