Trump Tax Bill to Boost Biden’s Chip Tax Credit to 30%
A bare wafer stacker sorts silicon wafers at a Micron Technology facility in Boise, Idaho.
Photographer: Kyle Green/BloombergThe Senate’s draft tax bill calls for increasing an investment credit for semiconductor manufacturers, a potential boon for chipmakers that the Trump administration is urging to increase the size of their US projects.
The measure would increase the tax credit to 30% of investments in plants, up from 25%, giving chipmakers further incentive to break ground on new facilities before an existing 2026 deadline. Companies that start projects by the end of next year can continue to claim credits for continuous construction after that date — a policy that’s designed to get sites up and running while recognizing that chip factories take years to build.